Horrifying update a month after girl, 5, was mauled by neighbor's pit bull

A five-year-old miss from Kansas is warring for her beingness successful a medically induced coma 1 period aft a pit bull brutally attacked her.

The victim, Aletha, was playing successful her backyard connected October 8 erstwhile her neighbor's dog viciously attacked her - leaving her with imperishable encephalon damage. 

The young miss suffered a skull fracture, a breached collarbone, a breached rib, and cervix lacerations. She was rushed to Children's Mercy Hospital, wherever doctors enactment her into a coma after she mislaid important amounts of humor and oxygen. 

A GoFundMe put unneurotic by employees astatine Appliance Care Company successful Belton, wherever her father, Thomas Frost works, has been updating the nationalist connected Aletha's health.

On Tuesday, Aletha's father, reported that doctors are opening to bring Aletha retired of the medically induced coma.

'There are moments erstwhile her eyes are open. She seems to look astir the ceiling with confusion. She past looks astatine maine arsenic I'm talking to her, and volition thereafter slice backmost to rest,' said Frost.

'We are ever hopeful that Aletha volition marque a beardown recovery. Everyday she makes improvements, adjacent if they are tiny ones.'

Thomas' woman witnessed the canine leap implicit the obstruction into their gait and wound down connected Aletha's cervix arsenic she was watching her girl from the backmost porch.

Brien Pippen, proprietor of ACC, told the Kansas City Star that the canine proprietor yet came outside, jumped implicit the obstruction onto Thomas' property, and physically intervened to abstracted the canine from the small girl. 

The canine proprietor reportedly pulled the dog's jaws disconnected the kid and past threw the canine backmost implicit the fence.

'Because of the nonaccomplishment of humor and oxygen, doctors fearfulness Aletha whitethorn person suffered imperishable encephalon damage,' ACC worker Andy Davies wrote connected the fundraiser page.

Frost earns each of his wealth done commissions, and helium has not near his daughter's broadside successful the hospital, said Pippen.

'He's the benignant of feline that volition springiness the garment disconnected his back,' Davies told Fox 4 KC. 'We knew they'd person a batch of expenses, medical, and astir apt immoderate different worldly arsenic well. So, we conscionable privation to assistance arsenic overmuch arsenic we can.'

On Oct. 9, Aletha had country to relieve unit connected her encephalon from her injuries, which allowed bosom started beating independently. However, she remained connected a ventilator.

The probe into the onslaught is ongoing, and Detective Taylor said circumstantial details are not yet available. Police refused to accidental the dog's breed, but household members said online that it was a pit bull.

According to metropolis spokesperson Rebecca Gannon, dogs successful Independence are not required to beryllium licensed. 

Since 2017, the metropolis has had sections successful its codification for 'Aggressive Dogs' and 'Vicious Dogs.' A decennary earlier, a 'Dangerous Dogs' ordinance was enacted. 

In August 2023, the City Council lifted the pit bull prohibition aft a palmy petition and amended the unsafe canine regulations.

The caller ordinance prohibits residents from owning oregon allowing unsafe dogs connected their spot without a yearly permit. 

Conditions see microchipping, spaying/neutering, and unafraid containment. Owners indispensable show a informing motion and person astatine slightest $1 cardinal successful liability insurance.

A canine is classified arsenic unsafe if it injures a idiosyncratic oregon different animal, oregon has a anterior assertive designation, though exceptions beryllium for dogs reacting to maltreatment oregon defending humans.

In 2023, 16 dogs were labeled aggressive, 14 dangerous, and 4 vicious successful Independence.

The GoFundMe has raised $19,639 for Aletha's aesculapian costs. 

Cash and cheque donations are besides being accepted astatine The Appliance Care Company's store.