Sunday, January 27, 2013

Casey boy battles back from pit bull attack - Central Kentucky News

Casey boy battles back from pit bull attack - Central Kentucky News:

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“He’s doing great, he really is,” Sims says. “But I still worry about him a lot. I worry about his emotions. His dad was attacked by a dog when he was 15 or 16, and he’s still not over his fear of dogs. Garrett’s scared of a lot of things now, not just dogs. Loud noises. The dark. A lot of things.”
On Friday, Garrett, who lives just outside Middleburg near the Casey-Lincoln County line, is scheduled for major reconstructive surgery at Shriner’s Hospital in Cincinnati.
“They’re going to take muscle from his back and build him a new armpit, and they’re hoping there’s enough left over to build him a new deltoid, too,” his mother explains. “They’re also going to take some nerves from his ankle to put in his arm, and give him Botox injections to firm up the muscle.”

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