My mom had taken Pixie outside to go potty and run around. Pixie is a tease and does try to rowdy up the neighbor's dog by running near the fence from time to time. She only weighs 2.6 lbs, but seems to think she is much bigger. The fence is pretty closed off by bushes and wire, but there happened to be an empty spot in the middle of the fence in which the dog could stick his paw or mouth through. That is exactly what ended up happening last night. As Pixie ran near the fence, too fast for my mom to grab her in time, the dog stuck his paw through and got a grab of her. My mom said he was trying to pull her through the fence (and she's so small, she probably could have fit) but my mom grabbed her just in time (Thank you Lord)! I was inside at the time and heard my mom yell out a big scream. I immediately met her at the door as she ran in holding Pixie who was covered in blood and still bleeding excessively. My heart immediately sank and I just began pray as we jumped in car and headed straight to the emergency vet. Pixie seemed to be very calm (probably in shock) and alert during car ride, which was reassuring. She was still bleeding alot, so we got there as fast as we could not knowing where the bleeding was coming from or what to expect. They took us right back and her blood began to dry up and she seemed to start being more herself. She still remained very alert and was a very good girl as the nurses shaved her hair to look for puncture wounds. Turned out, most of that bleeding was coming from a gash on her nose, but besides that, there were no other deep puncture wounds on her body, which was amazing! The dog just missed her eye and we were also told a bruise she had was very close to her jugular vein, which if that was punctured, she most likely would not have made it. They did an xray right after and there were no broken bones! Another praise report! We were getting good news after good news and the Dr & nurses kept saying how lucky Pixie is to be alive. I don't call that "luck", I call that the "Lord's protection". He knows how much we love this sweet pup, so we are so very thankful she is okay. She had to be hooked up to an IV, but the Dr gave us the go ahead to bring her home for the night, which I was so thankful for. Remind you, Daniel is still in Arizona right now, so I had to keep him posted via text message and phone calls. You bet he was praying! We had a pretty restless night, but Pixie did very well and all went good at her appointment this morning. She will not need any type of surgery and will be able to heal on her own. She's tired and weak from the shots and trauma, but has a very healthy appetite and is doing really well. Pray she gets some rest and heals quickly please.
Thank you to all of you who sent love and prayers through facebook, so thankful to have our precious Pixie with us still.
Our tough girl.
Hooked up to her IV :(
Today after getting IV out, she is such a trooper. She's wearing her "Little Monster" shirt to cover her shaved hair and because she's such a tough little girl.
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