Jago Times "English Edition" Best Online Newspaper
Related Articles
Jacqueline Durand, who was mauled and left “permanently” disfigured in a December dog attack in Coppell, appeared on “CBS Mornings” Wednesday.
“I didn’t ask for this,” Durand said on the show. “It’s time to show who I am now.”
Durand, a 22-year-old University of Texas at Dallas student, was dog-sitting on Dec. 23 for owners Justin and Ashley Bishop when two of their dogs attacked, according to a lawsuit filed on her behalf.
She lost both ears, lips, nose and the majority of her face. Her father, John Durand, told KXAS-TV (NBC5) that she had 800 to 1,000 bites on her body from the attack by the mixed-breed German shepherd and mixed-breed pit bull.
After being rushed to Medical City Plano following the attack, Durand underwent a 7-hour-long life-saving surgery.
Her mother and father, John and Shirley Durand, told CBS that she had to be resuscitated on the trauma table. Jacqueline Durand had lost 30% of her blood in the attack, according to “CBS Mornings.”
“I thought I was going to die,” Durand said on the show.
Durand spent 60 days in the hospital recuperating before she returned home to a greeting from Coppell first-responders.
According to the CBS interview, Durand has one to three more years of surgeries ahead of her.
The Bishops did not grant CBS an interview but said in a statement to the news organization that they were “heartbroken” and “would never knowingly put anyone in harm’s way.”
According to the report, the dogs were ordered to be euthanized by a judge. It is unclear if that has happened yet.
Hannah Cook, chief communications strategist for the city of Coppell, did not return a request for comment.