An Arizona animal lover says she screamed for nearly 30 minutes as she was mauled by a stray dog she brought in – ending up with a “chewed” arm.
Kalista Munoz, 25, has just opened up about the July attack that left her in a coma for days and required 18 surgeries, including the amputation of her crushed right arm.
“I always say I dance with the devil and I look him in the eye,” Munoz told AZFamily.
The student was already taking care of several other pets when he agreed to help Zona, a wild animal found by his friend. Zona didn’t bother him for three months until he got into a fight with one of his other dogs.
“He ran away from my room, where he was. He was wearing a cone, but without hesitation, he ran down,” he said.
Kalista Munoz, a 25-year-old graduate student in Arizona, has opened up about losing an arm after she was attacked by a dog she cared for. AZ Family/Arizona News Munoz has undergone 18 surgeries since she was mauled by the dog in July 2023. AZ Family/Arizona News
Panicked, Munoz tried to drag Zona into the bathroom.
“I ended up getting stuck there. And by the time I was able to reach the door, unfortunately, this part of my arm had been chewed off,” he said, pointing to his right arm now ending below the elbow.
Munoz screamed for help for nearly 30 minutes before his neighbors called the police.
“I always say I dance with the devil and I look him in the eye,” Munoz said of the perversion seen here. AZ Family/Arizona News
Still, “I know I’m not going to die like this,” he said.
He spent a month in the hospital, where he was also in a coma for several days, but eventually had to have his arm, which was destroyed by an infection, amputated.
The report did not say what breed the wild animal was, not what happened to Zona after the attack.
Munoz said: “He was a very good dog but something was abused and imprinted in him.”
Munoz spent a month in the hospital, where he was also in a coma for several days. AZ Family/Arizona News “There is beauty in tragedy,” he said. AZ Family/Arizona News
Six months after the life-changing attack, Munoz said there are still days where she thinks, “Why can’t I get my hand back?”
But she remained confident and didn’t let the experience derail her plans as she pursued a master’s degree in social justice at Arizona State University.
“I shouldn’t put my life on hold anymore because something bad happened to me. There is beauty in tragedy, you know, and I believe that my journey is a survival guide for others.”
Munoz is pursuing a master’s degree at Arizona State University. GoFundMe
Following the attack, his friend CJ Norrick created a GoFundMe page, which has raised nearly $10,000.
“Kalista was a sweet soul with a big smile and an even bigger heart,” Norrick wrote in the fundraiser. “If he ever won the lottery, there would be clear signs … because every dog & cat would be rescued from every animal shelter. At the very least, this woman is a die-hard animal lover.”
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