Kelly Allen had gone to a friend's house for drinks when the 'very friendly' dog suddenly mauled her.
A single mum who had part of her cheek ripped off when she was attacked by a friend’s pet dachshund has said her “life has been ruined” and her self-esteem “absolutely destroyed” by the scar the dog left behind.
She now struggles to leave the house without being accompanied by one of her two sons – Fletcher, 19, and Cooper, 18 – and the £350 statutory sick pay she is receiving each month is not enough to cover her bills and living costs. “I now have to buy camouflage make-up for people who have facial disfigurements – that’s something I never thought I would have to do. I’m a single mum and I can’t afford my electric and gas most weeks – it just seems so unfair.”Her friend, who she does not wish to name, had a pet dachshund which was showing no signs of aggression when Kelly arrived at around 9:30pm."He was laying on his back for belly rubs, and put his head in my lap a couple of times.
They immediately called 999 but were told there was a considerable wait. Fearing she would “bleed to death”, Kelly called a friend who had not been drinking with them and asked for a lift to accident and emergency at Morriston Hospital.
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