ALLIANCE – Kayden Underwood isn t supposed to laugh.
The 10-year-old, whose mother describes him as funny and outgoing, can t smile either without the risk of ripping a stitch. His family has tried not to say anything humorous around him since April 4 when a dog tore off his top lip.
The fifth-grader at Northside Intermediate School was playing with a pit bull when it jumped up and grabbed his mouth. He was taken to Akron Children s Hospital for surgery. Kayden s aunt, Elizabeth Underwood, said doctors were able to reattach a piece of his lip his sister recovered but not the entire lip.