"She can walk, she can talk, she can smell, she can hear, and she can see. "She has all she has her senses now," Shirley Durand said. Her parents have no doubts about her future. Durand was a dog-sitter for seven years and still dreams of working with animals, possibly as a dog trainer. "And so I'm putting it in their hands to help me."Įven after the brutal attack, there's a place still in her heart for dogs. "It's not fun to think about and I also think about how amazing the doctors are," she said. In physical therapy, her mouth is stretched one millimeter at a time so that she can eat more. After every meet and greet I had, I always felt the same with those other dogs and they don't change their attitude from the time that I met them to the time that I go there for the first time." "I want dog owners to know their animals and be able to communicate with their sitters how they are," she said. That's perhaps why she didn't hide her scarred body, which shows the more than 800 bites she endured. In addition to the love from her family is that from Nathan, who Durand has dated for three yearsĭurand wants to be seen not as a victim, but as an example. Her boyfriend, 24-year-old Nathan, who stood by her side, was there, too. Outside of her house, the first responders who saved her life gave her a champion's welcome. She was released from the hospital a week later, receiving applause from her doctors and nurses. So, I think that it's time to show who I am now, and I can't be scared of it," she said, revealing her face. Doctors had grafted skin from her buttocks and forehead to start the process of rebuilding her face. John Durand told his daughter "she was a miracle."ĬBS News met Durand when she had already been in the hospital for seven weeks. "I was just glad to see her alive," she told CBS News. Their daughter had been resuscitated multiple times and was put in a medically induced coma for a week, Shirley Durand added. And as we later found out, she had to be resuscitated on the trauma table," John Durand told CBS News. "It was clear that he was saying she's in for a fight for survival. Durand and her family to know that we fervently pray for her recovery daily."ĭurand was in emergency surgery for seven hours before her parents, John and Shirley Durand, heard from one of the doctors. Due to pending litigation we have been advised not to give any interviews, however, we want Ms. We would never knowingly put anyone in harm's way, and were shocked by what happened at our home. "We know that she was injured severely, and are devastated by what she and her family are going through. "We are heartbroken by the tragic incident involving Ms. The Bishops said they were "heartbroken" in a statement to CBS News, but turned down an interview request. We suspect everybody who came across these dogs, particularly Lucy, knew that," Brooker said. Brooker said an examination of the dogs, completed by an expert hired by his team after the attack, shows "that the dogs were dangerous and had vicious propensities."
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