The Ochoa household was on trip in Galveston, Texas this previous weekend when the unthinkable occurred: A shark bit the leg of their 8-year-old lady named Harper. Harper’s mom, in an interview with KWTX News, says her household from central Texas has taken the journey to the seashores of Galveston a number of instances earlier than, however none of them has been as eventful as this one.
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Harper was wading within the ocean when abruptly she felt one thing seize her leg. It was bleeding profusely, and it took some time earlier than they realized what had actually occurred. Docs mentioned the lady’s damage (a piece out of her decrease leg) was per a shark chew.
Though medical doctors mounted up Harper’s leg with 19 staples and despatched her residence, she will not be again within the hospital on account of an an infection. Hopefully she’ll be again residence and wholesome quickly.
The commonest sharks off the coast of Texas embrace bull sharks, blacktip sharks, and Atlantic sharpnose sharks.
See an interview with the mother of the younger lady who was bitten by a shark in Texas right here:
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