(CNN)A teenage girl is in a serious but stable condition after being bitten by a great white shark near Keaton Beach on the Gulf Coast. It is in. Thursday.
The type of shark was not specified, but according to TCSO it was about 9 feet long.
"The family reportedly jumped into the water and beat the sharks until the boy was free," TCSO said.
According to a Facebook post from her father in her teens, the girl was bitten twice and she tried to "poke her eyes and hit", but the shark she Did not loosen the grip.
Her firefighter, the girl's brother, was with her, repelling her shark, pulling her away, and taking her to a boat near her. Her brother also put a tourniquet on her leg, making sure she was awake while she was being taken back to Keaton Beach, and "finally saved her life. "She said her father.
The girl was taken to the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and she underwent emergency surgery, her dad wrote.
She suffered an "unrealistic amount of damage" to her thighs, "the nerves behind her thighs were severely damaged," he said.
"Doctors aren't sure about the condition of their legs at this point and want to take it every day to see what they have to do," he added.
The girl woke up and she was able to communicate with her family by typing on the phone, her father said, "She's fine and defeating sharks. I made a joke about it, "she added.
"The first thing she asked for was Wendy's frosty," he said. "She has experienced more than I imagined, but she is a trooper. Pray for her and her daily difficulties. She hasn't left the forest at once, but she's alive. Most importantly, to us. "
A teenager has had a second surgery on Saturday morning. "To repair nerve damage and clean up dead tissue in the thighs from shark attacks," his father said in an updated Facebook page. Position.
" Currently, we are working on each issue every day, but the long-term outlook for her feet is not good, "her father said. Is writing. "She is a trooper, but she has a very long way to go, both mentally and physically."
