Lindsey Windham is your typical 11-year-old. Except, because of what she says was a dog attack last Friday, Oct. 19, she worries she'll never be able to wear a pair of shorts or a skirt again.
Windham said a neighbor’s pit bull attacked her and left a gaping hole in the back of her left leg.
Lindsey is a patient at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile.
"He grabbed my leg and, when he did, the chain snatched him backwards and it pulled me with him. He just started to attack me," said Lindsey Windham. "I was afraid I was going to die."
It happened last Friday at a home off of Sand Ridge Rd. in Chunchula.
Rebecca Windham said her daughter lost a lot of blood and has already had two surgeries to try and close the wound.
The dog ripped through muscle and ligaments; it bit straight to the young girl’s bone.
"She lost a lot of blood," said Rebecca Windham. "The doctor said if we hadn't gotten there when we did and it had been another half-inch to the right, it would have gotten an artery and she would have bled to death before we got to the hospital, because we live so far away."
Rebecca Windham said the dog is being quarantined and his behavior is being monitored. Since the dog was chained up on its owner's property there isn't a lot the Windham family can do.
Lindsey said she has played with the dog before, and isn't sure why it turned on her that day.
"It wasn't their fault. We do not hold them accountable for anything," said Rebecca Windham. "The dog just snapped."
Lindsey will undergo a third surgery on Friday to try and close the wound. The family said if that doesn't work she may head to Birmingham to a see a specialist.
The Windham family is struggling to make ends meet and these new medical bills are only making things harder. Rebecca said she is battling cancer and the bills are piling up.
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| Although she doesn't blame the pit bull owners, why not ask them to pay the medical bills? |
"We are two months behind on the electric bill, two months behind on the water bill," said Rebecca.
"I haven't been able to work since February."
If you would like to help the Windham family please call (251) 716-3706.
(WALA - Oct 25, 2012)
