My heart is breaking..

Our Sophie dog was attacked. I stated this somewhat casually in my last post about 31 things. She was attacked on Tuesday by another dog. It was in the evening and I am assuming Don didn't take her to the vet because of the price of emergency care. Initially I think we just thought it was a bite. Don kept saying that the vet will just clean it and put gauze on it and that will be that. I think that because he seemed not worried I wasn't really worried. We tried to get her an appointment this morning but they couldn't get her in until this afternoon. Roxy came with me. I didn't really want to take her by myself just in case I had to make some difficult decisions. The thing is, it's not good. She has a really bad infection. Her belly and breast is swollen something awful. She is in a lot of pain. The bite wound is bad as well. The dog ripped her skin to the point that it can't be stitched and Sophie is going to have to have surgery. :( Currently they will not operate until the infection goes away. So she is on antibiotics and I have to take her back to the vet on Friday. She isn't even the same dog right now. She won't lay down she just stands in one place with her head down. Don and I are thinking that she must be in more pain when she lays down. I don't even know what else to say. I am just so so so so sad. Sophie is the nicest and the best dog I have ever known. I hope with all my heart that the infection clears and we won't face any complications with surgery. If anything goes wrong there is no telling what will happen. We can't pay thousands of dollars to make her better. I love Sophie but she is Brodes best friend and I think that is what breaks my heart the most. :(