Woman Mauled By Pit Bulls Wakes From Coma To Learn She Has No Arms
06.04.2022 - 19:19
/ perezhilton.com
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This is monumentally disturbing.
A South Carolina woman who survived a brutal attack by three pit bulls was re-sedated after waking from a coma to discover that much of her body was destroyed in the attack — including her arms and colon.
According to a GoFundMe page, Kyleen Waltman’s arms had to be amputated and her colon had to be removed after the awful attack last month. The mother-of-three may lose her esophagus, too, and she naturally didn’t take the news well after waking up from her initial coma.
Her sister Amy Wynne wrote on the page:
The page explained that doctors had been planning to give Kyleen prosthetic limbs, but they were forced to remove the prosthetics after the stumps of what was left of her arms became infected, right up to the shoulder.
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Unfortunately, this means the 38-year-old can’t ever be given artificial limbs. Her sister continued:
The tragic incident occurred on the morning of Monday, March 21, when Kyleen was walking to her mom’s house in the small town of Honea Path. On the way there, she was suddenly attacked by three dogs — two purebred pit bulls and a pit bull mix.
Her best friend Tanya Gilmer told WSPA:
Utterly horrifying.
Tayna continued:
Kyleen was saved by farmer Avery Presley, who was driving his tractor along Ball Road on the way to feed his cows when he came upon the vicious scene of the dogs ripping at something with their teeth. Two of the dogs left as he approached, but the third came towards him. He fired his gun in the air, and it scurried off as well. It was only then when he realized the dogs had been eating a human.
Per The State, the owner of the dogs, Jus