After two weeks in the hospital, four-year-old Zion is back home — but he has a lot of healing left to do.
“We’re still taking precautions so he doesn’t further injure himself. He’s eating and he’s going to the bathroom. He has a long recovery, but he’s in good spirits.”
Zion was attacked by five dogs—all pit bulls—on Dec. 8 outside his aunt’s house in Liberty, Texas.
His father, Trevion, did his best to fight off the animals, but before he could free his son, the boy had sustained serious injuries.
Zion could see that the attack had disfigured him.
“Now that he will have permanent visual injuries, I worry about how people will treat him. He survived the attack from the dogs but now he has to deal with people and sometimes they cause more damage and pain than the dogs.”
In a photo shared on Facebook by his grandmother, Zion stands next to his father as they leave the hospital room. Zion’s face is obviously twisted – the result of nerve damage caused by the dogs.
The dogs who attacked him belonged to his aunt on his mother’s side. The dogs had to be put down after the incident.
The McHan family has had a tough year. When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, it destroyed their apartment forcing them to move into a hotel. The family had to flee their home in a small boat.
“That’s nothing compared to going through this,” Tiffany told People.