Our oldest daughter's best friend of about 18 years now, was attacked by a pitt bull yesterday evening. Actually, she is 5 months pregnant with their 2nd baby (another little girl), and also a 2 1/2-year-old precious little girl. Due to already having pregnancy complications, she is supposed to be on bed rest, but her fiance' is in the Army and was gone for some sort of training for the weekend. She had gone to her fiance's house to let their dogs out to go potty. She had her little girl with her. The dogs went outside and pottied, and she was in the process of putting them back in their cages when one of the pitt bulls got mad and didn't want to be put away. She stepped in front of her little girl, being afraid that the dog would attack her. The dog attacked Anna though instead. Anna yelled for Addie to climb up on the riding mower, which she finally did, but by then the pitt bull had knocked Anna to the ground. She managed to crawl over to her fiance's toolbox and got out a jip knife. She stabbed the dog in the face at least 12 times, but the dog wouldn't back down. Anna's dog broke out of his cage to try to protect Anna. Her dog, Tyton, pulled at the Pitt Bull and got his back enough that Anna could take off her jeans. She remembered her fiance' telling her that if anyone is ever being attacked by a dog, take off the article of clothing that the dog is attacking to distract them. She managed to get her jeans off long enough to get Addie, crawl to the house, and call 911 before the dog got her again. They rushed her to one hospital, and then had to rush her to a second hospital in Omaha because of the extensive injuries. The pitt bull, at least this particular one, will be put down this coming Monday, after they make certain he doesn't have rabies, and hasn't bitten anyone else in the last several days. If Anna had not gotten between her little girl and this pitt bull, Addie probably would be dead today. Anna was in surgery till 1:00 this morning. The surgery took longer than expected and she may have nerve damage, which will affect her mobility. Please pray for full healing for Anna, and that the baby she is carrying will be healthy, and she will be able to carry this baby to full term after all this trauma.  |
| Tyton, Anna's dog that tried to save her. |
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| One wound |
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| See the attack marks? |
