Six-year-old Noni Echo-Hawk Lopez is seen with his family in this photo.

Police say that bicyclist tore down First Avenue in downtown Seattle and slammed into the boy without warning. The man was riding a fixed-gear bike that had no brakes.

The past week and a half has been anything but fun and games for young Noni Echo-Hawk Lopez and his family.

"His jaw is completely wired shut, from top to bottom. It's broken in three different places right now," said mother Abigail Echo-Hawk.

The boy can barely talk. All of his food needs to be blended. Playing basketball is now way too dangerous. He can't even take a bath by himself.

"If something was to happen, he can't call for me," Abigail said. "I have to be there in case he slips and falls."

The boy was walking with his father and his older brother outside Pike Place Market one night when a bicyclist flew down the street, and plowed into Noni in the crosswalk.

"And we were almost to the curb, and the bike came out of nowhere," said father Chris Lopez.

Police say the bicyclist, 32-year-old Rafael Aranetal, tried to take off, but a group of witnesses stopped him.

According to court documents, Aranetal admitted he "should have known better" than to race through a red light. He has been charged with vehicular assault and felony hit and run.

For Noni, there will be many more visits to the hospital. Doctors hope they can save his bottom row of teeth.

"I'm worried about how many more surgeries there are, what kind of restorative work he's going to need," Lopez said.

But the family members also know things could have turned out much worse.

"One of the doctors told me, she said if it would have been six inches up from the impact that they could see in his jaw - if it would have hit him in the temple - he would have died," Abigail Echo-Hawk said. "It's hard to go through this, but to have my little boy, I would do anything."

A victim's fund is helping pay the medical bills, but there are so many other expenses. KOMO News donated $500 to the family.

Noni hopes to return to school on Monday. He is set to have his jaw unwired on Dec. 11, but more procedures are likely to be necessary.