The hospital says the girl's injuries to her leg were so extensive that she needs to have it amputated following a devastating shark attack.
her in Taylor County will have to have her leg amputated.
"She was fighting the shark. She tried to pull it off of her leg with her bare hands," her mother toldAddison is being treated at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare where she has undergone two surgeries already. In an update on Sunday, the hospital said that she will have to have a third surgery to amputate her injured leg.
"She suffered devastating injury to her upper right leg, including the loss of her quadriceps, the four muscles in the front of the thigh that work together to keep the kneecap stable and allow for lower leg extension. The bite also caused massive nerve and vascular damage," the hospital wrote on "This is the best-case scenario for Addison, and the best option to get her back to the most normal life possible," Addison’s mother said.
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