Mum reveals she struggles to even look at her toddler son

A MUM has revealed she found it tough to even look at her son after he had his face savaged by her parents’ dog.

The boy’s injuries were so severe he needed extensive facial surgery.

Insurance coordinator Sarah Fuller, 28, from Portland, Oregon, USA, was at work on May 12 this year while her parents were looking after her three-year-old son, Micajah, who was two-and-a-half at the time.

Then at around lunchtime on that day, Sarah received a devastating phone call from her mum telling her that her little boy had been attacked by the family Pitbull, Bobo, who they had had for nine years.

Sarah left work and drove frantically to the hospital where her parents had taken Micajah but was warned by the nurse that she couldn’t go into the room until he had been bandaged up as his injuries were so shocking.

At first, Sarah found it incredibly difficult to look at her son without breaking down.

She said: “It was very hard to look at my son after this happened because I just wanted to cry.

“I felt so hopeless and sad for my son. I held a very positive attitude and knew that it could have been worse, and I’m just blessed he was alive.”

Micajah needed to undergo facial reconstruction surgery due to the punctures from the bite going through his cheek, which stretched the nerves in his face, teared back his gums and pulled out his front tooth, he also underwent gum grafting and will have to undergo further facial surgery once he has finished growing.

Sarah said: “He is terrified of all dogs big or small.

“He was full of anger and sadness the first month after the attack and every night he would wake up from nightmares screaming.

“His doctor recommended that we get him a puppy so he can grow up not scared of all dogs.

“Every time I had to take him out in public and someone looked at him, Micajah felt the need to tell everyone that Bobo did this to him.”

“Keep all dogs away from kids even if you feel they won’t hurt them, dogs are naturally wild and we had no signs of our family dog being aggressive.”

Sarah has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover the cost of Micajah’s surgery.