My best wishes to Anne for a speedy and pain-free recovery. It often takes things like this to help us realise what we have and, more importantly, what others may not have.

Happy New Year to your family.

Wow, glad Anne's okay! Best wishes for a speedy recovery and a less exciting remainder of the year!

Best wishes to you and Anne. Hope this year gives you all you wish for.

All my wishes go to you and Anne for a speedy recovery.
Happy New Year as well.

I got bit in the lip by a little rat dog when I was about 6. It sucked, but got better. I still can't stand little rat dogs around my face. Happy New Year, and feel better Anne.

I'm sorry to hear about Anne being bitten so badly! I hope she recovers swiftly and well! Much mojo being sent her way now from Oxford, England.

Woo! I'm number six to post this time!

We hate this had to happen to Anne! Thank goodness she's recovering now. Our thoughts are with you and your family. We know you'll take good care of her.
Best wishes, Anne. Rest lots. And use Mederma after you're healed.

Wil & Anne,

I sure wish your New Year's had been a bit more peaceful. Sorry about the way things turned out with the dog - sometimes all the empathy in the world can't perform instant miracles. And, you're right. It could have been worse. Anne might not have had you nearby to help her. You are both pretty lucky.

Lip-healing mojo for Anne, and peace to the rest of us.

Dear Anne
I hope by the time you are reading this,that you are feeling better.Take the next couple days off to relax and let Wil do all the work.
Cathy

anne and your family are in my thoughts. i too, am happy this was no worse. i hope for a speedy recovery and a wonderful year for everyone who reads this.

Swift healing to Anne. Best to both of you.

Man, that sucks. Sorry to hear it.

I was bit in the face by a dog when I was three, so I understand what Anne is going through right now. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Anne and a Happy New Year for everyone.

First Chopper almost mauls you in the junkyard and now this happens to your wife. That sucks.

I hope the new year brings better things for your family. I'm grateful that everyone I know is well, and I hope that you and yours are well (especially Anne) throughout 2003. Happy new year!

Much face healing mojo to Anne and a Happy New Year to Mr and Mrs HMIC.
Psychological pain is the worst kind to have.

Anne - you're an amazing chick. Best wishes from Florida, get well soon!!!

Tell Anne I'm sorry about the dog bite. My dog was in bad pain from arthritis one day and when I tried to comfort him he bit me under the chin. I didn't have to have stitches, but I have a scar to this day and I don't forget the pain. That poor dog didn't know she was trying to help and neither did mine, so bless you both for caring so much!

Tell Anne a damp tea bag around an ice cube every four hours will help keep the swelling and pain down.

Hope the rest of the day is better!

Here's to a speedy recovery.

*does whatever is supposed to follow that phrase*

My brother was bitten on the nose when he was four or five. The dog sat taller than my brother stood! Anyway, I sympathize and wish for you that this mishap be the worst thing by far to happen to you this new year. May you only go up from here!

Many Blessings,
Amit

Hope you feel better soon, Anne.

And a Happy New Year to one and all!

We felt genuine horror reading this, and honest and sincere hopes for Anne's recovery. Then we realized that it struck so deep because we tend to think of you guys as sort of extended family. Weird, isn't it? I hope you both recover soon.

Happy New Year from my family to yours! I'm really sorry to hear about the dog bite. I hope it's not too incredibly bad. Being an animal lover, I know how accidents like that can happen. I hope your friends don't hold any ill-will towards the pooch and continue loving and caring for it. It's tough for animals, especially ones that haven't had such a pampered life, to get used to trusting humans again.

Take care of her I hope you have another wonderful year.

Chris

=o(

Oh no!!! *sends BIG HUGS to Anne* Im so sorry, Anne. I hope you feel a little bit better today.

Hey Wil and Anne,
I hope that you all will have a better rest of the year. When I was 9 I got bit by a beagle/chawawa mix. That wasn't fun at all but I still love animals.

Dag yo. Seriously dag. I joke about it because I feel laughter helps everything. It may not heal a wound, it may not heal a broken heart, but it distills the negative with the overpowering positive.

Kudos to Anne for toasting the champan-ya at midnight. I had a slightly weird new year's, every atom of my body freezing in the -15C temperature that dominated stockholm at the time, but you are too right Wil, it could (and probably always can be) much, much worse.

My heart and thoughts go out to you both, especially to Anne. We got one helluvan odd year coming up, and she's gotten her share of pain already.

Wow, I was so genuinely upset when i read this that I think is should spend less time reading this site and more time in the "real world".

Unless being massively disturbed is a good thing.

I don't know, i'm emotionally stunted.

I *really* am sending good healing vibes to Anne. What happened was awful and I hope she heals soon.

Have a Happy New Year from now on.

*commences healing Mojo dance for the next 24 hours*

I almost cried when I read this. I don't know if that's the result of sympathy for Anne, sympathy for you both because you had a sh*tty new year's eve, because it was so well-written, because I'm really tired or because I just had an emotional conversation. That second last paragraph, with her waking up in the middle of the night and you comforting her touched me. My god Wil, you are SO sweet and you probably don't even realize it because that's what significant others do for each other.

I hope Anne recovers quickly.
Cheers to 2003.

[Popular Misconception]
The dog has tasted blood...It may have to be put to sleep now or it could turn on it's owners...
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I'm sending all the Mojo I can muster to you, Anne. I can't say I know how that hurts as I've never been bitten (lucky me) but I hope the healing process is very quick.

Wil, you should be proud of yourself. Most of the guys I know would just grunt and tell their wife to quit whining and roll over and go back to sleep.

Glad you're not like those losers...

please, correct the dog. correct it into a pulp

Big hugs to Anne and you, Wil. This is NOT an omen for the coming year, it happened LAST year.

I'm sending Anne some healing vibes!!! Hope you get better soon!!

Wow, what an end to the evening. Sorry to hear about that, sending some healing mojo that way now! Just think though, the only direction the year can go now, is up!

I was feeling crappy spending new year alone, but things like this always remind me that sometimes there are worse things than being alone. Best wishes to Anne, especially with the emotional aspect.

Have a Happy New Year, and things will only get better now!

Not fun...a night in the hospital. I hope Anne is feeling better quickly. Enjoy your New Year.

Wil, I hope she feels better. I too was nearly attacked by a dog when I was little, so I know how scary that feeling actually is. I wish you the best of luck in the New Year and I hope that Anne feels better.

MOJO! Get well soon, Anne, and congratulations for having harvested the best geek crop south of the north pole.

A fantastic 2003 to you all!

Your trip to the ER hit home particularly hard. I spent the Saturday before Christmas in the ER while they put over 100 stitches into and on my daughter's face. (Car vs. Telephone Pole... the car lost) I know all too well what you mean, no one should see their loved one go through anything like that. You just wish you could will all the pain away. Mucho healing mojo to Anne. And big HUGS to you all. BTW, the soapbox mojo does wonders. I'm sure the fabulous doctors at our hospital had a bit to do with it too, but my daughter's face is looking wonderful! Here's hoping for very minimal scarring for Anne and a continued love of animals!

Sending lots of good wishes and a speedy recovery to Anne... her pretty smile will shine through. :)

Sending healing mojo to Anne
Get well soon.
~brice~

My prayers for a quick and total recovery for Anne. And I am sure the prayers of thousands more.

May the rest of the year be much nicer.

I to have spent many a holiday eve in the ER. I hope all is well and that you spend the rest of the year in better health. Happy New Year!

Dude, the beginning of your blog scared the holy living shit out of me. I'm glad Anne is okay. Be careful this year.

"Correct the dog to a pulp" kasll? Mabey correct the previous owner for abandoning the dog, or the current owners for putting the dog in a stressful situation (however well intentioned), but don't correct a dog for doing what comes naturally when it's scared!

That's so sad. :(
I wish Anne a speedy recovery, mentally and physically.

Mucho mojo from Pat!

I'm very sorry to hear what happened! I hope Anne will get better soon, I'm sending all the healing vibes I can come up with.
I'm also sorry your new year's sucked, but after all it's one night and you have each other for the rest of your lives.
Take good care of her, I hope both of you will recover from the shock soon!

I'm wishing everyone a wonderful, healthy, happy 2003!!

I read this with such dread... and slower and slower the closer to the bad part I got. I'm glad Anne is OK and I hope you and everyone else are, as well. Scary stuff.
*virtual stalker-free hug to all*

Yeah, So I'm watching the I love the 80s marathon on VH1, and they mentioned Wheaton when they talked about "Stand By Me". Man that was cool.

Owwww.
Damn, I am really sorry this happened to Anne... and I hope the pain is significantly less today. This sounds like a good excuse for her to have an entire pint of Haagen Das all to herself.

Go now. Get thee to a store and buy her things!

Get well soon Anne, Happy New Year to you both.

Yikes! Good thing she's okay. Hopefully the dog didn't have any diseases that could be passed on. It might be a good idea to take her in for a check-up soon, just in case. There's no knowing what the dog could be carrying. Here's hoping she gets better soon!

Best wishes to Anne for a speedy recovery.

I found my way over from the techtv site after having "hey, I went to high school with him. I wonder what he has been up to." pop into my head. This post brought back many memories. I dated Shane way-back-when, and I remember what good friends all of you were. It is heartwarming to see that you have held onto those friendships for so long. We (husband and kids) left La Cresecenta in May to move to Oregon. This is the first New Years in a long time that the stealth fighters did not wake me up. Thinking about it made me a little homesick, but in a good nostalgic way. I hope your wife heals well from her trauma. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Glad Anne is okay. What a way to spend your new years. I hope this year is a great one, and we continue to hear and read about your great adventures.

God Bless you and your entire family on this New Year.

P.S. SKUNKS ARE EVIL

Not much I can say that hasn't already been said... I hope you feel better soon, Anne!

Best wishes to all for a happy new year.

My Gosh! I hope that Anne gets through this with a speedy recovery.

Anne:

I sincerely hope your love for animals does not diminish based on this incident. Physical pain is never a pleasant experience, it does however allow us time to reflect on the choices we've made and whether or not those past choices would have been made differently with the knowledge we now posses. In most cases that choice would not have changed a bit. Be proud that you are privelaged enough to be aware of this despite unfortunate incidences. Pain will come and go, kindness is forever.

Wishing you a speedy recovery

Peace

- Eddy

sending love and prayers off to your lovely wife... may she be comforted and healed in a timely manner!

I had something similar happen to me (not on the face, but on one of my hands) some years ago, so I can certainly appreciate what the two of you went through. Here's hoping you were still able to enjoy watching the Rose Parade and get on with the New Year. I sincerely pray that Anne will recover quickly, and that the New Year will have many joyful times for the two of you and those kids. Take care, you two, and God bless!

Wil,

Your story stirred my memory of last Christmas.

My mom was in the hospital, intensive care, fighting for her life. She had a very bad reaction to her chemo and subsequent emergency surgery, and had been comatose for a couple of weeks.

I spent some time with her on Christmas day, just her and I, holding her hand, rubbing lotion on her poor dry hands, putting Carmex on her lips so that the ventilator tube wouldn't chap them more than they already were. Praying.

I spoke to her for a while, and reassured her that if she could just get through this, she still had a chance. There were other chemo's, other options.

She made it through, and she had another shot at chemo. Unfortunately, it was too little too late. She survived eight months and two weeks from that Christmas, and lost her battle on September 10, 2002.

So, hearing your story of the E.R. visit, I thought back to last year, Christmas. I was the one quietly sobbing.

My best to you and Anne, and I hope her wound heals rapidly.

Jim

Get well soon, Anne. You're a kind woman and brave. :)

Mucho healing Mojo to Anne. Hope she's alright soon.

Lara

Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Anne!

I am sorry to hear that happened.

On a separate geek note, I've always wanted to build a car wars car for real.... wouldn't that be fun?

Wil,

I was shocked to read your post today. I'm so sorry to hear about Anne. Please wish her a speedy recovery. Dog bites are very painful.

Please also give my best wishes to Joe and his wife. I'm gathering from the post that they are the owners of the dog. I'm sure they feel absolutely horrible about what happened.

I can directly relate to both Anne's experience and your friend Joe. I had a dog who bit a friend and a year later bit me, my wife, and my other dogs. It was awful every time. After consultations with half a dozen dog trainers, an animal behaviorist, and two vets, we came to the horrible conclusion that the dog had to be put down. Desipte our love for him, we could no longer feel safe around him. One of the worst days of my life was holding my beloved dog in my arms while my vet euthanized him. It was a thousand times more horrible than the bite he inflicted. I have tears in my eyes again as I think about it.

Again, my best to your wife and your friends. I hope 2003 only gets better from here.

Pete

When I was a child I was mauled by my friend's huge German Sheperd. (Or it seemed huge to a 7 year old anyway) It was bad enough that I had to get about a dozen stiches in my left arm. It was the first time the dog had attacked anyone, and unfortunately, the last. My friend's parents had the dog put to sleep that same day. I felt awful. My friend loved that dog so much and now the dog is gone, because of me.

Did Joe and Mrs. Joe do anything of that sort?

My heart goes out to Anne. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain she is in. I wish her a speedy recovery. Hopefully this incident will just become a crazy old memory down the road.

Happy New Year Wil.

I was bit in the face as a kid too but I still love dogs too.

Anne, hope you are feeling better soon! Take Care!

I have read repeatedly on here that you are very lucky to have a wife like Anne. I think you are very lucky to have each other. What a wonderful thing to have.

Oh m'god, that is really awful.
Anne, feel better soon.
I'm so sorry that this happened to you.

Leave it to Wil to be the "Glass half full" kinda guy.
Yes, it could have been worse.
Yes, you have each other.

My gosh! This is HORRIBLE! Get well soon, Anne. You are right, it could be a lot worse. Just do what you do best, Wil. Hold her. Everything will be all right.

***Pain-free healing and much comfort mojo***

My best wishes for anne and a speedy recovery. Two years ago I sat with my grandpa on New years while he was on a ventalator. I know what that lady must of been going through. We lost my grandpa eight days later. Don't take anything for granted because you never know how long your going to be in this world.

Why didn't you call an ambulance?

***healing mojo dance***healing mojo dance***healing mojo dance***

My best to Anne for a full, fast, and pain-free recovery, to you for being a stand-up guy and perpetrator of art (acting/writing/whatever else you have up your sleeve), and to your family and all the monkeys for a wonderful 2003!

Syd

I was bitten on the face by a dog when I was little, so I can understand why Anne would remember that. She is so lucky to have a wonderful husband like you to take care of her. (I have a wonderful husband of my own, so I know how important they are.)

Best wishes to you both.

Mojo to you all and I hope Anne has a speedy recovery!

Hug!

My sympathies, Wil.

I hope Ann heals fast. I've always heard that lips heal pretty quickly.

I know it sucks to have something like this happen on the 31st. My new year's eve was messed up too.

I always pick up a 30 piece Brown's chicken for a small gathering about an hour away. As I was placing the just purchased (and pre-ordered) chicken into my car's trunk, my back went "snap". I managed to pull a muscle. I shouldn't have parked in that particular spot on their parking lot. My car was facing downhill, about 10 degrees I suppose), and I had to bend that much farther forward to place the chicken in the trunk and secure it.

Well, I straighted up, seemed to feel ok, and made the mistake of bending over again to verify that the chicken was really secure. It was, but my back muscle had a spasm and I could barely move.

It took me several minutes to straighten up and close the trunk, but literally two hours to get into my car to drive home. Opening the car door was bad. Sitting down was bad. Getting my right foot into the car was bad. Getting my left foot into the car was what took 2 hours. It hurt. Lifting that leg put pressure on the back muscle that I'd hurt. I sat there for 2 hours with one foot on the pavement, and my pants unbuttoned to help relieve the pain.

I must have looked like some kind of pervert as I sat there grimacing and trying to move around to relieve my back. Every once in a while I tried to get my leg in again, and my back would spasm, and I'd have to stretch out to stop the pain. People walked by and laughed, although one Brown's employee (taking out the trash) tried to ask what was wrong. Didn't seem to speak english though.

Finally I managed to get my leg in, and after I got past the pain, I was able to drive home. Fortunately, a friend of mine hadn't left for the gathering yet, so was able to take the chicken there for me. Obviously I was in no condition to be driving for an hour.

I just relate this so you know that you aren't the only one who had a rotten new year's eve. I figure maybe my story will make you and Ann feel a little better.

I'm actually able to sit in chair tonight. Couldn't sit this morning. Won't be able to go to work tomorrow (40 minute train ride, and 15 minute bus ride would kill me.) so I will have to use my vacation time.

Anyway, hope 2003 is better for everyone than 2002 was.

I hope Anne goes through a speedy, rest-of-it-painless recovery, and a happy, joyous, and prosperous new year to you and your family.

Happy New Year to all! Here's to a new beginning, and a hopefully good start. :)

Oh! Im so sorry for what happened. Thank God that Anne's okay. Hope that she has a fast recovery. Happy New Year. May your New Year spring great stuff in your life. Your so sympathetic! Hope the romance with you and Anne lasts FOREVER. And to all a good night. May God Bless you all. Live long and prosper my man.

wil... i'm very sorry to hear about Anne... i wish her a speedy recovery... i'm really quite speechless by it all... it was an accident, and accidents do happen, but you just never wish for it to happen to anyone... :(

Man, Uncle Albert's. That takes me back.

My friend Mark and I would play Car Wars until the wee hours every Friday and Saturday night. I remember outfitting our Gas Guzzlin', steel-armor'd with ram plate, missile totin', lead slingin' battle-van's, making critical turns and loving life.

But, our favorite thing to do was to just make cars, and Uncle Albert's always had the best gear.

Wil,
I am glad that you were there. I know that she will be fine.

FG

Sounds like Wil and I had a similar New Years, but I was still at the hospital when the midnight hour came and past. Though my wife's troubles didn't center around her face, so we could share a New Year's smooch. :)

Hope Anne gets better soon!

oh, that's sounds so painful! I had a dog snap at my face when I was little (kids are ALWAYS putting their faces up to dogs). Anne sounds like she's compassionate and understanding and will recover from her fright eventually. it's good she has you, Wil! and Ferris.

Best wishes!

I've been reading your blog for a little while now, but this is my first comment. Just wanted to say I'm sorry to hear about your wife. Hope she gets to feeling better soon. I'm insanely in love with my wife, as it sounds like you are with yours. I'd rather have bad things happen to me, than her. Anyway, hope she feels better soon.

Best wishes to your whole family for the coming year, and my sympathies to Anne.

A couple years ago, I was working in a campground at a National Park- it was evening, I was the only campground ranger left and I was working on buttoning things up when a van screeched up to me- they had a 16 month old or so baby who'd been bitten in the cheek, lip, and scalp by a family friend's kid's dog. The two families were there camping together. Thankfully for my peace of mind, the baby was OK except for the wounds themselves and some blood loss, and there was an interpretive ranger nearby who came running to help, and my roommate with her EMT training was only a few miles away.
But I was shaky for a good long while, as were the baby's parents, the mother and father of the dog-owning family, and the dog's owner- a boy maybe 10 years old or so who was devastated by the whole thing. The dog was a good dog, good with children, he just... snapped, I guess. I sometimes wonder how the baby will feel about it when she's older, whether she'll remember any of it, how the boy took it when the vet put down his dog... I guess I'll never know the rest of the story.

Anyway. I feel for you all. This kind of happening is a real shocker for all parties involved, and especially for the injured. And when it's something that happened to a child, reliving it as an adult... that's got to be a nightmare. I hope Anne recovers and heals quickly without any additional complexes- for an animal lover, that would be awful. And I hope everyone else recovers (mentally/emotionally) quickly, too.

Hi Wil and Anne,
I'm very sorry about what happened to you and your friends are very lucky that you're not angry with them. Anyone who owns a dog that growls at everyone at a party, and snaps at "pretty much everyone there" should not be there. Period.

A dog that acts that way simply cannot be trusted and must not be put in a position where he could hurt someone. My own dog is a rescue, and any responsible owner should know their dog's limitations and *never* ask them to take on more than they can handle.

I hope these people will know better next time, and leave the dog at home until they know he can be around people and not be scared and/or aggressive.

Brian

I'm really sorry to hear about this incident. Here in BC a teenage girl was savagely bitten in the face recently, and everyone is sick about it.

You hear about these stories all the time, and I even witnessed one as a kid. A friend was attacked by a German Shepard, which bit a hole in his cheek so large you could see my friends teeth through it. Maybe if the owners were given a hefty fine when this sort of thing happens, it might make some people think twice.

In this case, if the dog was distressed at the party, as you indicated, why didn't the owners do something about it, if only for the dog's sake? I wish some owners would take more responsibility for the care of their dogs and how they interact with people.

the best goes out to you and your wife and here's to a healthy and speedy recovery to your wife.
happy new year.

eric
fargo, nd

I wish my husband will be as sweet, kind, caring, concerned, and sensitive as you are to Anne. Way to go :)

My understanding is that caffeine will help ease the pain, because it will contract the blood vessels (and when it wears off they contract, causing caffeine withdrawl). Just mentioning if your out needing something to ease the discomfort, and drugs aren't available or inconvenient, you might want to try something cold from a coffee place.

Yep, it could've been a lot worse.
Two years ago my cousin John passed away on New Year's Eve after a few months of torment with a brain tumour. He was only 34.
Since then I've never felt like partying much on New Year's Eve. Go figure.
I sure hope Anne is ok, but yes, it could've been a lot worse.

My friend's girlfriend in Potsdam, NY, had to spend NYE in a hospital, too - but overnight, due to a cyst on her tonsils or something like that.
I would have done the exact same thing as Anne. Dogs rule!

It very well could have been much worse. I'm very sorry to hear what happened.

My wife and I had issues this holiday season, as did a friend, just last night.

My mother-in-law died of an accidental overdose on the evening of the 23rd, less than 24 hours before Christmas festivities were supposed to begin.

Just last night, a relative of my wife's best friend had an accident at a friend's house. She's 16 and was having New Years minus adults for the first time. She and a friend were at the friend's house when all hell broke loose. They were both retriving coats from the closet when a rusted water heater valve burst and sprayed the both of them with scalding water. They both ended up in the ER last night with mild-to-moderate burns.

This last week has definitely taught me not to take anything lightly.

Owch! I was bitten by a dog, before and I still remember the pain. Speedy recovery to your wife. Uh... Try to have a happy new year...

Wil,
Be good to Anne: Lots of hug and kisses for her, breakfast in bed, and a clean house. ;) I hope you both have a wonderful New Year.

Get Well Soon, Anne!

I'm sorry to read what happened to Anne. Those first couple of paragraphs were really scary. I hope Anne recovers quickly.

"Before last night, Anne had taken 44 stitches in her face, and eight of them were not from a dog."

Does this mean that the other 36 stitches were from a dog? The remark about Anne as a helpless 5 year old made me think this. If it does, and she still has this wonderful tenderness in her heart, she's a remarkable woman. But of course you know that already.

My brother was bit by a dog when he was about 3. One of those small dogs, like a Yorkie. Although it didn't happen to me, I've always been a bit nervous around any dog. Of course, dogs being dogs, they want you to love them. So naturally they go to the person who they sense isn't sending those love vibes out to them, me. I wish dogs would just ignore me.

Have a safe(r) and healthy new year.

Glad every thing is Ok for you You handled it like a Hero On Septemember 20 2002 I found my mom on the floor of her bathroom She suffered a massive stroke from alzhimers complications she died on September 25, I was going to cancel my trip to Pasadena TNG convention but my family insisted that I go, that my mom would have wanted it that way. I enjoyed my conversation with you at the convention. I told you about my dream that you directed the remake of the Cage and Chris Reaves (superman) played the part of Captian Pike. See ya Keep strong for Your Family

Yes, healing mojo for Anne :'(

Crikey.

Shakes the faith. Poor Anne, and poor dog.

And goddamnit, but I hate drunk drivers.

Wow I got so wasted last night.

I drank 2 beers, 3 mike's hard cranberry juices, one too many shots of J.D., 1 hard lemonade and a shot of god knows what.

Good thing is I don't have a hangover, and whats even better is that I didn't have to pay for any of it!

Oh yeah I'm 18 too.

*Much Healing Mojo to Ann*

*Even more healing Mojo to the guy on the ventilator and his daughter*

Hey Wil and Anne,

I know how it feels to be mauled by a dog, and to be the owner of the dog. I have a 5 year old golden retreiver who treats me more as a brother than an owner. That is fine with me and I have always played roughly with him, and so has my dad. Unfortunately the pup is very territorial and has some issues about being forced to be moved.
Whenever he is around strange people I am always on edge and demanding that I be allowed to seperate the dog from what I know could be a violent situation. When he bites me, I can deal with it immediately. I take the bites, and I am strong enough to wrestle the dog to the ground and hold him until he calms down, but the main problem we seem to have with him is that little kids have a tendency of not being sure of their surrounding and ends up stepping on him which makes him snap.
Right before he flips he gets what we call his "mean face." Normally a stern word as it starts is enough to settle him down, but there is nothing more frusturating than trying to stop him, and having people stand in your way. I've gotten into many a fight with the family as they say that the dog will be find and are careless enough to let the very thing i warn them of almost happen over and over again.
Most of this wasn't related to your post, I certainly don't blame Anne or the dog owners, just something I've needed to articulate (although it appears horribly) for some time and suddenly had a forum to do so.

not just face healing mojo, but trauma and remembered trauma healing mojo to you and anne wil...

be well all:)

Healing mojo for Anne.

hey, here's a GREAT load of healing mojo for you Anne, as my thoughts are with you. i hope the year goes on better than it started out. As i read your entrys each time Wil, i think about what a wonderful love you have for eachother, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! its so great, and it keeps me hoping that i'll find my perfect match one day!

We love you guys!

love Rach
xxx

Wow, that really sucks, and I speak from experience.

When I was about 10 years old I got bit on the face by a dog and I ended up with 36 stitches on the outside of my face, and some more stitches inside some of the deeper cuts. It was bad, but now you can only see the scars if you look closely for them.

Also, two years ago on New Year's Eve I had my first kidney stone. That was five days of the worst pain I was ever in until I finally passed it.

But, as miserable as both of these experiences were, things got better. So, tell her to remember that while things may seem bad now they inevitably do get better.

...or tell her to be glad it wasn't a kidney stone. Whatever works. ;-)

Get well soon, Anne!

I'm sending all the healing mojo I can spare for Anne. Lets hope for a seedy and as painless recovery as possible.

Happy New Year Wil and Anne. Thnks for the past year too, it's been good.

CookieMo

Lots of prayers for Anne's healing and fast recovery. And your recovery as well - as you said, it was certainly not anybody's idea of starting the New Year!

But you have each other to see it through. That's a wonderful thing, and I'm glad that's how it is.

Take care, and have a blessed, prosperous New Year!

Hrm. No offense to Anne, but was it really surprising that a dog you'd been warned about did the sort of thing you'd been warned it might? "Dude! That there electric eel just shocked me! How surprising!" I was bitten by a dog myself at the age of 10 and I learned, quite simply, not to mess with strange animals. I'm sorry for Anne, because I know it's no fun, and I hope she recovers and all, but maybe in the future she shouldn't wrestle with alligators unless she's wearing kevlar, ya know?

Wil & Anne,

I'm so sorry that you have both had to deal with that scary, painful situation. I hope this doesn't dampen Anne's special bond with animals.
Have a GREAT New Year!!

*Healing MoJo*

Hey, she can just tell everyone she got a collagen injection so she would look more pouty. j.k.

Get well soon Anne, I had a dog bite around my eye, my arm, and my leg. I never learned I'm not the beastmaster either.

Please give Anne my best, and tell her that healing vibes are on her way from Little Rock.

Have a wonderful, and hopefully dog bite-free, 2003!

hey wil,
here's a little tidbit,guess who else got bit in the face when he was younger?
Jerry O'Connell had to have alot of stitches in his face, he has the scars to prove it,I think it was after stand by me.
Anyway I hope she is feeling better, nobody should have to go through that, so I wish her the best recovery and may she find it in her heart to go on loving dogs.
happy new year!

Sorry to hear about the ER visit. I too had to visit the ER on New Years Eve . . . My girlfriend cut her left pinky while chopping onions for a lunchtime soup. She called me at work, so I drove home, checked out the cut, and drove her to the ER (where my cousin is a nurse). My cousin inspected the cut and decided it would probably need stitches so we went through triage. My girlfriend now has two stitches in her little finger.

I hope Anne heals quickly and feels better soon. My best to you also, Wil: I know what you mean about wishing to take the pain away from Anne.

Jesus! I hope Anne recovers okay! Here's hoping you guys used up all your bad luck for the coming year in one night.

Some dogs! Anne has healing vibes and prayers from NC on the way! A blessed new year to you and yours!

Awww, you're such a good husband, Wil. :)

*more healing mojo for Anne*

Wow, I hope Anne feels better.

On another note, you got to be amazed at the irony of this post.

Good luck on your recovery Anne, you have one of the best husbands a woman could have. He'll take great care of you. Happy New Year.

Hey Wil,

Same thing happened to my stepdaughter this year. Except it was the day after Christmas. I know the pain you were feeling. She only had 4 stiches in her lip. And it's starting to almost be finished.

And it was one stealth bomber, not two stealth fighters that flew over the hosue to start the Rose Parade.

wil and anne, this painfully reminded me of our own family's experience when our dog bit the neighbor girl when she walked into our house through a never-used door without knocking. it still breaks my heart when i think about what happened and what we had to do with our dog. i wish anne healing, not just from what happened the other night but from her five year old child's memory. think of it this way, if that's the worst thing that happens to you this year, it can only get better... right? feel the mojo all are sending. take care.

YIKES!
That is not a great way to start a new year at all.
I hope Anne is feeling better soon.
Lots and LOTS of MONKEY MOJO, Anne!

Oh, Wil!!!
I am soo sorry that you and Anne had to start off the New Year in such a tramatic way, but as you said it could have been worse. That is a good way to look at things. Please let Anne know that we care and are wishing her well, and no pain soon!

Neph

*give her a hug for me*

*Healing Mojo for Anne*

Bummer.

You poor guys!

I hope Anne is doing better -- those childhood traumas are the tough ones. My heart goes out to her, and to you, Wil.

(Note to self: never forget to let the wife know how much you love her.)

My cat got his paw stuck and his leg twisted way around on New Years, he bit me as I released it. No hospital, no stitches.

Hope all of Wil's family and his readership have a great 2003.

Will I know where you are coming from. My husband and I fostered a dog one year ago and had a similar experience. Owning an Alaskan Malamute I should have read somwhere that they don't necessarily get along with others of their own kind. Long story short, I broke up a fight between my malamute and the foster malamute with my hand and ended up in the emergency room.

Having a big heart sometimes means getting a few bumps a bruises along the way. Stay the course!

Wil and Anne,

Sorry to hear about the dog bite. Here's some New England mojo comin' your way!

take care!

Sorry to hear about Anne's bite. I hope she is feeling better today. Definately not the way New Year's should be. The upside is that it happened in 2002 and NOT in 2003 :) (If there is an upside to a dog bite that is.)

Happy New Year Wheaton Family!

Wil, please give Anne my good wishes. When I was 10 years old, I saw two dogs in the street playing. I went over to the smaller one, who immediately rolled over in a submissive position. I petted her and then turned to hug the big sheep dog she'd been playing with. He bit the side of my face and my ear. I know what you meant when you said Anne was in emotional shock. The pain didn't even register for me. I was so hurt that the dog didn't respond to my loving overtures that I cried for hours. I didn't need stitches, to my parents' relief. They chided me about approaching strange dogs (of course, I still do it) and kept me at home the rest of the day. I'm so sorry you and Anne had to go through that. It must have been very scary. I hope both of you are feeling much better today.

Love
Tracey

Everything will be alright. I pray to god that you (Anne) will be alright.

Wil, That's a hell of a way to spend New Years, but I'm glad you can see beyond the event to look at everything with a sense of gratitude for all that is. It was only a few nights ago that my wife made a similar trip to the ER after the ambulance and fire truck pulled up to the house. She is OK, but it was scary as hell.

I will keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers and look for Anne's speedy recovery. All the best to you both and the kids in the New Year. Rob

So sorry about Anne. :-( Hope you feel better soon!
Happy New Year to you both!

A little more *Healing Mojo* for Anne. If Anne sees the dog again, I suggest two things. Bring Ferris along, he'll be the best gauge as to when things might be getting dicey since he'll pick up on the vibes we can't quite sense, and buy the owners a new gentle-leader collar for the pup. They look for all the world like a halter that a horse wears, but the part that goes over the nose both has a calming effect and keeps them from opening their mouth really wide. My $.02 worth of random and probably not terribly useful advice. :)

-Jase

Oh yeah, forgot to ask, How's she feeling today?

Happy New Years, Wil and Anne and all Wil Wheaton dot com groupies!

I'm so sorry to hear about Anne's accident. My heart and a fair whack of empathy goes out to her. I was savaged by two German Sheperds when I was 11, and though I adore dogs, and have an adopted moster of a dog of my own, any time a large dog even growls I'm 11 again, and I'm lying in my mum's arms bleeding from the lacerations.

So I kind of know how she feels. Emotional trauma... where would we be without it? *drips sarcasm*

Take care, Anne.

Look at it this way, it happened at the close of 2002! The New Year is hopefully still unblemished for you both and still full of a lot of promise.

Wil I look forward to your book, I hope it makes it's way to Australia. If not, I guess I'll just have to buy it online!

kassll, you're an idiot.
The dog was acting on instinct. Wil is right, correct the previous owner, the current owner (but I think they're suffering enough with what happened), but not the animal.
Moron.
Wil & Anne, despite the last horrifying event of 2002, have a happy 2003.
You rawk, Anne is lucky to have a Significant Other like you.

What a horrible start for the New Year! I am sorry this happened. Lots of healing mojo for Anne... it's unfair that it had to happen to a great person like her.

So all the best to you two! Bless ya and all the best for the New Year.

*hugs* for both of you...doesn't sound like the best new years...poor things. *lip healing mojo* Anne.

I hope Anne is feeling better. Give her a hug for me.

And I hope the rest of the New Year goes much smoother for the both of you!!

ALSO - the "Classic Posse Thong"...do you really think that a Large is big enough to cover this fat a** ???

HAPPY 2003!

Get your wife a black Stickfa, it will make her 2003!!

Wil,

My best to Anne I hope she recovers quickly with little to no scaring. May your new year be far better than the last, but always remember it can always get worse. I think you know that.

FEEL THAT???? it is HEALING MOJO COMMING YOUR WAY ANNE.

My best to you both now and always,

Matt......

Good Thoughts to a swift healing of Anne. Both of the physical and emotional wounds.

Everytime you write about Anne, I can feel the love you have for her.

Best wishes and fast healing.

Jessica

I'm sure Anne is getting major feel fetter mojo, so I wanted to add mine as well.

Feel better Anne!

A bit late, I know... but I also know the healing time seems endless when there's stiches involved. Best wishes!

So I wasn't the only one who had a shitty new year? Well, that makes me feel ever so slightly better. First things first: drunk drivers just suck to hell! Secondly: I hope Anne feels better rel soon. Thirldy: Normally I love dogs but my God they can be little buggers some times. On account of one I now have a broken leg and I can't talk out of the right side of my mouth.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Hey Wil,

Need I remind you both that dogs only have puppy breath when they're puppies!

Feel better Anne!

Maybe your buddie should seen that dog over to THAT DICK RICK BERMAN!!!!!!!!!

sorry ;I
Fred

Dear Anne,
I hope that you'll be better soon and try not to think the pain!
Dear Wil,
today I just switch on the Tv and there was the Aktív withc in therewas a riport about Hollywood
-"...prepairing the premiere of Star Trek Nemezis..." Ohhhhhhh!:) I saw Patrick Stewart with beard..!:))

I excperienced a similar New years Eve 5 years ago. My daughter was then 6 years old. We went to my friends house for a nice little get together, to make a long story short, My daughter was pushed off a bed and landed on her shoulder, after realizing something wasn`t right we took her to the ER. We found out her collar bone was snapped right in half. She was put in a sling and then her whole arm, with the sling, was wrapped to her body to keep it immobile. We made it home with 10 minutes until the New year, She missed a whole month of school because being a special needs kid her teacher didn`t want her in the classroom with other kids who might do more harm to her arm.

Here is to no more ER New years Eves for any of us.
I sincerly hope Anne is feeling better.

Kelly

Best wishes Wil.
Thanks

Anne, big mojo for a speedy recovery.

And as the owner of a small fluff ball of luv rescued from a not so nice home- I hope the dog has time to heal as well and the help that it needs.

Happy New Year to everyone

-MKF
beastie lives!
www.jointheservice.com

I'm a dog lover from waaaay back (I grew up with two wonderful dogs: A boxer & a corgi. We had our boxer "Duchess" for eight years before she died for a heart problem that effects this breed. We got our Corgi "Roxanne" in my late teens and she lived for 15 years before my parents eventually had to put her down due to a host of maladies caused by old age. Boxers tend to intimidate people because of the way they look, but they are actually a very loveable breed that is wonderful with children. Ours was never aggressive toward anyone.

Our Corgi was a lovable lap dog around the house and a herding maniac on our friend's horse farm. And while our family loved both these dogs very much, I have no doubt that if either dog had bitten anyone they would have been put down quickly. Not without regret and sorrow, but out of a sense that dangerous animals have no place in anyone's home. The dog that bit your wife is a dangerous animal.

Man…. That is messed up. Tell Ann our prayers are with her. I’m so sorry your year ended like this.

Please update us and let us know how she's doing.

you're a wonderful husband, wil. i hope anne feels better soon.

Anne, speedy wishes of recovery. I have a nice scar on my nose where a dog picked me up when I was a baby. Took me a long time to get over fear of dogs, but I bet you'll be up and petting in no time!

Hi Wil,

Hope Anne is recovering well from her wounded lip and spirit.

Our rescued dog bit me in the cheekbone not too long ago. He has bit my other dog, my husband, and now me in the cheekbone, foot, and ankle. We've come to terms that we rescued a biter. Everytime he bites me I get so emotionally hurt that I cry. Luckily, he is only 15lbs (lhasa apso) so his bites are little more than scratches and they don't require stitches - yet I am determined to take him through eight 6 week classes in dog training to give him the structure/training he requires to be a pet.

Please don't be too hard on the dog - although a bite to the face is very traumatic to primates like us.

I think a good psychic connection to animals is important for a good pet owner..but I'm learning that it helps to have a solid understanding of dog training methods and canine/animal behavioral therapy.

Growling is a dog's way of saying - "I am going to bite someone". A growl should always be interpreted as an intent to bite. Learning and employing solid dog training methods allow an owner to train the dog not to growl, bark excessively or bite. None of these behaviors are acceptable in a household pet.

I'm still determined to turn around our dog so tell your friends not to give up hope - but insist that they spend several hours a week with a dog trainer like we do.

Here is to better Canine to Primate understanding in 2003! Happy New Year.

I am so sorry! I hope Anne is doing better. I was attacked by a German Shepard as a child, and they still freak me out.
Wil you are a super, wonderful guy. My husband is very sweet and caring as well, and when something awful like this happens, it makes all the difference in the world to have someone in your life that can be there for you and show you they care. Bully for you two!

Wil and Anne-

Happy New Year to you both! I hope Anne gets better soon and wish you both have a great 2003. Thanks Wil for bringing me hope last spring.
Ben

Wanna cheer Anne up? TNG episode "Hollow Pursuits" is on TNN tonight. (The one with Lt. Broccoli).If Wesley in that Musketeer get-up doesn't make her giggle, nothing wil.

Get well soon, Anne.

Having spent NYE in the ER with a spouse before (my husband was still somewhat immunocompromised post-chemo, and had come down with pneumonia - again), you have my utmost empathy. Here's hoping the physical scars fade away quickly. I know the emotional ones will hang on longer....

*hugs offered*

When I was twelve, a german police dog at my uncle's farm thought I was attacking my aunt when I moved a bit closer for a group shot -- and jumped up and back and clamped down on my midsection. Am missing 45 seconds of screaming, my dad hitting the dog with his camera, people trying to the pull the dog off, and once done, getting in the back seat of the car for the ride to the hospital.

The dog got his a few weeks later when he challenged a moving car and lost.

I feel for her Wil. She's gonna remember some of it, but it's best to forget and just be more wary next time.

Hey wil? When are you going to tell us your adventures as a hobo? I'm interested. Or do I have to wait for your book? Is that what the whole book is about?

Best wishes to Anne on a quick recovery. So sorry for the bite and the painful memories it brought up from the past. (((hugs)))

Wil and Anne
I too was bitten (twice! two different dogs) when
I was a small child.
I was scared of dogs for a long time.
It went away though.

***HEALING MOJO FOR DOG BITE***

Yes Wil it COULD have been worse..

I have worked in the ER long ago on New Years
Eve...THAT is not the place to be.

THANKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT are THERE then
though..

Best wishes for speedy healing, and sorry New Year's sucked. As for the dog, in my humble opinion, once a dog attacks someone it should be put down. Period. It has proven it can't be trusted, and with a predator large enough to be a threat, if you can't trust it, it is no longer worthy of being a pet and needs to go.

Wil and Anne,

Sorry to hear about the accident. As you said, it could've been worse. keep holding Anne, and pray for her speedy recovery. I know this must be tearing you up Wil. By the way, is that Watchmen you are reading the Graphic Novel? I read that one, and it was way cool.

Funny hearing that from a 41 year old man, but I do say that from time to time.

Wow! Incredible story! I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I hope her recovery is speedy. Best Wishes to you in 2003.

Oh wow. Next time, Anne, compassionate and loving human being that she is, needs to remember that feral dogs are dangerous. The dog's owners need to keep the dog away from people and in another room the next time they want a quiet get-together. Whew!

I'm assuming that you are hinting that Anne was abused by a parent and ended up with stitches? Poor Anne.

I'm sorry for her pain. I hope the rest of 2003 goes a lot smoother for the both of you.

By the way, did it sound like I was lecturing about the dog before? Didn't mean to. Just pointing out the obvious, I guess. :-) Now pay attention, Wil, this is your pseudo-mother speaking!! ;-)

No, Anne was not abused by a parent. Her parents had a dog, who bit her face several times when she was young.

Healing mojo for Anne!

I'm sorry your New Year celebration ended up going awry, I hope 2003 brings greater happiness for you and yours and none of the disappointments.

Best wishes and much mojo to Anne for a speedy recovery. She's lucky to have someone as supportive as you.

Anne: My thoughts are with you during this time of ache. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Not a nice way to ring in the New Year's. Like Wil said, it could've been much worse.

I just found out today that my landlady passed away New Year's eve, around 9:00 PM. I had no idea until today when her daughter came to pick up the rent check and left me a note asking me to write it in her name since her mother had passed on. Now that's a bad way to ring in the New Year. My thoughts are with her too. Very nice ladies, both of them.

anamarylee

Anne... I am so sorry this happened to you... I hope you have a speedy recovery...

Hope you have a better and happy New Year...

Nothing is as traumatic as getting so close to getting a doggie to calm down around everyone and then chaos erupting and someone getting hurt.

I'm so sorry for Anne and for you, Wil. I'm glad to hear though that it wasn't more serious and that you both don't blame the owners of the dog.

I hope Anne recovers quickly from the bite and stitches and that she's not in too much pain.

Best wishes to Anne. I hope it heals quickly and with minimal pain.

Blessings upon you and your wife, for a speedy recovery.

Anne-
Hope that you are feeling better, and lets just tack this up to well things could've gone in a much more worse direction that night. Have a speedy recovery-

May the Best of your Last year best the worse of This Year- To continued Hapiness and Good Health-

Hope you get better soon, Anne!

Get Well Soon Anne **Hugs**

I adopted Casey the wonder dog from a shelter. She and the rest of her litter were found in a dumpster outside a Don Pablo's.

Forty bucks isn't much, but it's what I can afford.

Love to Anne.

Wil

and Anne..

I had a "run in" with one of my grandfathers dogs
back when I was a small "tike" and to this day
I have never "liked" dogs much... the scars can
run deep... and when I was in the ER (19 years,
9 months ago) well, I don't remember much about that.. just one of the male nurses with a beard
and ear ring, tring to keep me in place for I had to be "restrained" several times,
a result of a head with helmut, hitting small
tree... any whoo... not much fun....

my best wishes to Anne and to a fast recovery
and to Wil.. may his nerves recover as well.

later

Oh Wil, I'm sorry! I'm embarassed! I thought you were hinting that Anne being hurt by a parent. I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding! Well, I'm happy that her memories are not as sinister as that!

OK, all the same, I wish her a speedy recovery and hope the pain goes away very soon. I'm happy she has such a sweet husband too. :-)

Hi Wil and Anne,

It's too bad New Years didn't go as you planned. But hey, it's only one day. What you do with all your other days is just as important.

I hope Anne feels better *soon*. All the best for this year and the years to follow. You two sound truly happy to be together. So many of us dream of someday achieving that. You're both blessed.

Happy new year, all!

Em

{{{{{{{{{{{Anne}}}}}}}}}}}}
Tell your wife to get better soon!

Mojo to Anne! But get back on the horse, though. I had a couple bad dog experiences when I was REALLY young and have been pretty much terrified by them ever since (with few exceptions).

Good Recovery, Anne!

Don't lose your faith in animals. It would be sad for you and all the animals for the future.

(But, if they can bite, pick or whatever: just watch out; don't be anxious, but keep a safe and "respectful" distance. Most animal will respect this behaviour of the "humans".)

Bad start in 2003, but... things can only get better!

Best wishes,

Thomas
(from Good Ol' Germany)

I'm so glad Anne is ok!!!!! Wishing her a very speedy recovery! Your right. I'm sure it could have been alot worse and my heart goes out to all the people who had to spend New Years Eve in the ER. I'm just thankful that Anne is alright. GOD BLESS!!!!

We are both sorry to hear about what happened to Anne. We hope that she is feeling better. I (Dev) also had to have stitches on my lip once, but in my case I was the one who bit my own lip (long story). Hope that the rest of your New Year goes better from now on.

Hey Wil,
Sorry to hear about what happened to your wife, she seems like such a great person. I hope she is feeling better soon. And on a different note, if I ever fall in love and get married, I hope that my husand will be as loving and supportive as you are.
Much Love,
Eppy

Weird, Wil. I played Munchkin for the first time that same night. Take care of your wife. Hopefully she's pain free by now.

Ugh ugh ugh! Puts my petty problems in perspective. I spent New Year's Eve suffering
from food poisoning, so I can understand that feeling of "this is not how I'm supposed to spend this time," but man....hope Anne recovers quickly.

This reminds me why I'm more of a cat person.

Many Happy Returns to you and yours, Wil.

Much healing to Anne, too. I will keep her in my thoughts. By the way, you sound like one lucky guy to have such a gentle and loving spouse!

Peace in hte New Year,
KB

Wil,I'm really sorry you ended up having such a bad time for New Year's Eve. Having to go something through like this is one thing I don't think any of us would ever like to experience. Hope everything else is going well these first few days of 2003.

Anne, here's wishing you a speedy recovery. You're the woman, Anne!

this is why people shouldn't have animals as pets.

Omigosh! I am so sorry that something so terrible happened. You are right that it could have been much worse. I hope the pain goes away soon, I know what it's like to have a ton of stitches (which I doubt makes Anne feel any better). I hope this new year is a great one for you and your family. May God bless you all. :)

VERY sorry to hear that! I'm sending some POSITIVE chi her way.

Geez, how awful!
I hope she gets healed up really quick!

Hope the rest of your year isn't as scary! Here's to Anne's speedy recovery!

Wow, Wil that sucks! I hope Anne feels better soon and heals quickly. I know that incident must have scared the crap out of both of you. Like you said, it could have been worse, good thing it wasn't her throat. If the dog is that unfriendly, why was it in the same room with a bunch of strnagers, even animal-wiz Anne? Next time your friends might want o consider putting him in a bedroom for the night until he's friendlier around people.

Best wishes to you both, sending some healing mojo yours and Anne's way!=o)

Ashley

Happy New Year Wil and family!

Greetings from the entire Mythos. Well, almost all. Some are blind idiots.

Dog bites. Nasty business is dog bites.

Nemesis: Not a good movie, except for a certain non-speaking actor showing up in the wedding scene. Very cool to see.

2003 already. Bushwacker is gearing up for war. Idiot or genius depending on your point of view.

The Two Towers: Tolkien rolls in his grave. Much money rolls into New Line Cinema's coffers.

Checking the stars outside. Nope, not aligned right yet. Soon. Very soon.

Racoons are worse than skunks for your lawn. Thank Jesus H. you don't have them digging holes on ya.

Healing Mojo for Anne.

Spike

I know that by now, any comment I make is redundant, but I still wanted to wish you and Anne and the boys a happy New Year. Once again, an example of bad things happening to good people. But as you said, you are both very lucky, and I think that luck will continue into the New Year. I just know you will have a happy and prosperous year, and I am sending healing Mojo Anne's way. Judging from the comments she should have plenty.

Have to say, one of the little non-tragic details that made me chuckle was the fact that you were playing Munchkin with your friends on New Years Eve...That is EXSACTLY what I was doing!! The setting was different and there were no non-human animals around, but thats what we were doing too. That is a FUN game! (small warning, be careful who you play it with, we played with a guy who made it alot more complicated than it had to be and it sucked some of the fun out of it, but we chalked that up to a lesson learned)

Blessed Be, Love and Light

Your New Years was definitely more interesting than mine so don't feel bad (although I don't think its a good interesting). Anyway. I saw you on a badly recorded infomercial for some computer software? Or something. YOu were standing next to a boobilicious blond ho raving over a computer in a techno looking set. I thought that was pretty low of you Mista Wheaton :) You didn't even get to keep the blond after shooting!

Hey what was that game company you are a part of? I'd like to submit a resume to be a game composer. www.fluidicmethod.com

Ech, then I wasn't the only one with a bad New Years experience... I got beat up on my way back from a New Years party... That dog bite sounds really nasty and painful though, I hope Anne gets better soon.

Best Wishes for a good 2003 from across the pond.

Poor Ann, and I thought my New Year's was awful. I won't tell that story. You remind me of my boyfriend, Wil. A couple weeks ago I was out at this sleezy bar that some of my girl friends dragged me to. I had only had a couple drinks but I was feeling positively ill. I ran to the bathroom a couple times to throw up. Then at the end of the night I was sitting in a booth talking to a male friend of mine and I leaned over to say goodbye and my knuckle caught on a nail sticking out. Blood gushed everywhere. I grabbed my drunken friend's cell phone and called my boyfriend to pick me up. Once he picked me up he figured I was drunk cuz I was heaving. He dropped me off at home and went to get band-aids and polisporin. I was over the toilet throwing up and bleeding....it was the worst. When he got back to my house and I told him I only had a couple drinks he went digging and found the pills I had been taking for an infection...turns out I wasn't spose to take alcohol with them. He drove me to emergency and the doctor stitched me up and told me that the ingredient in those pills was the same as they give alcoholics to get them to stop drinking. One drink will make you wish you weren't born. STUPID STUPID ME. But my boyfriend was so understanding. He held my hand while the doctor was stitching me up...haha until he looked over and saw blood and then he had to leave the room. But I was up all night running to the bathroom and it was the most painful night in a long while. My boyfriend was completely understanding and babied me. Ann and I are so lucky to have men in our lives as caring and self-less as you two. Kudos to you!

Hey Wil,

Was checking out the store for some WWDN shwag and saw the WFS briefcases.....AWESOME!! I need on for work.

Thanks man!!

Hope Anne's doing better.
I'd say "tell her to just bite her lip" but......obviously that's been done already.

best let sleeping dogs lay......ouch

sorry
Fred

Sorry to hear Wil, but glad it was nothing major.

Best wishes in the new year, and hope your wife feels better soon.

Beau

Hi Wil

Lots and lots of comments about your adventures on New Years Eve...

Thank goodness that Anne is OK and kudos to you for being there for her (how could you not?)...

We should all remember to count our blessings as we enter this new & exciting year, no?

-Jocelyn

Wow...and here I thought I was gonna have a rough start of the year. I'm so sorry to hear about the dog bite!

*sends lotsa healing mojo*

Hope you have a quick & pain-free recovery Anne, your husband rocks the house! :)

Wil,
I know that your rose will be fine. I am sure you will take great care of her.

FG

I would highly suggest that your friends put that dog down. I know this sounds like a cruel thing to do, but I have lived with a rescued dog before and it will never fully trust anyone. My parents had a dog for several months and never mistreated it, yet one day it bit my father. It could one day bite a child.

Anne... Mojo to you and hope you feel better...

***THE BEEJ***

well sorry to hear about your crappy nye guys but thank god anne is going to be ok. when i first read the words emergency room i was so worried that something had happened to one of the boys. as the mother of two young children thats the first thought that popped into my head. and think of it this way what happened was LAST YEAR!!! so here's to a good year to you and your family!!! and one more thing i read a comment about not having animals as pets are we supposed to have other humans as pets? sorry to my kinda twisted sense of humor that cracked me up!!! Brook

I was very sorry to hear about Anne, and very glad to hear it wasn't anything too serious.

I hope that she is feeling much better soon, and that this new year brings better luck.

I also hope that her experience won't affect her closeness with animals. I was bitten by a dog once, and although it wasn't anything serious, it made me see all dogs, even friendly ones, in an entirely new light for a while.

I also hope that Anne feels a little bit better knowing that there is lots of Mojo going to her from up here in Canada.

Tell Anne it could be much worse....I once got bit in the ass by a friend's dog. Ripped the whole left side of the rear of my jeans off, and put a few nice sized gashes in my behind.

Then when I was 16 I got another wound there, got hit by a truck on my bike and skidded down the street on my butt.

I had to sit on a rubber donut in school :(

Wil,

Hope Anne is doing better but what about the dog?
Whatever Anne may or may not have could have affected the dog as well. Poor doggie!

My deepest sympathies go out to Anne, I too know what it is like to be bit in the mouth by a dog. I was 5 the first time and 20 then next. Something you never forget. And just like Anne, I love animals, especially dogs. Happy New Year!!

I was attacked by a dog when I was three--I'm very sorry to hear about Anne. I'm quite moved by the post in general, though.

Your reaction means you married the right person :)

Take care, Wil.

australian mojo for anne

from billyjoebob, feistynoodle and all seven of our tiny, cute, two week old puppies.

Happy New Year to all.
Get better soon Anne, sending the mojo your way!

i'm sorry Wil, i hope Anne is feeling better, man, what a horrible way to spend new years eve.
get well Anne!

i'm sorry Wil, i hope Anne is feeling better, man, what a horrible way to spend new years eve.
get well Anne!

Wil, so sorry to hear about Anne. Hope she heals soon. Have her keep antibiotic ointment on the stitches and they won't feel so tight. I feel so bad for her. Colleen - a nurse.

Here's greetings from Alaska!
Hope your wife is doing alright. One of our friends in highschool had been mauled by a neibhorhood dog so badly that they had to reattach his ear and lip and now some 8 years later you can't even tell he was ever touched by a scapel.

Best wishes to you and yours,
Sarah from alaska

I hope Anne recovers quickly!!

I'm always a little nervous around dogs because I'm afraid that will happen - that's why I own cats. :o)

I hope all the best for the New Year. Just think- the whole thing, bite/stitches, we're over in 2002! Might not be the best way to end an year, but you guys were back to your friends by the beginning of 2003!

Oh my lord!

I feel so stupid to have not read this sooner. So sorry for your wife and you Wil. I was bitten in the lip by my own dog as a youth and it was a feeling of shock more than pain.

That situation was all my fault and could've been avoided. Nonetheless, I have no less love for dogs and have two now. Like your wife, I have that sort of 'patron saint of animals' thing when it comes to dogs and other pets too but I'm none to trusting of overly aggressive dogs.

I don't think this was your wife's fault at all and I hope she doesn't either. People that love animals just do and can't be kept from trying to be friendly with even the most ferocious. Someone else here drew an analogy of not playing with alligators without kevlar... er, wha? She was bitten by a dog I believe.

Going on that person's post we could just merrily throw a few thousand analogies of what not to do around (don't cross the street without lookin' first, don't throw stones in a glass house etc, ad nauseum) but THAT shows a lack of compassion.

Shit unfortunately happens whether people "play it safe" or not and merely taking the safe route all the time is no guarantee of safety. Nor is kevlar... got that other poster??

I really, really hope your wife gets all better soon. Having had it happen to me once, I know how suckass a thing it can be. Hopefully this second experience for her won't have been too terribly traumatic. Hang in there!

I hope they put that dog down. Rescuing dogs is very kindhearted, but often not such a good idea.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Lips are a cruddy (and painful) place for an injury.

Getting face to face with a anti-social frightened dog is not very clever regardless the good-natured "healing vibe" motive. Ignoring the dog's warnings was worse. The dog should be put down before it bites a child. You may blah, blah all you want but you know that is the only proper thing to do. I hope your wife heals cleanly and learns a lesson.

I'm glad to hear that Anne was okay. I had to help bury my uncle this last New Year's Eve after his own trip to the ER. Totally out of the blue and only 55, he died leaving 7 children (two still in high school) and two grandchildren. My grandparents had to bury their own child, which no parent should ever have to do. My uncle lived a full life though, and besides dying too early, probably had no other regrets. Live life and tell those around you how much you love them.

I hope Anne's feeling much better now. That must have been very painful indeed.

Oh, I haven't been around lately, so A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Gh0d almighty. Wil, I'm glad I wasn't there because they'd be hunting for the dog's heart.

My very best wishes to your lady wife.

I think you may well be a better man than I.

I am so sorry to hear about Anne's experience. I hope she heals quickly, inside and out. I am guessing from what you've said that she had someone raise their hand against her in her childhood; if so, I can relate, as my mother's hand was heavy and not always empty when she was angry, which was often.

I don't know what kind of healing methods you prefer to use, and I certainly am not one to push my own preferences, so please take this as a suggestion only that of course you are totally free to ignore. I am only mentioning these at all on the chance that you like herbal remedies or are open to them (in addition to regular medical approaches).

First, I always have on hand a rather interesting-smelling ointment called Black (because of its color), which was developed by Dr. Christopher, a famous herbal healer. You can get it for a good price at VitaCost.com (where you can also buy vitamins at great prices), though some health food stores carry it as well. I find that it greatly speeds healing of external cuts. I've put it on cuts on my hands (one of my cats is a feral rescuee who, though quite loving, plays a little too roughly sometimes) and have had the cuts healed as much in one night as they might otherwise have healed in three days.

(Another thing I keep on hand at all times is lavender essential oil, which has antiseptic and analgesic properties, and which also promotes cell regrowth. I use a Q-Tip to rub the lavender oil on cat scratches and it instantly--and I mean instantly--makes the pain go away, prevents swelling and itching, and helps the scratch heal much better. I mention this because I think you have said you have cats.)

I also just recently discovered another Dr. Christopher ointment called B, F, & C, which rather gruesomely stands for Bones, Flesh, and Cartilage. That doesn't mean it is made from those things, but instead means that it is supposed to be good for healing those things. I only just got it, so can't say yet how it works compared to the Black ointment, but it certainly smells and looks better.

For more information on these preparations, you can visit HerbsFirst.com. And of course if herbs are not your cup of tea, forget I said anything.

Again, my heart goes out to Anne--and you!--and my best wishes as well.

Marina

I just read through the other comments (which I should have taken the time to do BEFORE making a post) and see that what you were emphasizing is that all but eight of Anne's childhood stitches (so, 36 stitches) were from dog bites ("ow" desn't even begin to cover it), and that the remaining eight were not from abuse. My apologies. Forget what I said about that part of it.

Marina

My daughter was bit in the face by a weiner dog when she was 5. It was only a few stitches, but got infected so she ended up staying in the hospital for a week on IV antibiotics, and has since been allergic to penicillan (I think she was sensitized). It was an especially difficult time for me because I wanted to stay with her, but I had final exams to write, so I went from hospital to exams and back to hospital, with no time to study. It was tough for Danica because she was an active child now restrained by an IV. I can't believe the number of people that told me I should sue the owner or get the dog destroyed! I know it wasn't the dog's fault. There is too much blaming and sueing these days. I'm glad you bear these owners and dog no hard feelings.

Anyway, Danica recovered (and at 8 you can hardly see the scars), there are alternatives to penicillan, and I did well on the tests, and so all's well that ends well, as they say. As you realized, things could have been worse.

Hope all is well soon with Anne! Best wishes for 2003.

I once had a cocker spaniel chomp into my face/mouth and believe it or not, it was hanging from my face for what seemed like a friggin eternity until I finally pulled it off in shock.
It is such a traumatizing feeling and even though you know it wasn't really the dogs fault, you still feel attacked and victimized.
Anne, here's to hopin you are feeling better.
Namaste!

I hope Anne heals quickly, I wish you both a successful and fulfilling new year!

Buon Anno!

Cervignano del Friuli, Italy

I hope they shot the dog....

I have two rescued dogs...one of them is pretty agressive, but shes only a golden retreiver/border collie so it's not that bad, and she's only aggressive around other dogs...even smaller dogs...its kinda funny

my other dog is a deaf sheltie, he's nice.

hope your wife fully recovers quickly!

First off, glad to hear Anne is doing well since the dog bite incident. I had a Geerman Sheppard nearly rip my forearm off as a kid (52 stitches), so I can relate to the fear thing.

Secondly, this year I did something I've never done. I went to the Rose Parade. Mind you, I don't much care for crowds of people, but this year my fiance insisted. I must say it was pretty neat. And as I sat on Colorado Blvd. at 5:30 AM I said to myself, "I wonder if Will and Anne are here somewhere."

As for the stealth fighters (F-117 Nighthawk's), they were ok. But seeing a B-2 bomber so close. Well, it was magical.

To quote a band that was once great, "Hopefully this year will be better than the last."

Hi Wil and Anne,

I'm an animal lover myself, and I can totally understand how an accident like that could have happened. I'm so sorry to hear that Anne got hurt; at the same time, I'm proud of her for putting herself in that situation in the first place. She must have worked hard to get over her fears after being bitten as a child.

You are one special and very caring lady, Anne.

Shame to spend the New Year's eve at the hospital. But hopefully a bit wiser, a bit older.

Just don't know about animals, can't tell when they are going to do that to you... Then again, you can't really tell if the person next to you is going to do that to you either. What the hell. Had a cat that clawed me, stripped a "tube" of flesh right out from my hand. Nice interested thing to look at until the shock came in. Had to have antibiotics shots all week. Thanks,

Watchmen.......Cool

Hello Mr. Wheaton. I came across you site from Rantbox.org. Saw your link and did a double take. I have to say that I was taken a back from how open ... expressive you have made your site. Its different and has that personal touch. I am sorry to hear about your wife. Like you said it can always have been worse. I am sure you have better things to do then read all these so I will wrap up. But I like your site and will be back.

God bless
Corey