Hunter Heater was attacked while playing in Michigan on October 13th

A family in Michigan is raising funds to pay for medical expenses for their 9-year-old son after being bitten by a dog while playing on a trampoline.

On October 13, Hunter Heater was attacked by two dogs while playing at a friend's house. When Hunter and his friends jumped on the trampoline, the dogs escaped from the cage and beat Hunter.

"Hunter suffered serious injuries from head to toe," wrote on the GoFundMe page, and began to help pay for his medical expenses. "He suffered extensive lacerations and wounds [only] inches from the aorta. Fortunately, he was able to get medical attention immediately and was taken to the hospital."

In the end, Hunter had more than 200 stitches on his arms, face, legs and neck, and more than 40 staples on his skull.

GoFundMe stated that doctors must also reassemble Hunter's leg and arm muscles, and his brain was swollen, and then his brain swelled.

"Hunter is 9 years old and full of energy," GoFundMe said. "He was scarred emotionally, mentally and physically from this traumatic event."

Hunter also suffers from amnesia and is undergoing physical therapy to relearn how to walk. He may need plastic surgery in the future to treat his extensive scars.

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Hunter has since returned to his family, who have been updating GoFundMe to share the physical and mental consequences of the attack.

"It's hard for him to adapt," Hunter's mother Rachel Heater wrote on November 13, about her son's attempt to return to school. "His flashbacks and panic escalated this week. Accompanied by his night terrors."

Rachel shared that her son is working with a "great therapist" and the family might try pony therapy. Nevertheless, the boy is accepting his physical and emotional scars.

"We must also explain to Hunter that [his] medication will help reduce the appearance of scars, until now he thinks that once the scars heal, he will look normal, just like he did before the attack." Rachel wrote. "He was heartbroken when he realized that this might not be the case."

She continued: “Hunter has always been worried about what will happen after he dies. A 9-year-old child shouldn’t think about this. The emotional aspect is so exhausting for him and the whole family. He still likes to hide that he doesn’t like others. Seeing him or staring at him. It makes me sad as his mother. I will continue to comfort him and do my best to help my baby move on."