time.

She doubled over in her wheelchair, screaming.

"It felt as if something burst," she told a doctor before being rushed back into the operating room.

"We could try to fix it," a surgeon offered.

"No! Take it out," Betty said. "I can't take the pain."

Without a functioning kidney, she returned to dialysis.

Tackling the to-do list

It's a Tuesday morning in November, not Cliff Kemmerer's usual day for visiting Betty. The 69-year-old is preparing his daughter's kitchen, covering the table and moving chairs to the dining room.outside the building.

The incident, which left Kinje bloodied, was caught on video. But instead of leading to Luna’s removal, the case was settled with Kelban agreeing to muzzle the 60-pound dog.

But Liu said that little has changed, and that Luna still lunges and snarls at the Havanese, court papers charge.

“As soon as the pit bull saw . . . . Kinje it charged, growled and was lunging viciously as its owner tried to force the pit bull behind a mailbox,” the suit says.

Adam Leitman Bailey, attorney for Kelban and Luna, said state law prohibits Liu from filing a second case because she signed off on a confidential settlement in the first suit by the condo.