Rileys Recovery from mauling
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Riley is a 19 month old little boy, and on Wednesday April 27th 2016 at 9:29 AM he was mauled by the neighbors dog while in the safety of his own back yard, after it managed to knock down a 6 foot wooden privacy fence slat, and grab him by his right arm with its teeth. Rileys attack was completely unprovoked and minutes before he was playing on the swing set, swinging back and forth on his belly. Riley's right arm was ripped open in several spots by the dogs teeth, as it attempted to drag him thru the gap in the fence by his arm into its own yard to do what we believe would have ended up being a fatal mauling. Thankfully hero dog Nala was right by his side in seconds and managed to force the attacking dog to let go. This gave me (his mother) just enough time to scoop him up and run to safety while at the same time dialing 911, desperately.
Riley sustained 2 deep injuries, one to his upper arm that is about 5 inches long, and required many stitches to put back together. He also sustained a deep wound to his forearm that also required stitches to close, along with trails of teeth marks on his lower arm, bruising to his collar bone, rib cage, and splinters in his face from being forced violently and repeatedly against the wooden privacy fence by the dog trying to bring him back to his yard.
We are a one income family, and Rileys dad is a local high school teacher. Since this has happened, we have had to buy medical supplies to take care of his injuries, buy his medication so that his bites do not become infected, pay child care costs for the other children, gas to get back and forth to his doctor, the hospital, attorney's office, etc. These are not expenses that we had in our strict budget, and until Rileys medical costs are reimbursed which could take months, were teetering on the edge of financial crisis.
It's incredibly difficult to make this go fund me. Asking for help is not something that comes easily to neither Randy or I. But Rileys attack has had the ripple effect and it's began to interfere with our ability to provide. Anything helps, and we are eternally grateful. Thank you so much
Riley sustained 2 deep injuries, one to his upper arm that is about 5 inches long, and required many stitches to put back together. He also sustained a deep wound to his forearm that also required stitches to close, along with trails of teeth marks on his lower arm, bruising to his collar bone, rib cage, and splinters in his face from being forced violently and repeatedly against the wooden privacy fence by the dog trying to bring him back to his yard.
We are a one income family, and Rileys dad is a local high school teacher. Since this has happened, we have had to buy medical supplies to take care of his injuries, buy his medication so that his bites do not become infected, pay child care costs for the other children, gas to get back and forth to his doctor, the hospital, attorney's office, etc. These are not expenses that we had in our strict budget, and until Rileys medical costs are reimbursed which could take months, were teetering on the edge of financial crisis.
It's incredibly difficult to make this go fund me. Asking for help is not something that comes easily to neither Randy or I. But Rileys attack has had the ripple effect and it's began to interfere with our ability to provide. Anything helps, and we are eternally grateful. Thank you so much
Organizer
Miranda Martinez
Organizer
Caldwell, ID
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