Posted on 04/21/2010 10:46:49 PM PDT by Chet 99
5-year-old mauled by pit bull in Hurricane
April 20, 2010
HURRICANE -- Many owners of American pit bull terriers say the dogs get a bad rap, that they can be as sweet as any other breed and can make great family pets. But if a pit bull attacks, one Utah mother says the results can be devastating.
A pit bull mauled Katie Weeks' 5-year-old daughter, Saleena Wickward, in Hurricane Monday night. The little girl is now recovering from reconstructive facial surgery.
"She's already asked her mom for a mirror, and we're waiting on that," Weeks says.
Right now, Saleena's face only resembles what she used to look like: swelling, stitches and staples consume her innocent face.
"I was so afraid to walk into that room and see my little girl because I just thought she would never look the same again," Weeks says.
But she says her daughter already looks better than she did right after the attack.
It happened Monday night in Hurricane around 5:30. Weeks says her daughter wandered to the next yard over to catch a caterpillar.
According to the dog owner, Saleena was throwing rocks at the pit bull. Then, it lunged at her face.
"The dog was on a chain, but he grabbed her and didn't let go," Weeks says.
The owner had to pry the jaws off of Saleena's head. Neighbors called 911.
Saleena stayed conscious while waiting for an ambulance.
"We got a towel and pushed the skin up against her, and just wrapped it around and held it there until 911 got there, and just rocked her and tried to comfort her the best we could," Weeks says.
At Dixie Regional Medical Center, the 5-year-old had six and a half hours of reconstructive surgery. Two plastic surgeons helped put Saleena's face back together.
Stitches go from the middle of her lip, to her nose and cheek, then around her ear. A plate and screw are stabilizing her fractured cheek.
Now, doctors and family members will have to wait to see if there's any nerve damage. In the meantime, weeks says her emotions are all over the place.
"Fear, hope, more prayers than I've ever said in my life," she says.
The dog owner didn't want to comment. Weeks doesn't place blame on the owner. She says the dog had played with her kids before.
Hurricane police say the pit bull is with animal control.
That theme ~does~ seem to keep “popping up” in his posts, doesn’t?
[”Accusations are often subconscious confessions”]
Every thread is you doing just that.
You are so scared you pee sitting down and get permission first. You rant like you're Bufurd Pusser but you're really Big Fat Pussy!
Why don't you nut up or shut up?
I didn't realize that! So do I.
Smartest dog I have ever owned.
Zombieland fan, eh?
[Twinkies!]
Too bad he’s possessed by demons.
[those *eyes*!]
/running away, giggling
Runs in the family!
Don’t talk to me, you rock-smoking, hippie/homo/hippo lover.(should I put a sarc tag on that, for the humorless? nah.)
That’s a beautiful harness, I’m sure he’ll have a lot of fun with it! ‘ware the neighborhood kids, once they figure out there’s a dog with a pull cart nearby, they’ll never leave you alone!
Pit Heelers Ueber Alles!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaack!
“you rock-smoking, hippie/homo/hippo lover”
Damn.
Try saying *that* 3 times in a row....:))
[but I love it when you talk dirty to me]....LOL
There really aren’t any kids nearby because I don’t exactly live in a neighborhood....more like the boondocks with hard roads.
[besides, they’d have to push *me* outta the cart to get in]
It’s about time this big slob starts earning his Halo.....;]
I forgot to mention another benefit of the harness.
We have a cable tie mounted in the back seat of the truck and it hooks onto the harness, giving “Bubby” a really good, secure seat belt.
[much better than that weird, convoluted mess I wasted $40 on with the seat belt snap attachment thingy]
Why don’t you just stop clicking on the threads?
If those sweet, cuddly pitbulls would stop mauling, maiming and killing innocent people, I’m sure Chet 99 would stop posting the stories.
My prayers for this little angel.
Wow...looks like a good movie.
>A dog is a dog<
Not the breed in your photo, lurking in the bed, waiting to maul a human being. That breed was developed by crossing a bull breed and a terrier and has a history in the fighting pits of Boston.
Ban them I say. They’re obviously a menace to society.
It has everything to do with your vendetta against a type of dog. <<<
But his “vendetta” against a type of dog is the result of that type of dog mauling, maiming and killing innocent people (mostly children) on a daily basis.
It is not as if Chet 99 posts the same pitbull horror stories over and over. Nearly every day, the “dogs of peace and tolerance” create another one (or more) of these tragedies. Why don't you post all the stories of maimings and killings by Poodles, Beagles and Chihuahuas?"
LOL!
No, he wouldn’t.
He’s recently branched out to bob cat maulings, graphic images of leopards being torn apart by a warthog and every imaginable genre of tales of gore, brutality, blood lust and human dismemberment.
Think ~hard~ about the psychology behind that.
Seriously.
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