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Three years ago, Jordan Wilson was attacked by a dog

She's had multiple reconstructive surgeries since then to rebuild her nose

After sharing her story online, she now details her "exhausting" road to recovery in an interview with PEOPLE

Jordan Wilson was visiting her now-fiancé’s brother in Tampa, Fla., when the unthinkable happened.

The group had just returned from dinner, and she was playing with their friend's two dogs — a black lab and a Boerboel, a large mastiff. Wilson, 29, was sitting on the ground, petting the two pups, when suddenly the Boerboel lunged and latched onto her nose. He wouldn’t let go.

“The owner was sitting right next to me and managed to get him off, but when he did, he had taken my nose with him,” Wilson shares.

She was rushed to the hospital,

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