Five years later girl bit by stray still having problems: update

[RSKY]

Maybe some of you remember a story I posted five years ago about a young girl in our community being attacked by a stray dog in her house. She came within a millimeter or two of being killed by the dog's bite. Well five years later she is still having problems.

The following is from her mother's Facebook page.

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"If you know her story, you know how strong she is. Malley Jo is superhuman.

2019: Malley Jo 9 years old was viciously attacked by a stray dog which resulted in emergency surgery, an extended hospital stay, wound care, wound vac, and months of physical therapy. Severe damage to the right thigh. She made a full recovery with zero lasting effects.

2022: Randomly the wound opened back up. Wound care for several months with no progress, eventually we had a surgical scar revision done which was very successful.

January 2024: Again, with no medical explanation, the wound reopened, constant pain in the leg, debilitating pain. Finally consulted a pediatric plastic surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s. Once a plan was in place we were connected with a pain team, wound care, and plastics at Cincinnati Children’s.

August 16th 2024: liposuction of the abdomen to provide fat for injections in the right thigh, removal of scar tissue that was tethered to the muscle causing the muscle to be extremely irratated. This was the cause of the constant pain. The original plan was to find a nerve that was believed to be encased in scar tissue, thank goodness this was not the main issue. Scaring was so deep it was pulling on the muscle every time it would move, causing a constant tug and pull which resulted in the muscle being inflamed, red, and sore. When the muscle was touched during surgery, it would quiver, her muscle was exhausted. Once the scar tissue was removed, the fat from the abdomen was injected all through the layers of the muscle in the leg.

Results and Moving Forward: her leg looks AMAZING! Two scars from the original surgery were removed. The “dip” in her leg is almost nonexistent. She is very sore, but in great spirits. No stairs, so she has taken over my room… and we are okay with that. We came home from Cincinnati yesterday as soon as she was released from recovery. For 2 weeks she is homebound, for 6 weeks no activities. She will be in physical therapy for a while once released fully. We are confident that this will “fix” her leg and hopefully allow her to live pain free.

Her story is amazing, it’s one of strength and perseverance. We are so thankful for all the doctors that have treated her over the past 5 years. We are hopeful and pray that this will be her last surgery due to this event. We appreciate all the messages, thoughts and prayers. When I say we have the best village I mean we have THE BEST VILLAGE! We are so abundantly blessed!"

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The day of the attack the parents and their four children were getting packed to leave for a weeklong cruise. The dog came into the garage and into the house and attacked the girl who did not realize it was anywhere around. The mother grabbed the fighting dog and pulled it off her daughter.

RSKY

 

[Jstpssng]

Maybe some of you remember a story I posted five years ago about a young girl in our community being attacked by a stray dog in her house. She came within a millimeter or two of being killed by the dog's bite. Well five years later she is still having problems.

The following is from her mother's Facebook page.

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"If you know her story, you know how strong she is. Malley Jo is superhuman.

2019: Malley Jo 9 years old was viciously attacked by a stray dog which resulted in emergency surgery, an extended hospital stay, wound care, wound vac, and months of physical therapy. Severe damage to the right thigh. She made a full recovery with zero lasting effects.

2022: Randomly the wound opened back up. Wound care for several months with no progress, eventually we had a surgical scar revision done which was very successful.

January 2024: Again, with no medical explanation, the wound reopened, constant pain in the leg, debilitating pain. Finally consulted a pediatric plastic surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s. Once a plan was in place we were connected with a pain team, wound care, and plastics at Cincinnati Children’s.

August 16th 2024: liposuction of the abdomen to provide fat for injections in the right thigh, removal of scar tissue that was tethered to the muscle causing the muscle to be extremely irratated. This was the cause of the constant pain. The original plan was to find a nerve that was believed to be encased in scar tissue, thank goodness this was not the main issue. Scaring was so deep it was pulling on the muscle every time it would move, causing a constant tug and pull which resulted in the muscle being inflamed, red, and sore. When the muscle was touched during surgery, it would quiver, her muscle was exhausted. Once the scar tissue was removed, the fat from the abdomen was injected all through the layers of the muscle in the leg.

Results and Moving Forward: her leg looks AMAZING! Two scars from the original surgery were removed. The “dip” in her leg is almost nonexistent. She is very sore, but in great spirits. No stairs, so she has taken over my room… and we are okay with that. We came home from Cincinnati yesterday as soon as she was released from recovery. For 2 weeks she is homebound, for 6 weeks no activities. She will be in physical therapy for a while once released fully. We are confident that this will “fix” her leg and hopefully allow her to live pain free.

Her story is amazing, it’s one of strength and perseverance. We are so thankful for all the doctors that have treated her over the past 5 years. We are hopeful and pray that this will be her last surgery due to this event. We appreciate all the messages, thoughts and prayers. When I say we have the best village I mean we have THE BEST VILLAGE! We are so abundantly blessed!"

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The day of the attack the parents and their four children were getting packed to leave for a weeklong cruise. The dog came into the garage and into the house and attacked the girl who did not realize it was anywhere around. The mother grabbed the fighting dog and pulled it off her daughter.

RSKY

I don't remember it but that kid has spunk! Hopefully this will alleviate her complications.

 

[dodge man]

I remember it, sounds like a tough journey but it’s good to hear she is doing better.

 

[ChiefBodie]

Thank you for the great update.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Thank you for the great update.

Dog attacks happen more than one might expect. A retired co worker was out jogging, and was severely mauled by several feral dogs, who formerly belonged to a drug dealer who abandoned them when he was imprisoned.

Vicious Dog Attacks – Oklahoma – Oklahoma History

 

[Jstpssng]

Dog attacks happen more than one might expect. A retired co worker was out jogging, and was severely mauled by several feral dogs, who formerly belonged to a drug dealer who abandoned them when he was imprisoned.

Vicious Dog Attacks – Oklahoma – Oklahoma History

They won't let us have the best thing for this type of attack.. double barrel 12 with a short stock and shorter barrel.
I love dogs but this proves that it isn't the dog, it's the idiot owner. Er, it's the owner.

 

[bigtiller]

Thanks for the update, I hope this is the fix she has wanted all these years.

After a local girls face was severely mauled by a dog, I carry a weapon when I leave the house on foot.

 

[RSKY]

That was the second attack that year in our area. The other was a challenged man on a bicycle who was attacked and pretty well chewed up. After all was said and done the dog was given back to the owner. And this wasn't the first time that it had attacked somebody, just the first time the person attacked hadn't been able to fight it off. There was a minor uproar about the dog not being destroyed. The story I heard was that a few weeks later a relative of the victim knocked on the owner's door and asked him if that was the dog involved in the attack. When the owner said yes the man retrieved a shotgun from his truck and shot the dog where it was chained up. In front of the dog's owner. Of course with the shooter standing there with a shotgun the owner didn't object.

 

[Sigarms]

That was the second attack that year in our area. The other was a challenged man on a bicycle who was attacked and pretty well chewed up. After all was said and done the dog was given back to the owner. And this wasn't the first time that it had attacked somebody, just the first time the person attacked hadn't been able to fight it off. There was a minor uproar about the dog not being destroyed. The story I heard was that a few weeks later a relative of the victim knocked on the owner's door and asked him if that was the dog involved in the attack. When the owner said yes the man retrieved a shotgun from his truck and shot the dog where it was chained up. In front of the dog's owner. Of course with the shooter standing there with a shotgun the owner didn't object.

Should have killed the owner while he was at it...

 

[Jstpssng]

Should have killed the owner while he was at it...

The only difference between your thinking and mine is that you actually posted it.