Teen's finger bitten by dog replaced
December 23, 2009
Chicago - A woman’s middle finger was recently replaced with a metal pin when a dog bit her hand last November 21 in Chicago. It was inserted on her entire finger to support it while the bone and the tissue totally heals and grows back.
Reports said Girthamarie Gary, 15, was walking with her younger sister from her house to the Chicago Heights Public Library when s. She ran into Catina Jones, the dog owner, with her dog that was on a leash. It bit her hand when she was passed by the animal.
“It was horrible. The hand was bleeding and I couldn't feel anything,” said Gary. Her mother, Diane Beattie-Gary, said that she hope the woman dog’s owner will be caught charged or arrested since Jones she did not do anything to her dog’sthe victim. Jones was ticketed because she did not have a dog license.
Gary was immediately sent to St. James Hospital and transferred to Munster Hospital. She underwent surgery at the University of Chicago hospital.
When Gary complained that every time she hits her finger with the pin, she feels an “intense burning pain.” She said her finger is numb. It prevented her from playing volleyball which she used to enjoy before the attack.
Joneas, meanwhile, denied that she or any of her family members were walking the dog that day. “I have no clue who this person was,” she said about the victim. “I have a big yard and a park across from my street. Why the hell would I walk my dog on Route 30?”
