Central Florida Boy Recovering From Shark Bite

MELBOURNE (CBSMiami/AP) – Just before his ninth birthday, a central Florida boy—while in the water with his mother—was bit by a shark.

Christian Sanhueza's mother, Melissa Sanhueza, said the boy celebrated his ninth birthday Tuesday at Holmes Regional Medical Center recovering from the bite.

The boy and his mother were chest-deep in the water Saturday afternoon off the Patrick Air Force Base beach when, the boy's mother says, he started yelling that a shark bit his foot.

The boy is recovering after undergoing two surgeries.

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