Brave girl: Sharon Ponce, left, with her daughter, Charlotte, right sit during a news conference at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Wednesday
'I have a nose': Photographs have been released showing Charlotte Ponce's new nose, pictured, after the 10-year-old underwent reconstructive surgery last week
More surgery: Last week's surgery was the first of three operations to repair the damage Charlotte, pictured right, suffered as a baby
Surgeon: Plastic surgeon Dr Kongkrit Chaiyasate, left with Mrs Ponce and Charlotte, has hailed the surgery a success
Before and after: Charlotte was just three-months-old when a raccoon chewed off a part of her face while she was sleeping in her crib
Life-changing: Sharon and Tim Ponce were watching the 11 o'clock news when they learned their great-niece Charlotte had been mauled by a pet raccoon
Injuries: Three-month-old Charlotte was in critical condition in the hospital. The raccoon had chewed away her right ear, her nose and part of her lip and cheekbone
New Family: Charlotte's brother Marshall, right, had been taken from the home and placed in a foster care facility and was then adopted by the Ponces along with Charlotte
Under the knife: Charlotte underwent the first in a series of reconstructive surgeries on Wednesday
Plans: Charlotte Ponce, whose face was mauled by a pet raccoon a decade ago, with markings on her face made by her surgeon before her first surgery at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak
Operation: Doctors are using skin from her wrist to reconstruct her nose. Future procedures will focus on the Spring Lake girl's lips and ear
Normal life: Since 2002, Charlotte has grown into a high-spirited ten-year-old girl who loves swimming, fishing and riding horses
Smiles: The Ponce's medical insurance will cover the cost of the operations but the cash raised will be used for transport and hotels for the repeated trips to hospital
Loving family: Charlotte Ponce with her father, Tim, at a park in Nunica, Michigan
Preparation: Dr Kongkrit Chaiyasate, right, talks with Tim and Sharon Ponce and son Marshall, before performing surgery on Charlotte at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan
Mother's love: Sharon Ponce caresses Charlotte before her first surgery on Wednesday
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Vicious: Charlotte was mauled by a pet raccoon, like the one seen here, when the animal got into her crib ten years ago
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