My Poor Mother Who Was Frightened by This Angry Barking Dog Running and Speeding up To

Dear Madam,

On Sunday afternoon, while my mother was taking a walk inChestnutstreet which she usually does, your unleashed dog, ran to her, barking at her and frightening her without you trying to prevent this event. My mother, who was begging your help to leash your dog and hold him before attacking her, remained ignored by you, as you were busy talking on your cell phone on the other side of the street.

My poor mother who was frightened by this angry barking dog running and speeding up to her, stepped back and fell on the roadside.

It is so shameful as the same day, may be 10 minutes earlier, she saw you and your dog in the same street walking and she asked you then to leash your dog and give her safety and reassurance so that she can continue to walk in a neighborhood which is mostly welcomed by pedestrians and not angry unleashed dogs. All neighbors take their dogs to close by parks and let their dogs free only in restricted areas like parts or animal play grounds. I think that first notice should have been enough to notify you how uncomfortable she is in the same street with your unleashed dog. But unfortunately some dog owners think every one should love their dogs and respect their dogs as they do. They take it very personal and offensive when you ask them to restrain their dog and believe this creature needs to be worshiped by all members of the society. They cannot digest some one might be afraid from the same creature that you love. No offense the same as you preferred the momentary joy, happiness and freedom of your dog over the safety, health and mind peace of an elderly senior citizen.

Just to update you, now she is in tremendous amount of pain and suffering. She can barely walk on her own, cannot sit, stand, change position, sleep, go to bathroom, sit on toilet, do her daily activities, cook and many more while just prior to this she was independent and able to do all these. She is now in 9/10 amount of pain. Talk to her and you hear how comfortable she is, look at her and you see all grimace and discomfort in any move she makes. This sustained amount of pain during day and night despite taking regular pain medications has deprived her of sleep.

We are not at home to assist her and we cannot take off from our full time jobs to stay at home with her and care. She cannot afford to hire a nurse to assist her either.

Can you imagine how uncomfortable this is for all our family specifically for her? Can you imagine yourself or your elderly mother or grandmother in similar situation just because some one else was not caring to public safety rules, as they should?

Again you preferred your poppy’s happiness and playfulness to a human beings integrity and well being. You did not even replied to a senior lady’s begging request for help.

I cannot measure or record the amount of her pain but I can hear in her voice. I cannot put a scale how uncomfortable it is to be on bed with no one there to assist you with your basic needs. But I hope you can understand and feel sorry about this.

Per the law I can go ahead and suit you and request for court order for you but as all of us are adult citizens and hopefully reasonable human beings so I prefer to start with this basic things first and ask for your understanding and empathy on this matter. I want to inform you through this statement about the sequences of the accident.

Sofar she has not accepted to do any diagnostic work up hoping it will go away soon but as there is no sign of relief she is having an appointment with a specialist and already has gone through some expenses to adjust some home facilities so that be able to ambulate, sleep, use toilet and relieve the pain.

We are all hoping that she will recover fast with no complication and hopefully that will bring peace of mind to our family and of course yours. But if this is going to be continued and more expenses are going to pop up then we will hold you accountable and I hope this is making sense to you per the basics of morality and civil rights. We are hoping that this is not a serious debilitating injury and she will recover sooner or later but we have no clue yet at this moment what will happen, we arejust following the physician’s recommendations.

We expect you to stay accountable to the suffering, pain and expenses she is going through during this period. All expenses are kept in a list and we have been watchful on restrict budgeting. We all hope for her speedy recovery with no complication.

Appreciate your attention and empathy.