Dear CARA and all Cocker
Lovers who CARA mobilized to help me:
I have asked my new friend Dolores of
Abandoned Angels to help me express my gratitude to CARA and
everyone who donated prizes and participated in the raffle
that CARA organized to help fund my recent surgery. Dolores
has helped me write this letter describing the Four
Miracles that have recently transformed my
life and CARA's role in helping these Miracles to come
about.
As you all know, I have been through a
very traumatic time, having been hit by a car and left in
the street to die. When that car hit me, my whole life
flashed before my eyes! Much to my surprise, I survived the
impact, and even though the driver did not stop, a
kind passerby took me to Animal Control (this was my
First Miracle).
Unfortunately, my injuries were so extensive that Animal
Control could not help me, and I lay there for several days
in terrible pain with an injured hip and fractured pelvis. I
was sure that my luck had run out and that I would either
die a slow, agonizing death or be put out of my misery
through euthanasia. Then a
Second Miracle
happened. As I was lying in my cage in pain, Abandoned
Angels agreed to rescue me sight unseen. I was then
transported to a Vet Clinic in Queens.
Treena, a dear friend of Abandoned
Angels immediately started telling everyone she could think
of about
my plight, including CARA. And then a
Third Miracle
happened! Cara came up immediately with a grant for my
surgery and organized a raffle with some wonderful Cocker
Spaniel Rescue Organizations and friends to raise even more
money to help pay my medical bills. These funds along with
some donations, will pay for a lot of my medical costs,
and Abandoned Angels will find a way to fund the rest. I
never knew that such kind people existed before this
experience. Perhaps all my suffering has all been a blessing
in disguise, because now I am on my way to a new and better
life, as these photos will show.
The first photo I asked Dolores to
take is one of me thanking my Lucky
Stars for CARA, and all the
wonderful people that played a vital role in raising money
for my surgery. In the second and third photos, you can see
me getting stronger. I am finally able to put some weight on
my injured leg and am even beginning to walk a little bit.
Believe it or not, even after my
surgery, a Fourth
Miracle happened! I found a new
friend named Rita, who read about me on the Internet and
contacted Dolores. Rita has offered to pay for Swim Therapy for
me at The Dog Run in Manhattan to help with my
rehabilitation. I recently met Rita and she told me all
about Swim Therapy and how much it helped her sheltie during
his recovery from an injury similar to mine. I have never
been swimming before, but it sure sounds like fun! After
all, a Cocker Spaniel is a water fowl dog, so it should be
right up my alley! Rita may be able to take me to Swim
Therapy and work with me, but there is one problem ... and
now I am hoping for a
Fifth Miracle.
I am currently recovering from surgery at AAA Veterinary
Clinic in Woodside, Queens, and once I leave AAA, the plan
is for me to continue recovering at an Abandoned Angels
foster home, in Flushing. Transportation is a problem and,
anyway, it would be physically too hard on me to make the
trip to Manhattan twice a week to swim. So now I am looking
for a foster home in Manhattan, ideally in Chelsea, near The
Dog Run on Ninth Avenue, between 18th and 19th Streets,
hopefully I will get my Fifth Miracle. Please spread the
word and keep your fingers crossed for me!
In closing, thanks again to
EVERYONE who cared about me and sent me $$$ and, just
as important, love, prayers and good wishes. Even if
we never meet in person, you have made all the difference to
my life and, for the rest of my days, I will keep a little
part of you in a corner of my heart. Thank you CARA,
Annie's Rescued Friends, Cocker Pals, Betsy's Cocker Place, Treena, Hedy, Joyce, Gretchen, Suzanne and all of you once
again for giving me a chance for a new life.
Love Always,
Danny Boy
Danny is recovering nicely and has really been lucky
as he is going to a foster home in Manhattan with a
lovely lady where he will be the only dog and she
has already set him up with his very own dog
walker. She lives in a very dog friendly building
and next door to a lady that has an older cocker
that Danny can walk with if he wishes. Miracles do
happen as I prayed that the right home would come
along for him that would be perfect for him. This
lady has already ordered an Orthopedic bed for him
and wants to make sure he has everything for a total
recovery. Please pass along that Danny again is so
very grateful for all the help that he has recieved
and will always know he has many guardian angels
that have been watching over him.