Dog Saves Man's Life by Biting Off Toe: Jerry Douthett Has Best Hangover Ever
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(CBS) A Michigan man says he has his dog to thank for saving his life by chewing off his infected big toe as he lay in a drunken stupor.
For months, Jerry Douthett had refused to see a doctor for the festering digit, in spite of his wife's pleas and her suspicion that he had out of control diabetes.
About two weeks ago the couple went to a bar, where Douthett told the Grand Rapids Press that he drank four or five beers.
"Jerry had had all these Margaritas, so I just let him sleep," his wife Rosee, a registered nurse, told the paper. "But then I heard these screams coming from the bedroom, and he was yelling, 'My toe's gone, my toe's gone!'"
Kiko, the family dog, had suddenly become a surgeon.
"It wasn't an aggressive attack. He pretty much just ate the infection, so he saved my life," Jerry Douthett said.
He was treated at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids where physicians said he had type 2 diabetes and was suffering from a dangerous toe infection. Surgeons amputated what was left of the digit.
"Maybe he thought it was not part of Jerry's body," Rosie told the Grand Rapids television station WOOD-TV, "that it was a dead animal laying on the bed. But he chewed off the infected part so he knew when to stop, which was great."
Jerry Douthett says Kiko, a white terrier with brown ears, is a hero. Now that he knows he is diabetic, he has given up drinking.
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Gross...Poor doggie...
Registered nurse???Joke!
The Dog got a Referral from The Bartender and the Dog
did the Surgery "In House" to save on the cost.
You will be hearing many stories like this in the near future
as the ObamaCare starts to expand it's Licenses to other Animals.
It's a Win-Win, Dr. Dog got the contract and also a good USDA meal out
of the deal.
Let the idiot drink himself to death.
and about the cats, had a neighbor lady that lived accross from us when I was a kid
she had a LOT of cats, over 20 when she died...well they DO eat you
On another note, don't be afraid to kiss the next dog you meet, sure he may have just bit somebody's infected toe off, but dogs have the cleanest mouths of all or haven't you heard?
The bad news is now the dog has started drinking heavily to try to forget. :)
family pooch munchin his "infected" toe. Likely his nurse wife just gave up trying to get him to get things checked out at a doctor. Insurance cost so much even a nurse cannot afford it. Would bet medical staff do not get any breaks on their own care unless there is a MD after their name.
could the dogs name now be "Toeny"?
the dog should have just kept eating until he was all gone
wonder if this guy works for Chrysler? Hmm....