The one-year-old girl who was mauled by her family’s pit bull and left with life-threatening injuries has reached stable condition.
Remmy Goulart was playing in the kitchen at her family’s home on Brick Kiln Road in Falmouth, Massachusetts, just before 9am on Sunday when she was attacked.
The pit bull terrier turned on the toddler, causing major trauma to her face. Her father, Reece Goulart, tried to pull the dog off but couldn’t.
One-year-old Remmy Goulart (pictured), who was mauled by her family’s pit bull and left with life-threatening injuries, has reached stable condition, according to her family
Remmy Goulart was playing in the kitchen at her family’s home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, just before 9am on Sunday when she was attacked. The pit bull terrier turned on the toddler, causing major trauma to her face. Remmy is pictured with her father, Reece Goulart
Police said Reece retrieved a pistol from a nearby room, but realized it wasn’t loaded. He then grabbed a knife and started stabbing the dog (pictured) to save his daughter from its jaws, fatally wounding the animal
Police said Reece retrieved a pistol from a nearby room, but realized it wasn’t loaded.
Reece then grabbed a knife and started stabbing the dog to save his daughter from its jaws, fatally wounding the animal.
The Falmouth Fire and Rescue Department and Falmouth Police Department rushed to the home and began treating the injured girl.
Remmy was transported to the Falmouth Hospital by ambulance, and subsequently airlifted to a Boston area hospital by helicopter.
Shortly after the incident, Falmouth fire Lt Scott Stanbard told WBZ-TV the toddler’s injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
The victim’s relatives later revealed to Fox 25 that Remmy had three blood transfusions and underwent an hours-long surgery overnight to repair some of the damage.
The Falmouth Fire and Rescue Department rushed to the home and began treating the injured girl. She was transported to the Falmouth Hospital by ambulance, and subsequently airlifted to a Boston hospital by helicopter. Remmy is pictured with her mother, Stephenie Schauberger
The victim’s relatives later revealed that Remmy (left as a newborn and right) had three blood transfusions and underwent an hours-long surgery overnight to repair some of the damage
Remmy will also require plastic surgeries in the the coming weeks
Remmy will also require plastic surgeries in the the coming weeks.
Police said the family had owned the pit bull five years and it had no known history of aggression.
‘At this time, the attack appears to have been unprovoked,’ police said in a statement.
A GoFundMe was created to alleviate the costs of Remmy’s medical expenses on her road to recovery.
Police said the family had owned the pit bull five years and it had no known history of aggression
A GoFundMe was created to alleviate the costs of Remmy’s medical expenses on her road to recovery. Pictured are first responders at the scene of the incident
By Tuesday morning, the GoFundMe account had raised more than $22,000 ‘You’re all so amazing,’ Remmy’s father, Reece, wrote on the page dubbed ‘Rally for Remmy’. The child had to be airlifted (pictured) to a hospital in Boston shortly after the attack
‘This family has been through a lot and we all want to be able to take financial stress away so they can focus on their beautiful baby,’ the account read.
By Tuesday morning, the account had raised more than $22,000
‘You’re all so amazing,’ Remmy’s father, Reece, wrote on the page dubbed ‘Rally for Remmy’.
‘My heart is full and I have no words. I’d die for my little girl. I can’t thank you enough! I love you all,’ he added.
Speaking to the Boston Herald, Susan Moran, chairwoman of Falmouth’s Board of Selectmen, praised the father’s ‘heroic efforts’ to minimize the injuries to his child.