But I will set it up for you - a guy gets a new Bulldog puppy, he’s taking a nap with the dog nearby and while he’s sleeping, the puppy decides to chew on his owner's toe.
He chewed so much the bone was visible… and no, the puppy wasn’t rabid or anything like that.
What a crazy story…
Leicester Mercury reported that a retired builder woke up in horror to find his pet puppy had chewed his big toe 'down to the bone.' David Lindsay, 64, was startled by his wife's screams as he lay asleep on a sofa at their home only to find his right big toe was a bloody stump.
The bone in his toe had been fractured by his seven-month-old bulldog puppy Harley as he slept and his toenail was left hanging off. However, the horror incident turned out to be a potential life-saver as medics later discovered he had lost the feeling in his feet due to two blocked arteries in his legs.
Dad-of-five David has no plans on getting rid of the naughty pup after it inadvertently saved his life. David, from Cambridge, who suffers from diabetes, said: "I was asleep on the couch when my wife walked in and shouted, 'Dave, the puppy's chewing your toe!'
"My puppy had near enough chewed my big toe off! It chewed down to the bone and cracked it. But because of all this, I discovered that my foot is completely numb, I can't feel anything." His wife wrapped up his toe and rushed him to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambs, where he's been for nine days.
Dave has been put on intravenous antibiotics to stop the infection, caused by the dog bite, from spreading to his bone. But only because of the severe mauling his toe endured, Dave discovered he couldn't feel his foot. During CT scans for the fractured toe, the doctors discovered not one, but two blocked arteries. The blockages could put his whole leg in danger of needing amputation if the blood supply wasn't returned.
Wow, I guess everything really does happen for a reason. That dog chewing his toe actually saved his leg and maybe his life.
