POOR ITTY BITTY

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My poor baby was hurt again. Itty Bitty was attacked by the neighbors dog on Friday morning. Bitty and Abby were playing in the front yard when the dog came and carried her off across the street. My mom and the dog's owner couldn't get Bitty free for a few minutes. She was rushed into surgery; her intestines were punctured as was her abdominal wall. She has stiches all over the back half of her body. It is awful to see her; she is in so much pain. She came home on Saturday afternoon, but she's back at the vet today to get on an IV for the day. We are just so thankful that she's alive. If the dog had gotten her at any other part of her body she wouldn't have made it.

Well, yesterday went well at the vet. She is now eatting (horray!) and looking much better. The vet said she is thru the woods now for an infection, we are just praying that nothing tears in her intenstines now that they are starting to function.
She came to work with me today because she has to be monitored so closely. I have to feed her every few hours, and still having to force water at times. Carter picked her out a dress, and she's wearing it today because she is now aware of her injuries and wanting to lick them.

Bit Bit under my desk in her basket; what a little Princess

Well, we have hit a bump in the road. I had to rush Bitty to the vet this morning because her skin split wide open. He took out her drain tubes, and took out her stiches too (they aren't doing any good at this point).
The vet said that there was so much trauma to parts of her back that the skin is dying. So far, some areas have split open and you can see her muscles and everything. It looks terrible and makes me want to cry looking at it. She is going to have to have another surgery in 1-2 weeks to get rid of the dead skin and replace it.
She has been such a trooper. She is getting around really well, and doesn't seem to be in too much pain. We are calling her the dog with 50 lives; she has been thru so much this past year.
I've liked having her at work with me, she is really being spoiled.

This is what it looked like before the vet took the tube and stiches out

This is what it looks like now :(
Her tummy is doing ok

Bit Bit is doing so well! Her tummy scars are disappearing, and the tissue on her back is starting to grow back. We are hoping we won't have to do the last surgery on her back. She will have a scar, and we aren't sure if the hair will grow back, but the neccrotic tissue has fallen off and the new growth is looking very good, it's has shrunk in half, and hopefully in another week or so the skin will have grown back together.
She is back to being herself, hyper as always, and begging for attention.