The teen was enjoying swimming with his friends when things took a turn for the worse.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - A 13-year-old boy is sharing his story as he recovers from an alligator bite he suffered while swimming in a Florida creek.
“We’ve been in this creek a bunch of times, so no one thought anything of it,” the teenager said. “I was going to get up, and then, the gator just started pulling me back under and just jumped up and grabbed me.” The 13-year-old called 911 and calmly reported he’d been bitten by an alligator. He said he could still walk and stand.However, the attack scared the teen’s family, including his 10-year-old brother, Judah Klimis.
“The pain is kind of just coming back a little bit more because I don’t have the pain meds or anything, but it’s not too bad,” the teen said.“Huge concern for infection. We talked with infectious disease. They said about 10 days until we’re really out of the woods just because of how deep the wound was and the creek water,” Allison Klimis said.
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