"Demon's behaviour over the next week will determine his fate." WARNING: Confronting images.

The boys were happily playing in the garden when *Sarah nipped in to ask her husband when he wanted to be woken up from his Saturday afternoon nap.

It was at this very second - that she heard the most ear-piercing scream.

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The Queensland mum raced outside to find her five-year-old son clutching his head as blood gushed into the concrete deck.

The family had been enjoying a quiet day at home with their two dog: two-year-old Demon and six-month-old Mazikeen. Source: Madeline Cox

The blood didn't stop flowing from Tim's head

In absolute shock, Sarah screamed to her husband to call an ambulance, while grabbing a t-shirt to apply pressure to *Tim's wound.

“The blood was still running down his face and neck even with the shirt wrapped around his head,” the mum-of-three tells Kidspot.

The blood didn’t seem to be stopping and she realised they didn’t have time to wait for an ambulance.

“At this point, we didn’t know if Tim was going to bleed to death,” she vividly recalls.

“*David drove with Tim on his lap so he could maintain pressure the entire time."

Although Demon was boisterous, he had never touched the kids until now. Source: Madeline Cox

It all happened so quickly...

With two other kids at home, Sarah had to stay behind until a friend came to look after them.

It was like time stood still as she was left in utter despair - not knowing if Tim had made it to the hospital in time.

Completely hysterical, her other son *Taylor tried to explain how the brutal attack happened.

The two boys had been playing with one of the family's Huskies, Demon, when Tim found a water balloon.

"He threw it and when Demon ripped it up he got upset and tried to grab it off him,” Sarah's nine-year-old boy told her.

“Then Demon turned around and bit him. It happened so fast.”

Demon and Tim usually get on extremely well. Source: Madeline Cox

With one single bite - a boy almost lost his life

Although it was only one bite - rather than an ongoing attack - Sarah never expected the Siberian Husky would hurt the kids.

The family have two huskies, two-year-old Demon and six-month-old Mazikeen, who are constantly around the kids.

“Demon has always played a little rough but has also been a big softie,” she says.

“He’s still a bit of a puppy.

“Tim had been playing with him and hugging him just the day before.”

Tim's head was bandaged but the wound was still bleeding. Source: Madeline Cox

"If it had been his throat - he would be dead"

As her friend arrived, Sarah only had time to warn her to keep the kids away from Demon before she rushed to be by her son’s side.

At the hospital, David's mum, who works as a nurse, had cleaned and bandaged the wound - but doctors still hadn’t seen the little boy, not realising the extent of his injury.

When a doctor finally peeled off the bandage they found “three deep lacerations plus a puncture wound to his ear."

“I felt sick seeing the white bone and the severity of it,” Sarah says.

“But he was extremely lucky. If it had been his throat he would be dead.”

Staff at the regional Queensland hospital realised they couldn’t operate and so Tim was eventually transported to a larger city hospital.

David stayed by his little boy's side as the drip was fitted. Source: Madeline Cox

"Watching his eyes close all of a sudden was a gut-wrenching feeling"

Once there Tim, who was on heavy painkillers, had to be fitted for a drip, a process that Sarah describes as "extremely traumatic".

Although she waited outside while David watched on helplessly as their boy was physically restrained to have the drip inserted - she could hear his screams.

A short time later, the five-year-old was taken into surgery.

“I was petrified of him going under as none of my children has even had local anaesthetic,” Sarah says.

“We went into theatre and I was holding his hand when they gave him the general in his drip and watching his eyes go wide - then close all of a sudden was a gut-wrenching feeling.

“I nearly broke down in tears but if he could be so brave and strong and barely cry this whole time I was going to try not to as well.”

Tim has been extremely brave through the entire horrific ordeal. Source: Madeline Cox

"What do we do with Demon?"

The parents then had the agonising three-hour wait for the surgery to be complete.

Thankfully, Tim made it through – waking up a short time after the surgery finished.

The little boy had 27 external stitches – but other than scars where Demon bit him, is expected to make a full recovery.

Back home now, the family must decide what to do with the husky.

Currently, Demon is back with the breeders - but Sarah and her husband haven’t decided if he should be put down.

Despite his extensive head wounds, Tim is expected to make a full recovery. Source: Madeline Cox

"We want to make the right decision"

“Yesterday as David drove off with Demon, Tim walked a couple up a couple of metres behind me and stood there and said 'goodbye Demon' waving with a sad smile on his face,” Sarah says.

“He said he doesn't want Demon to die - he just wants him to go live somewhere without kids and that's why he waved goodbye to him.

“He doesn't seem to hate him over it.

“We are making sure we make an informed decision about Demon’s fate.”

Sarah says if she "was on the outside looking in I'd be staying put him down".

"We, at first, were dealing with Tim, so at that point not being home - it was easier to deal with it later.

"Demon's behaviour over the next week or so will determine his fate along with us weighing up all the pros and cons."

*Names have been changed