prayer request for my kid *update* last post (picture)

[annie3001]

thank you all for the prayers they must have been working.
my girl got up, i was right there, kissing her forehead. i changed her clothes and meanwhile looking over her stitches now becoming dried blood. its going to be some time for healing of her face. her inury is next to her nose, so its almost like a large bugger, best way to describe it. and several scratches. i even see a scratch on her neck. holy crap, this dog could have really done some damage to my girl.

i got her in her favorite shirt and pants, and put her hair in pigtails, then painted her nails sparkly. i then took her in her bedroom and showed her how pretty she looked (because she is a very pretty little girl even with her pretty bruises).... she got scared and ran out of her room.
i went after her, and we talked about it. i showed her my scars on my hands (dang duck pen wire) and i told her mines healing really fast.
i am giving her alot of attention as our other child too. but her right now. i want her to feel confident, because people may stare.
my husband returned home with her medicine and some bunny candies for her and jelly beans for her brother. and he even got me a chocolate egg. (see he is a good guy) (there was a different thread from me a a few days ago)

anyways, i had her come outside into the chicken coop and she got to collect the eggs and put them in the fridge.

i took work off tomorrow so i could spend every single moment with her. little material never really mattered in my life, and they still dont. amazing how much i love my children. you think you can protect your kids, and accident can happen. i have to learn to accept that.
my girl asked me "why i was crying at the hospital"
hard thing to answer when i was crying all about her..........
i told her how much i loved her, and wanted her to get better. (didnt know what else to say)
shes a sharp girl that emma.... thats her name emma jean
thank you for all your kind words.

as far as the dog at the inlaws. they are going to their vet tomorrow to deceide what to do. they are blaming a mouth injury on the dog. thats why the dog snapped. i honestly dont buy that, i think they want to keep the dog.

should we ever go over to their house again. kids are in the car or that dog is locked in one of their bedrooms. period.
guess i have rambled on here long enough. have a great night everyone.


sincerely,
Andrea

 

[Rockin' Reds]

Prayers to you and your baby girl.

I know what you are going through and my thoughts are with you. Our neighbor's dog bit both of my girls in the face when they were little. It was very scary. We initially didn't blame the dog for the first incident as my oldest daughter, who was about 8 at the time, went to the neighbors to play with their son and tried to pet the dog who was asleep in the sun. He reached up and bit her on the cheek. She only required a few stitches and healed without problem. I thought she probably scared the dog and he reacted.

However, merely 2 days later my husband was standing in the road talking with this neighbor and the same dog reached up and bit my youngest daughter right in the face (she was 2 at the time)....completely unprovoked. My daughter never even touched the dog. She was just standing there. I thought it was some bizarre dream when my husband called me at work and told me he was taking McKenna to the ER because the neighbor's dog bit her in the face. I honestly didn't believe him...I thought he was joking around (which wasn't really funny if he was). But he was serious and this bite was far more serious. She had several puncture wounds in her cheek and the dog somehow managed to nearly tear off her bottom lip. They called in a plastic surgeon and they took her to surgery. Her poor little face was swollen for quite some time and the scars were red for several years, but she healed up just fine and looks great. She is 18 now and will be graduating from HS in May. If you were to look at her you would never know she had such awful facial trauma. We thankfully had a wonderful plastic surgeon who did a marvelous job. She can still feel the scar tag on the inside of her bottom lip from where the surgeon put her lip back together, but otherwise she doesn't really have much residual. I can see the puncture wounds sometimes if she is really cold but I think that's just because I know where they are.

She was afraid of dogs for quite a while after that and would cry and try to climb up my leg if a dog approached her. But she eventually got over her fear and has a dog of her own that she adores now. Kids are surprisingly resilient and I hope she bounces back as quickly as my daughter did. Just hug and love and reassure her as much as you can...can't go wrong with that!!

Hugs to you both!!

 

[Mattemma]

Prayers for your dd that she heals well.

I would insist the dog be CRATED in a CLOSED ROOM. Me, I would put down the dog if the bite was unprovoked. No way could I look my kid in the face and say I chose the dog over the kid in a bite incident.

 

[gritsar]

 

[turney31]

Prayers!

 

[BorderKelpie]

I hate to say it because I love Border Collies (hence my username), but Borders are known for nippy,snappy behavior. Especially poorly bred, under socialized, antrained ones. I have been fortunate with mine, but I do tend to micro-manage my dogs. If they decide to keep the dog, some very serious management needs to be done. Obedience classes are not going to stop that behavior until they get some leadership over the dog and even so, the dog has no business around children ever again.
I am going to PM you a link that I hope you will find helpful.

Prayers and hugs to you and your little girl. I do hope all of you heal completely.

 

[schellie69]

so glad that your little girl is okay. Saying prayers for a fast recovery. Keep us posted.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Strength to you mamma! Your daughter will probably heal just fine - BUT she is looking to you to see how bad this is or how upset she should be over her appearance! So try to keep that in mind. For one even though they are important her perttiness is not the most important thing about her.

I taught my girls to be proud of their injuries and especially stitches - let people stare tell them your exciting story it is very cool to get stitches. They learned to wear the buymps and bruises and stiches of life proudly - I call them badges of honor.

Your DD is very young and this is very hard on you. But, her face is still very elastic and good medical care will make it likely that no one will even know she was bitten by time she hits high school.

to you both.


DD1 had four stiches across her forehead and later put her own top teeth through her bottom lip - knocked the tetth clean out and got more stitches. You practically have to use a magnifying glass to see either scar now 5 years later.

 

[sourland]

Hope everything is healing well with no signs of infection.

 

[Lunachick]

for your little girl. Just a suggestion: I would maybe act normal around her and not fuss too much about her wound. I mean this in the kindest way! A little distraction from the trauma might help. Hubby was nice to get the goodies for the kids

Hope everything turns out fine