Angel went for another walk yesterday. It was pretty cold and I was glad that her new sweater fits. As before, she was very cautious and slow. All the smells and noises surrounding her must be pretty terrifying but with proper training I know she’ll be able to focus and enjoy the walks. I know this because I can see that she has the drive to do so. We watched her curiously and daringly climb a step up and down. She successfully sensed the width and the height of the obstacle. She is so great! (I guess this is what parents feel when they see their child make its first steps.) Patience and warm words of encouragement seem to be enough and, as many people have assured me, the support of good, “smelly” treats will do even more. With this positive reinforcement she’ll do great.
I’m concerned that she still coughs a little. I made an appointment for her surgery for next Wednesday. She’ll need to completely recover before that time. It seems that her spirit is up, though. Chris said that she woke them up loudly chewing on rawhide at night. 
Angel is going to a foster home in Brooklyn. Robert, a volunteer for Might Mutts (http://mightymutts.tripod.com/), will take care of her for now.
Angel and I went for a little walk today. Her hair is so short that I knew she’s going to be freezing in today’s 30 degree weather; I got her a cute sweater but it was too small… I’m not used to dealing with dogs that are cold in the winter. I’ll have to return it and get her something a little bigger.
Poor Angel had no vaccinations and caught a cold. She’s been coughing and her nose is running. She still eats very little so we need to keep close watch.
Sadly, Angel’s optical nerve got too severely damaged and she is blind. We saw the ophthalmologist, Dr. Sapienza on Friday. Angel was incredible. She was so patient and calm during the extensive examination and she slept in the car like a baby, even though we were stuck in traffic for a long time both ways. She loves to be touched and talked to. Her appetite is slightly affected by all the antibiotics she’s been on but she looks so much better. She’s almost 30 Ib!
Angel’s eye is healing and is very itchy. She was rubbing it on her pillow and few stitches came
We are going to see Dr. Sapienza in Long Island this Friday. Angel got a topical antibiotic to prevent any infections from starting but besides that the visible eye was left alone. I kept whispering to her ear how many friends she has and how much she is loved by everybody. A letter from a generous couple from Holly Springs, NC was waiting for her at the vet’s office; it reads “we hope this lovely young lady makes a quick recovery!” My wish exactly!
Little Angel went for a check up this Saturday, Novemeber 8th, and she's doing better! She is not walking in circles anymore (she was disoriented due to concussion) and her eyes are healing slowly. I will be setting up an ophthalmologist appointment in Long Island with Dr. Sapienza (http://www.livs.org/) for late next week. In the near future, she will need to have more work done on the removed eye (eyelids will need to be partially removed and closed permanently) and hopefully she will have a reconstructive surgery on the saved left eye. You can tell right away by looking at her that she is very loved at the Dognosis. She looks like a different puppy. Her coat is shiny and her sides are filling out; the girl likes to eat!
On Sunday, November 2nd, around 9 o'clock in the morning, I was coming back home, Queens after running my Husky in Prospect Park. Due to the marathon a lot of streets were closed so I decided to take a local route through Atlantic Ave. I was in the vicinity of Eastern Pkwy when I saw a dog standing and whimpering in the middle of Atlantic Ave. I heard her crying, then I saw how bad she looked. She must have been just hit because the street was not backed up and every car was going around her. No one cared and someone even honked at me for stopping. I led her to the side of the street and called 411 to find the closest hospital. I was waiting for a response while gently pressing the dog to my leg. After couple of attempts to walk away she was clinging to my leg and stood patiently. I was told to go to 80 Atlantic Ave. I was in the 2000s. I asked a guy crossing the street to open the door for me and he said "Oh my god! I can't even look at the dog". She was most likely hit in the head pretty hard because both of her eyes were out of the sockets and she was bleeding from them quite profusely. I tried to get help from cops to get to the hospital faster. I couldn't continue on Atlantic Ave. I was in traffic and kept running into barricaded streets closed for the marathon. The cops said that they can't help me and I just have to go with the traffic. I frantically called my friend who used to live in Park Slope and would know the closest hospital. She directed me to the Park Slope Animal Clinic on Prospect Park West. I handed the poor doggie to the vet and broke down crying. I honestly thought that I was 
bringing her to be put down. I assumed she must have had serious brain damage. But the vet, Dr. Holloway said that she really doesn't have many injuries except for the obvious eye damage. She couldn't tell if she would suffer from brain swelling but time was passing and she was doing relatively ok. I couldn't make a decision to put her down. She looks so young and resilient. She had no tags, no collar. The vet noticed she has worn pads from living on the street and she threw up some rice and onions, basically some trash she probably found. They scanned her for a microchip but none was found. The right eye had to be removed because it had no blood supply; it was basically hanging by a thread. The other eye was put back in her head and sawn shut. It will take about two weeks before we know if she can see with the other eye. She is currently at the Dognosis boarding place in Brooklyn and will stay there until stitches are removed. She most likely had a concussion but has quite an appetite. She seems very friendly with people and animals. She looks like a very small pit bull. The vet thinks she's about 1 or 1.5 years old. She's 25 Ib.
