Sad Day :(

Yesterday was a sad and traumatizing day for us. Here's the story but it's a little graphic and not for the faint of hearts, If that's you, please don't continue to read. There's my warning, so here goes. Ky and I took Baxter(our new puppy) on a walk with us to pick Jax up from the bus stop. The bus stop is about 5 blocks away so we made sure to take him on his leash. Once Jax got off the bus we made our way back up the street to head home. The boys were ahead of me with some friends from school, they had stopped at one of their houses and started playing on the lawn. As I got to the house and attempted to gather the boys together to keep on moving up to our house, out of nowhere, a big dog came from behind the bushes and just went crazy on Baxter. This dog was literally trying to eat our little Baxter. He had him in his mouth shaking him back and forth vigorously. I of course freaked out and tried to kick the dog to get him to let go of him, Baxter got loose and the dog just scooped him back up again doing the same thing, only this time he had a hold him in his mouth by his shoulder and neck. I decided I was not going to just sit there and let this dog kill our puppy right there in front of my kids, so I kicked the dog again giving Baxter a chance to get loose again. I went in to grab Baxter as the dog came right back again clenching Baxter in his teeth biting my hand in the process. Baxter was in total defense mode and started to bite me numerous times on my hands not knowing it was me. I threw the big dog off and held on to Baxter as he kept biting at me until he realized I was there to protect him. The dog came after him one more time while I had him in my arms, right then I screamed for his owner to get him off. Once the dogs owner realized what was going on he yelled and the dog finally took off. It was one of the most traumatic things I have ever witnessed. I could not believe how viscous this dog was, he was intent on killing our innocent defenseless little puppy. We were worried all night that Baxter might not survive, he was very timid and wouldn't let anyone touch or hold him, he would just whimper in pain and bunker down inside his dog carrier. We went to bed that night hoping and praying he would make it thru the night and be ok. He is such a little trooper, so traumatized and shaken up not knowing what it was all for. This morning he woke up and walked around a little, obviously in a lot of pain. He seems to be getting better and better by the minute today. We are grateful for that. I decided not to go to the clinic but was able to get a tetanus shot. I love having so many nurses in our family. Josh was on his way home from work so he cleaned up the wounds on my hands and bandaged me up when he got home. The boys were really worried about Baxter but with it being family night we made sure to discuss everthing during family home evening. I think it really helped them to sit down and discuss it together as a family with Grandma and Grandpa. When Jax asked how Baxter was doing when he got off the bus today, I told him he was doing much better and seemed to be getting better by the minute. Jax responded saying "it's becuase I bessed him huh?" Ky said "no, I did". I truly believe all of our prayers were answered.