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Dog Attack Medical Expenses

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Our son, Judah (10 at the time), was at a friend's having dinner on August 4th.  He bent down to visit with their family dog, who he was playing with a few minutes earlier, and at this point the dog lunged at his face and began to attack him.  The family was able to get the dog off of Judah, and I came and took him to the SMH, then All Children's hospital.

Sadly, this occurred just 2 weeks after returning home after 9 months being away from home.  After a pep talk, he had started into football, and was full of hope.  After this happened, he had to quit football and focus on healing from this unexpected and unprovoked trauma.

Once we finally returned home after receiving 27 stitches, they called us to come back to All Children's.  In doing a cat scan to check for facial nerve trauma, the doctors additionally found a brain lesion, which was unrelated to the accident.  Though the doctor's decided not to operate on the lesion for now, it resulted in many more doctor's visits, tests, and expenses.  

The owners of the dog have been cooperative with the expenses related to the dog bite.  We are now asking for help for the remaining amount, and the expenses associated with the two MRIs (quick and regular) and EEG they did to see the brain lesion for this sweet boy.  Though he is healing well, we will need to get through these expenses so we can consider plastic surgery in the future for his scars.  Thank you!

This is what he looked like after it happened:


This is what he looked like 2 weeks prior to the dog attack, after he first came home after being away for 9 months.

This was taken after a long night and morning after he finally got his stitches.

This was after a week or so after the dog bite.
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  • Anonymous
    • $105
    • 4 yrs
  • Claudia Rodriguez
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Paula Nolle
    • $25
    • 4 yrs
  • Robin Durfee
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $3,000
    • 4 yrs
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Samantha Oprea Nasworthy
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Sarasota, FL

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