A 6-year-old Maine girl’s face was mauled by a pit bull in an attack causing such profound injuries that she’ll never be able to smile again.
Lily Norton needed 1,000 stitches to close wounds extending from under her eyes to the top of her throat, The Sun Journal reported — and was flown to Boston for emergency surgery that lasted 11 hours.
“Her salivary glands aren’t working … and doctors said she won’t be able to smile again,” a close friend told a news outlet.
“She’s still sedated because she has a breathing tube in,” her mother said. “But other than that, she’s really good. She looks really good.”
When the Feb. 18 attack occurred, Lily was at a friend’s house for a playdate, and the friend’s mom was reportedly dog-sitting the pit bull.
“They were going to play cards at the table, so she sat down at the table, the friend went and got the cards, and then as soon as the friend walked back in the room, she screamed to her mom because the dog had Lily in her mouth,” Norton said.
The friend’s mom rushed Lily to a nearby hospital; the little girl was then flown by a medical helicopter to Boston Children’s Hospital.
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