Dog chews off Michigan man's toe, saves his life

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Can't fool me, dog just wanted a snack.

DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor.

Jerry Douthett, 48, woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had gnawed off his right big toe.

"The dog always lays with me on the bed," said Douthett. "That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked it was blood, and there was the dog looking at me with a blood mustache."

Douthett's wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated the remainder of the digit.

Douthett's wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor.

On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about "six or seven beers" and a pair of giant margaritas "big enough to put goldfish in."

"I was self-medicating at this point," he said. "The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I never would have gone in to see a doctor."

The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment.

"He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone," said Rosee. "We joked that we shouldn't have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe."
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Matt²

umm... good dog... BAD dog.. what else is he going to chew off next time he passes out drunk? Bad precedent to set for the dog!
 
Seraphyn

Seraphyn

So he'll only go see a doctor when he gets something bitten off? If your wife, a nurse, tells you to go see a doctor, move your ass to the hospital.
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

I would like to update my previous statement: there is no part of this thread that does not leave me disgusted.
 
GasBandit

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The guy's "nurse" wife is a moron. "I think my husband might be diabetic, but I can't convince him to get tested, so LET'S TAKE HIM OUT DRINKING LIKE CRAZY"
 
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LordRavage

Does no one see what is really going on here??? The dog is infected. Its only a matter of time before the dog and owner crave brains.

We need to shoot the dog and the owner in the head. Its the only way to be sure.

:zombie:
 
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Iaculus

Well, yes, that's a given.

I think Ravage is suggesting that we administer the headshots beforehand.
 
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