A Liberty mother said her son is fortunate to be alive after he was attacked at school.

Blake Kitchen, 12, suffered a broken jaw and fractured bones in his head from the attack last week, which his parents said happened nearly a month after they told Liberty Public Schools that Blake was being bullied.

Kitchen was released from a hospital Monday, five days after he was admitted Thursday morning. The Liberty Middle School sixth-grade student said he was attacked by an eighth-grader.

"I thought I was going to die," he said. "It felt like all my bones in my body were broken."

He was rushed to a hospital after the attack. His family said he was bleeding from his ear and had fractures in his jaw and skull.

"I'm glad he's alive, because he could have not made it and it is maddening," said Destiny Kitchen, Blake's mother.

She said it was agonizing to watch her son suffer.

"(He was) saying, 'I don't want to die, Mommy. Please.' And watching him throw up every time he moved his head, the blood coming out of his ears, them not knowing there was spinal fluid coming out."

His family said they documented the bullying that Blake has faced and even sent the district a certified letter Jan. 26 that highlighted their worries.

"We have heard instances of bullying which seem to be escalating," said Destiny Kitchen.

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Liberty boy on school attack: I thought I was going to die