A young boy was left fighting for his life after his armed was ripped off while he was visiting his grandmother.
4-year-old Axel Foster is a cheerful young boy from Oklahoma whose right arm was ripped off by an “aggressive” pit bull when he approached puppies his grandmother keeps in a pen near her house.
According to the reports, the dog attack took place in Tecumseh where the young boy lost his arm after reaching inside a pit bull pen to play with puppies.
“I’ve seen dog bites in the past and experienced some pretty brutal dog bites with children but never a complete amputation,” Tecumseh Police Department Chief JR Kidney said.
“The child’s arm was still in the pen. When officers and animal control attempted to retrieve the arm, the dog became aggressive to them.”
After the first responders arrived at the family home, officers shot and killed the aggressive dog who wouldn’t let them retrieve the boy’s arm while puppies were chewing on it.
Meanwhile, the paramedics tended to the child who was waiting with his grandmother in the driveway.
Following the ordeal, the boy was left fighting for his life, whereas the doctors didn’t manage to reattach his arm due to the severity of the injuries.
“We raced to the hospital. When we got there, the nurses confirmed his arm was dismembered from his body. I don’t know what he’s going through. I never went through it. But he’s only a child,” Axel’s mom, Destiny McDow, told KFOR.
“To be over just an innocent type thing of wanting to pet some puppies, it’s just devastating. What kind of Christmas is this child gonna have now? What kind of life, in general, is this child gonna have now?” Chief Kidney added.
As of this writing, the case remains under investigation and the authorities are yet to determine if the child was properly supervised at the time of the dog attack and confirm whether his grandparents will face any charges.
“I’m hoping it was simply an accident that the child was able to get to the pen, but we will look at everything,” Kidney added.
Following the devastating ordeal, Axel’s family has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for the boy’s medical expenses.
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