The family of a three-year-old boy who was allegedly thrown into a crocodile enclosure have released a statement, revealing their young son has had multiple surgeries since the incident.

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"We are extremely grateful for everyone’s generosity. We could never thank you enough for the support you have given our family in this horrible time. We have been living at the hospital for 2 weeks now and our son has undergone 5 surgeries.

At this moment in time we know that our son is to undergo at least two more surgeries, one of those surgeries being a nerve reconstruction in his arm. These last two weeks have been a very uncertain and unsettling time.

This uncertainty remains as we still don’t know the extent of his feeling, movement and function in both of his arms, wrists and hands. This will only be identified after casts and bandages are able to be removed and he can begin his rehabilitation journey.

His rehabilitation journey is uncertain but we do know that it won’t be a short process. The money that has been donated so far has been used to pay for our expenses.

We are both currently away from work and the time in which this will need to be the case is unknown. We have a newborn baby to look after, mortgage to pay for and other expenses including our car, food and bills.

The donations have helped ease the pressure of these expenses so we are extremely grateful to everyone.

Further donations will be used to support our son’s rehabilitation and to give back to the hospital who have helped us in many ways during this challenging time. Thank you."