Keane Webre-Hayes in her hospital room at the Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. (received on the 01/10/18)(Photo: Ellie Hayes)

The teenager who was attacked by a shark on a beach in California on Saturday is in a serious but recovering condition, after being injured by a trauma bite, said a hospital official at the University of California. 39, a press conference Monday.

Keane Webre-Hayes, age 13, spoke and was on alert Monday morning in a pediatric intensive care unit at Rady Children's Hospital about 48 hours after a terrible attack left her collarbone behind her. torn up, "according to a kayaker who made help off Beacon's Beach to Encinitas. , 25 miles north of San Diego.

"It is improving, but we are still careful to get it out of the hospital," said Dr. Tim Fairbanks, Rady's Head of Pediatric Surgery. "Although he is doing well, we still have a significant recovery."

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The staff monitors the boy's blood count and his risk of infection. The rehabilitation work will have to be done, Fairbanks said, adding that Webre-Hayes still had all of its members.

Her mother, Ellie Hayes, thanked the first responders, the hospital and the local community for their support, describing her son as being courageous and compassionate and calling his survival a "miracle".

"I think it's a miracle and I think Keane is a miracle," Hayes said, adding that his son, an eighth-grade student, had enjoyed a cup of noddles and dears. a donut to eat on Monday morning. "I think he's really very strong and that he's a survivor now."

The 13-year-old boy who was allegedly bitten by a shark while he was in "snorkeling" on September 29, 2018 in Encinitas, California. (Photo: Family photo via Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego)

On Saturday morning, the opening day of the lobster season, Hayes said his son was "emphatic" about diving into lobster with a friend. She watched them from a cliff.

He said: "Mom, I'm going to make you a lobster dinner tonight," Hayes remembered. "So, he's getting me one."

Her son has already expressed the wish to return to the water, explained the mother, adding that the chances of a new shark attack would be particularly low. He also asked the three men and the kayak owner who rescued him.

There have been no other shark sightings in the area since Saturday, according to the city of Encinitas. Beacon's Beach and surrounding area, from La Costa Avenue to Swami Beach, reopened at 7 am on Monday.

A GoFundMe page to help the family cover the boy's medical bills raised more than $ 27,000 on Monday afternoon.

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