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Alyssa Healy has confirmed that she had a terrible dog
bite to her right index finger on Saturday night. She also said that she first
worried about her career, but she is now hopeful that she would be able to make
a full recovery, even though it is unclear when that will happen.
Healy sustained the injury while attempting to
separate her two Staffordshire bull terrier puppies, Misty and Millie, and she
is now questionable for the remainder of the WBBL for Sydney Sixers as well as
maybe Australia’s December journey to India. She had surgery on Sunday early in
the morning, and following another consultation with the surgeon on Thursday,
she will know more about the recuperation period.
“I’ve got two puppy dogs who were having a rough
and tumble, it got a little more than that and unfortunately got my hand in the
wrong place at the wrong time,” Healy said. “My right index finger
took a bit of a battering. It was quite gory…the positive side of it is that
the surgery all went well.”
The initial indications are that there was no bone or
tendon damage which would have been more of a concern. “That’s probably
the best news possible,” she said. “There was an artery involved
which probably made it look more like a crime scene than it needed to be, but
the major important things that will take time in coming back weren’t affected.
“Won’t lie, when I pulled my finger out
initially, I thought I was in strife, but it’s all gone smoothly at the moment.
Think it will all just come down to function and whether I can continue to grip
the bat the way I need to, or catch the ball, but from all reports, which is
really early, is that it’s all pretty positive.”