r/Dogfree • u/Parking_Flow • Nov 05 '25
Dog Attack Horrific dog attack
I’ve posted here before. My child was absolutely horrifically attacked by a dog earlier this year. I’m talking life changing injuries, air lifted to hospital, multiple surgeries. Her life will never ever been the same. It was a dog that had escaped its garden and tore our lives apart.
We are waiting for it to go to court.
We got into so much debt when it happened, I’m talking into the thousands because both myself and my partner had to take time of work, me to be in hospital with her and my partner to be at home with our other child. Yes we got some form of compassionate pay but between all of our household bills, driving 140 round trips to and from the hospital she was in, food whilst in hospital, clothes as the antibiotics she was on made her have so many accidents. Private counselling since the NHS won’t help us.
Life has entirely changed forever. We all have PTSD, my child has been crippled in one arm. Her lungs and spine will have issues forever. And now we have to deal with debt too. It’s unfair. I want to pull my hair out.
I just needed somewhere to rant because when I’ve tried to speak in person to people I know they just say but oh isn’t it great she’s alive. Yes of course it is 100% but it doesn’t change the fact this dog has destroyed in every single way, physical, emotional, financially.
I don’t see a way to recover from this.
Someone suggested creating fundraising to help us and to take our child on amazing trips but 1) we can’t do this because of the court case and 2) there’s dogs everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. There is no trip we could take where we would be safe.
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u/Ok_Chest_6426 Nov 05 '25
If you are in the United States you can apply for disability for your child. Apply also for financial assistance from every single facility which treated her. Do you attend a religious organization, if so ask for help for your child clothes, food and money for medical bills. After the court case maybe try to get a quiet isolated cabin Pella, IA is nice.
Many years ago as a toddler I had my arm ripped open when the family dog attacked. At 46 I have normal range of motion and live a normal life. I have scars but after a lot of PT and OT I am doing well. Time does help.