Huong Le was attacked on the morning of Sept. 8 as she returned home from walking her grandchild to the school bus stop.

Huong Le shows the scars and deep puncture wounds on her leg that still haven't healed three months after she was attacked.

Her injuries were so severe it took doctors 13 hours to treat them, and the wounds are still healing three months later.

Yet Le is still trying to figure out how to leave the emotional scars behind.

"What happened already happened. Leave it behind. Don't think about it," she says.

It's hard to do when her physical wounds don't let her forget.

Her legs are still covered with scars and ugly purple puncture wounds where the dogs sunk their teeth into her. Her jaw is still sore and her hand is weak.

These are all reminders of what happened that morning more than three months ago.

"I think I might have died. Nobody heard and nobody passed by," she recalls.

Le says she'd never seen the dogs before. But they lunged at her and ripped into her like a toy as she hung onto the staircase.

"I was screaming, 'Help me, help me, anybody help,' then ... I just fell down," she says.

A neighbor grabbed a pitchfork to scare the dogs, then called 911.

By the time officers showed up and killed the dogs, Le's ears were torn off and her right arm was crushed. Blood was pouring from her leg wounds. Her son, Eric Makus, said, "It's been very painful to watch because her recovery's been very slow. But we're happy that she's here and that she just celebrated her 72nd birthday." The dogs' owner told police they've never been aggressive. But prosecutors took the rare step of charging him him with a felony, for possessing dangerous dogs.

Makus now says he wants a statewide ban on pit bulls.

"Is a breed ban unfair? Yes. Is it extreme? Yes. Is it necessary to protect public safety? I think so, Yes," he says.

In the meantime, Le says she's focused on healing and moving forward.