AR-News: (AU) Boy 'near death' in dog attack

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Herald Sun
By Dale Paget
12may04

A DOG that savaged an eight-year-old boy on the face and body had been aiming 
for his throat, his distraught mother said on the Gold Coast today.

Matthew Salmon is in a stable condition in the Gold Coast Hospital after a 
series of operations to repair tears to his face, arms and legs. 
No details of the extent of the medical procedures have been released but his 
mother, Michelle Salmon, said he was coping quite well despite 
three-and-a-half hours of plastic surgery. 
"Two of the bites went straight to the bone in the inner leg and are about 
half the size of a fist and his face is torn and his arms have had surgery done 
to them," she said. 
"But he's coping quite well – he's scared of dogs, of course." 


full story:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9541632%255E1702,00.
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