Wilkes – Barre Times Leader 4/13/2013
The dog bit off a portion of Brooke-Ann’s nose and inflicted a deep cut on her cheek, according to the complaint. Brooke-Ann was then rushed to Meritus Medical Center and underwent emergency surgery. At the time, surgeons were able to re-attach a portion of her nose that was found on the Sprouses’ porch, said Thomas Newell, the attorney representing the Boyd family.
Brooke-Ann underwent 23 separate hyperbaric oxygen treatment therapy sessions, but doctors were not able to save the re-attached portion of the nose and several facial reconstruction surgeries were scheduled, Newell said. The first took place in June 2012 and more are scheduled in upcoming years