A six-year-old girl from Chesterville, Maine, is unlikely to be able to smile again after suffering severe facial damage in a pit bull attack.

Lily Norton, 6, underwent a 12-hour surgery that required over 1,000 sutures from her eyes to her throat. After the attack, the girl was transported to a specialized hospital in Boston on Saturday, February 18, for emergency surgery. According to a GoFundMe website set up on her behalf, she still has two more surgeries scheduled.

CJ Pitcher, a family friend who set up the fundraising campaign on the family’s behalf, told a local outlet that the girl’s doctor warned she would never be able to smile again since the attack had caused substantial muscular damage.

Doctors will keep the girl in intensive care for at least ten days, according to Pitcher. They will also sedate her for a week to prevent her from scratching her face while she heals.

Norton will breathe through a tube while sedated, according to her mother, Dorothy Norton.

Despite the sedation and breathing tube, the girl’s mother reported that her daughter was responding well to treatment.

Norton was at a friend’s house when the attack occurred. The youngster and her friend were having a playdate, and her friend’s mother was dog-sitting.

The playdate’s mother heard shouting after she left the girls to play cards in the kitchen. Norton’s friend discovered the pit bull attacking the little girl and screamed to her mother for assistance. When the woman approached the attacking dog, it let go of the girl.

Norton was airlifted to Boston Children’s Hospital for specialized emergency surgery and care.

More than $55,000 has already been raised through the GoFundMe event.