Personal Injury Law

"Daddy Quit Crying," Girl Says To Dad Following Dog Bite

By Eddie Farah

Last Saturday, over the July 4th holiday, 9-year-old Miranda Miller spent the day at a family friend's house in Melrose, Florida.

Miranda and the other kids played outside. The family's dog was always nearby. The dog never showed any sign of aggression until they went inside for the evening.

That's when Miranda went to grab a pencil that had rolled away. The dog bit her- badly. Her father saw the dog, a hound mix by all appearances in the newspaper photo, grab Miranda by the face and start shaking her.

Miller and a friend had to pull the dog off Miranda. The skin on her cheek was barely hanging on.

Miller and his wife, a nurse, made a fast run to Shands Hospital in Gainesville Florida, all the while Miranda telling her parents to "calm down and be quiet."

Miller says he was the one " crying like a baby. She (Miranda) got mad at me and said, 'Daddy, quit crying.' I just couldn't help it. It was just horrific."

200 stitches and three hours of surgery sewed the little girls right cheek back together. The dog is facing euthenasia after a ten-day quarantine.

Miller says his little girl is the hero.

Full post as published by Jacksonville Personal Injury Lawyer on July 10, 2008 (boomark / email).