Shark-Bite Victim, 8, Released From Hospital
An 8-year-old boy who survived a shark attack was resting in his own bed after spending more than a month in a hospital recovering from surgery to reattach his arm.
Jessie Arbogast, who was attacked by a bull shark in early July, was welcomed by neighborhood children after a two-hour trip from a Pensacola hospital to his hometown of Ocean Springs, Miss.
Doctors said Jessie remained in a light coma.
“It appears he has suffered some brain injury because of the massive blood loss incurred during the shark attack,” said Dr. Tim Livingston, a pediatric neurologist.
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