A woman from Illinois suffered horrific facial injuries when her own pitbull attacked her during a seizure, only realising the extent of the damage when she FaceTimed her fiancé. Karma Davis, 25, lost both lips, a large portion of her left cheek, and the bottom of her nose in the attack on March 2.
Karma, who has a history of grand mal seizures, had forgotten to take her medication that day. She collapsed on her kitchen floor, and her rescue dog Fayzo savagely mauled her while she was unconscious. After coming round, she contacted her partner Trenton via FaceTime and saw her injuries for the first time.
“I woke up and tried to find my phone because I knew I’d had a seizure,” she said. “I didn’t know what happened to my face as I was still out of it from the seizure. I ended up finding my iPad and I messaged Trent who was at work. It was during that video chat we both realised the extent of what had happened.”
Trenton called emergency services, and Karma was rushed to hospital, where surgeons stopped the bleeding and placed her in a medically induced coma for two and a half days. She has since undergone multiple operations, including reconstructive surgery and a skin graft from her leg. She now requires tube feeding and faces the possibility of further grafts or a full face transplant.
Karma had adopted Fayzo from an abusive home four years earlier. The dog was seized by animal control and later put down. Despite the attack, Karma said she misses him but would not want him back. “He’d never shown any signs of aggression,” she added.
Despite her life-changing injuries, Karma remains positive. “I tell everyone I’m glad to be alive and making the most out of what I still can do versus the stuff I’m not able to do any more,” she said. “I’m lucky I can still see out of both eyes, I can hear out of one ear, I can smell, I can walk, I can talk.”
