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01-04-2016, 02:29 PM
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A fund to help out a man who survived a vicious dog attack has reached nearly $20,000 as its beneficiary recovers in hospital.
Robin Elgie, 66, is in good spirits despite knowing he could lose his arm following a horrific dog attack, says a family friend.
Elgie, who is originally from northeastern British Columbia, remained in intensive care in an Edmonton hospital one week after a Christmas Day attack in Fort St. John that mangled both of his arms and injured his girlfriend, Wendy Lee Baker.
Family friend Kim Babcock said doctors are waiting to see if blood flow can be restored to Elgie’s damaged limbs.
“His one arm is really quite bad -- his left one -- and he knows he could lose it,” said Babcock.
“He’s not angry. He just says: ‘We’re so lucky, we’re so lucky. If (Wendy) Lee had been by herself, they could have killed her.’ He’s just, he’s an amazing person.”
Elgie was airlifted to Edmonton while Baker spent Christmas night in hospital before being released.
Babcock said she launched a GoFundMe campaign, initially to cover the expected costs of helping Baker join Elgie in Edmonton and also to clean and repair the damaged home. The fund had nearly reached $19,000 Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a woman who was bitten more than 100 times while protecting her three-year-old nephew during a vicious dog attack near Vancouver remains in critical condition in hospital, say RCMP.
cbc.ca
A fund to help out a man who survived a vicious dog attack has reached nearly $20,000 as its beneficiary recovers in hospital.
Robin Elgie, 66, is in good spirits despite knowing he could lose his arm following a horrific dog attack, says a family friend.
Elgie, who is originally from northeastern British Columbia, remained in intensive care in an Edmonton hospital one week after a Christmas Day attack in Fort St. John that mangled both of his arms and injured his girlfriend, Wendy Lee Baker.
Family friend Kim Babcock said doctors are waiting to see if blood flow can be restored to Elgie’s damaged limbs.
“His one arm is really quite bad -- his left one -- and he knows he could lose it,” said Babcock.
“He’s not angry. He just says: ‘We’re so lucky, we’re so lucky. If (Wendy) Lee had been by herself, they could have killed her.’ He’s just, he’s an amazing person.”
Elgie was airlifted to Edmonton while Baker spent Christmas night in hospital before being released.
Babcock said she launched a GoFundMe campaign, initially to cover the expected costs of helping Baker join Elgie in Edmonton and also to clean and repair the damaged home. The fund had nearly reached $19,000 Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a woman who was bitten more than 100 times while protecting her three-year-old nephew during a vicious dog attack near Vancouver remains in critical condition in hospital, say RCMP.
cbc.ca