PHOTOS: Girl attacked by raccoon to get new ear
April 15, 2014
In this April 14, 2014 photo, Charlotte Ponce stands for a photo at her home the day before surgery in Royal Oak, Mich. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after she suffered severe injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
In this April 14, 2104 photo, Charlotte Ponce does a round-off in her living room the day surgery in Royal Oak, Mich. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after she suffered severe injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Charlotte Ponce, 11, holds the hand of her mom Sharon Ponce before surgery at Beaumont Children's Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after she suffered severe injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Dr. Kongkrit Chiayasate's photo, showing Charlotte Ponce missing right ear, is held up as Charlotte waits with her family before surgery at Beaumont Children's Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after she suffered severe injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Charlotte Ponce, 11, waits with her mom Sharon Ponce at Beaumont Children's Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after she suffered severe injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Charlotte Ponce gets a kiss from her dad, Tim Ponce, before surgery at Beaumont Children's Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Charlotte is having a plastic surgeon create an ear for her after suffering injuries to her face in a raccoon attack when she was an infant. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Photo courtesy of Beaumont Hospital
Photo courtesy of Beaumont Hospital.
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
11-year-old Charlotte Ponce is having another surgery to repair injuries suffered when was mauled by a raccoon as a baby. Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Dr. Kongkrit Chaiyasate holds up a photo of Charlotte Ponce while talking at a news conference beside Charlotte and her mother, Sharon Ponce, at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Charlotte is recovering from the first in a series of reconstructive facial surgeries that the 10-year-old is scheduled to undergo over the next two years. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family
This Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 photo shows 10-year-old Charlotte Ponce, whose face was mauled by a pet raccoon a decade ago, with markings on her face made by her surgeon before her first surgery at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Doctors are using skin from her wrist to reconstruct her nose. Future procedures will focus on the Spring Lake girl's lips and ear. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark)
Dr. Kongkrit Chaiyasate points to Charlotte Ponce’s nose while talking at a news conference that he attended with Charlotte and her mother, Sharon Ponce, at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Charlotte is recovering from the first in a series of reconstructive facial surgeries that the 10-year-old is scheduled to undergo over the next two years. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) ( Raccoon Attack Girl )
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Kongkrit Chaiyasate M.D. Director, Reconstructive Microsurgey, Beaumont Hospital ,Royal Oak with mother and daughter Sahron and Charlotte Ponce of Spring Lake Michigan. Digital First Media file photo
In an undated photo provided by the Ponce family, Charlotte Ponce is seen at her home in Spring Lake, Mich. The West Michigan girl whose face was mauled by a pet raccoon in 2002 when she was three months old is scheduled to get a series of reconstructive facial surgeries starting next month, her family said. (AP Photo/Ponce Family)
Charlotte Ponce, visits the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich., on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Ponce, whose face was mauled by a pet raccoon when she was three months old, spent the day at the zoo before she undergoes reconstructive facial surgery Wednesday at a nearby hospital. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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Photo courtesy of the Ponce family.
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family.
Photo courtesy of the Ponce family.
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