Sorry, but even worse if it was a dead ball...In that case a technical. He was swinging them all night. Should have been warned prior to that incident. Intentional, or not, dead ball, or not, it was a foul...His 5th I might add. Might have changed things...I had not dog in the fight...Just calling it like I saw it. If he had been warned earlier in the game, when he hit a couple of other kids with those elbows, perhaps it would not have come to that.
That said, the kid is recovering. No serious damage. Best wishes to him on a speedy recovery.