Quick thinking, new treatment at HCMC help save toddler’s ear after dog bite
The Riemenschneiders were reeling over their toddler’s bloodied face and lacerated lip when they received another shock in the Children’s Minnesota emergency room in St. Paul. Two-year-old Kenzie had lost the top third of her ear from a severe dog bite, and a doctor wanted to try an ambitious hyperbaric oxygen therapy to save it. “We were just adrenaline-driven at that point. I didn’t want anything to do with any decisions,” said the mother, Jaisa Riemenschneider, who recalled thinking, “Let’s…
