Michigan boy, 5, suffers gruesome injuries after mauling by 2 dogs

A 5-year-old boy in Michigan was viciously mauled by two canine final week, leaving him with extreme facial accidents that required in depth reconstructive surgical procedure.

Little Hunter Callender was enjoying together with his youthful sister exterior his grandmother’s home in Grand Rapids on Might 12 when two pit bulls jumped out of a neighbor’s automobile and lunged at him, in line with a GoFundMe web page arrange for the household.

The canine assault left Callender with a number of damaged bones and gashes on his face, neck and head.

The boy’s mom Ashley White advised WZZM-TV that her son has been struggling because the mauling.

“He’s been fairly down. He’s fairly traumatized by the entire occasion,” White mentioned. “He doesn’t know what to suppose. I imply, he’s solely 5 and that’s fairly an occasion to undergo.”

Callender’s jawbone, cheek bone and eye socket have been every damaged and his proper eye has double imaginative and prescient as a result of injury. Medical doctors additionally mentioned the break in his jawbone is so dangerous that a few of his grownup tooth will fail to correctly develop, in line with the GoFundMe.

The teen has already undergone a number of operations, together with a five-hour reconstructive surgical procedure through which plates and screws have been implanted in his face. Subsequent the younger boy should have his jaw wired shut and a feeding tube inserted to permit the bones to heal.

The boy’s father mentioned his restoration will doubtless be lifelong as he would require additional operations as his bones develop in an interview with the native outlet The Each day Information.

“We’re solely nonetheless initially of his lengthy highway,” Andrew Callender mentioned. “We wish individuals to comprehend the extent of how severe one thing like this may be and the way a lot struggling our son goes to undergo for years to come back.”

A household good friend has arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist Callender’s mother and father cowl the prices of his medical care. The fundraiser has obtained greater than $13,000 in donations as of Thursday.

The 2 pit bulls who mauled the five-year-old have been euthanized and their proprietor is dealing with legal fees of failing to manage a harmful animal, in line with The Each day Information.