A 10-year-old Colorado boy is looking forward to being able to walk again after being bitten by a shark while vacationing with his family in Mexico.
Dillon was then rushed to a nearby hospital, according to Armijo.
"It was terrifying. I didn't know how bad it was," she said."Just as a mom, I was helpless, and that's a horrible, horrible feeling."ABCNews.comDillon's parents said they didn't"fully understand the extent" of their son's injuries until he was treated in Colorado. In total, Dillon underwent four surgeries.
"All of the tendons on both sides of his knee were gone. A lot of nerve damage in his feet," Dillon's dad Zach Armijo told"GMA" of his son's injuries."So he's no longer able to lift his foot. He'll have a drop foot, but he will be able to run and jump and play soccer like normal in time, so that's the best we can hope for.
"If you're going to get in the water, you have to assume the risk," he told"GMA.""But I think people should take kind of comfort in knowing that a shark bite is extremely rare." Last year, the United States recorded 41 cases of unprovoked shark bites, the most in the world, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s
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