St. Louis mother scared for all times after canine tears her lips off

A St. Louis mom was left unrecognizable after one thing triggered her pal’s usually-friendly pet Labrador, inflicting the canine to tear off half of her lips in a horrifying assault.

Charlie O’Dell was visiting a pal on Nov. 19 when the beforehand well-behaved canine approached her and jumped up at her, sinking its enamel into the left aspect of her mouth, Kennedy Information and Media reported.

The pup tore off O’Dell’s prime and backside lip, leaving her with an artery poking out of her pores and skin and inflicting her to faint.

The 30-year-old mother of three was rushed to a close-by hospital the place a plastic surgeon stitched her up.

Two weeks later, the younger mother says she hopes the three upcoming lip surgical procedures she has scheduled will make her look “extra regular.”

“I didn’t anticipate the canine to assault me. It occurred so rapidly. It was identical to how regular canine see somebody and are available over and soar on them,” O’Dell stated. “I didn’t even understand it took my lip off.”

O’Dell’s pal instantly put her canine within the toilet earlier than coming to her aide. In that second, O’Dell pulled her hand down from her mouth, noticed the large quantities of blood pouring out and fainted.

“That’s once I observed all of the blood was pouring out. I used to be screaming once I noticed my face within the toilet mirror,” she stated. [All] of my garments have been soaked in blood, and their [my friends’] garments have been soaked too.

She added: “I simply keep in mind saying that I wanted to go to the hospital and my pal’s face of shock and terror after which I handed out.”

Now at residence recovering, O’Dell can solely take small bites of meals, and largely has to keep away from consuming meals that require a variety of chewing.

Whereas she’s gone by a hellish ordeal, she holds no grudges towards her pal.

“My pal went by a traumatic expertise too, witnessing all that,” she stated. “I do know I’m going by one thing traumatic too, however I’m very empathetic and I can’t think about how it will really feel for her to need to witness that. It wasn’t my pal’s fault.”

O’Dell is at present unemployed, based on a GoFundMe set as much as assist expense the three surgical procedures she requires.

The assault wasn’t reported to police however the canine ended up being surrendered to town of St. Louis with an incident report hooked up.