RIP BUSTER

Sorry for not posting as much as I should be just ALOT going on and so little time.

Here's the breakdown on what has been going down.

On December 7Th I have been out of the hospital a month and doing very well. I am keeping up with my diet and lost 24 lbs (since being in hospital till now).
I have been going to my Doctor and then the Lab to have blood drawn to make sure my PT/INR levels are correct because I am on a powerful blood thinner Coumadin.
So far so good.

Then on the 29Th my good friend Lisa is back in the hospital. She is in ICU and practically died. She had tested positive for swine flu, gotten a fever of 103 and had to be intubated because she couldn't even breathe!
She had a hard time fighting off the fever and the flu, however she is getting better.
As of now she is still in ICU but waiting to be put on another floor to rest and re-coop

Last night I got some REALLY bad news. Lisa's sister called to tell me that Buster, Lisa's cat had been found dead in her apartment.
I went on Wednesday and he was fine. I left him food and water. I cleaned the litter for him and kept the windows open a bit to get some fresh air. Her friend went on Saturday and said he didn't really eat much and that's not like him. When she went back on Sunday she found him passed away in the apartment.
Seeing Lisa tested positive for Swine Flu and that is what were thinking might have happened to him.
Also Buster had Tumors so one might have ruptured we don't know and we will never know.
When her Sister called me to tell me and I was crying of course and she said that she couldn't go in there and take him out, couldn't touch him like that you know.
I said i would do it.
I felt like we saved Buster and I'm going to go get him and bring him to the vet and MAKE SURE he gets the proper care.
I went and got him and we brought him to the the vet to be cremated.

I feel horrible and I want to know when were going to catch a break, it just seems like blow after blow after blow.

Other then all this and that shit going on I am proud to say that I have been clean since October 15TH!
I know it is barely a month but I am very proud that I have this clean time under my belt and want to keep it up. I have been keeping busy and just taking it day by day. I go to my program do my thing and break out.
I don't hang out, and the people I do talk to are not many at all. It's crazy because it is like ALL of them are ALWAYS looking for a favor, or a handout or begging for shit and I am SO over it and so tired of the BULLSHIT stories and how fucking FAKE they are!
Well that is the deal and again alot has been going on and I am trying to do my thing by staying clean and doing the right thing.
I am thinking of going back to school for computer programing and engineering because I have taught myself alot of things on my own.
when our computer breaks down I always fix it myself. So after the new year I am going to look into it.
Hope everyone is getting ready for the Holidays...
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It Was Not My Time To Go..

Well it has been a few since I posted last and there is a very BIG reason as to why.

About 2months ago I had this pain in my left leg, it was a pinching kind of pain and it stayed with me for only about 2days and then it went away. I thought being it went away that I might have pulled something and it was no biggie and it was gone.
Well about 2-3 weeks after the pain in my leg I started having trouble breathing. I thought because I'm a smoker, and didn't eat right that was the reason as to why this was happening.
Well 2days after this started happening to me on October 15Th I was having a VERY hard time breathing and I mean VERY!
I was at my mothers house and told her to call a cab for me that I was going to go to my program first and then after that to the hospital to see what was going on with me.
When I got to the program in the cab I opened the door and I fell out because I couldn't even hold myself up!
A good friend of mine David ran inside and told them what was going on and they rushed out with a wheelchair and then rushed me inside.
I told them I couldn't breath and I needed an ambulance.
The ambulance came in about 3min. I was so weak I couldn't even make the step up into the ambulance.
Also I was loosing oxygen at a very fast rate! I passed out while in the ambulance and then woke up again in the emergence room with tons of Doctors and nurses all around me.
They started undressing me and poking me with needles. Finally they undressed me and took off all my jewelry and one of the last things I remember was one of the doctors saying "fuck this, her face is turning gray and her feet are purple".
Now what happened after that I am only told from Gypsy and the Doctors because it was REALLY bad.
Here it is in a nut shell.

What caused all this was, that pain in my leg was a blood clot and it took 3 weeks to move from my leg to my lungs.
Most people die from having ONE blood clot I had THREE!
Blood clots go where there is air, your lungs, heart or brain. I was lucky because it went to my lungs, anywhere else I would have died more then 90% sure on that the doctors said.

I went into cardiac arrest for 7-8 min and they brought me back.
When they brought me back I was in a drug induced coma for 6days.
The doctor told Gypsy we are taking this minute by minute right now because it is really bad.

When I was in a coma I could still hear Gypsy, my mother, my brother and even my father came to stay by my side, I'm telling you it was looking REALLY BAD.
Gypsy said she said to me "Baby you got to fight for us" and then I shook my head as hard as I could.
Then she said "Show me those beautiful brown eyes", she said I opened one eye and a tear came out!
The doctors were telling her that because I flat lined for so long brain damage might have happened and to be prepared for anything IF or when I come out..
So after 6 days in a coma I just woke up! I woke up and asked for a cigarette first. LOL. Then I asked for Gypsy.

I was in ICU and when I came out I had all these tubes sticking out of everywhere on me.
My kidneys took a REALLY bad blow.
I had 90% kidney failure.
So after I woke up I had to do Dialysis for 4 hrs at a time.
They put a shunt in me that they use for Dialysis and people that are going to be on it for a long time.
It is right above my right breast.
So here is the rundown on what I had done to me

3 blood clots in my lungs
7-8min flat lined
6 days in a coma
Five 4hr Dialysis treatments
3 Blood transfusions
Many Many IV's
I had a PICC LINE (Mine had 3 outlets)

After coming out of ICU my body started to heal at a rapid pace on it OWN!
I had all the doctors scratching their heads on how I was healing after what I been threw!

Let me tell you it has been a long and hard journey for myself as well as Gypsy and my family.
I am very grateful to even be alive.
To be told so many times by so many doctors that I should be dead is a BIG trip!

I look at life VERY differently right now.
The whole time in the hospital I did not smoke however I came out this Saturday and I have had only 2 so I'm doing pretty good! It's not going to be easy but I'm going to quit them all together!!

I want to thank everyone who sent me flowers, a card, said a prayer, kept me in your thoughts or just sent out positive vibes!
It means the world to me also to know people were there for Gypsy when I couldn't be 100%!

So that is about it in a nutshell.
Oh and if anyone is wondering if I saw anything while being dead the answer is yes.
I saw a rainbow and dogs and cats. Some who I knew, some who I saved, some who I tried to save!
I believe I was headed to The Rainbow Bridge!
So if that is where I was headed I am more then happy with that!

Once again God is good..& I'm alive and taking it day by day right now!!
Five 4hr Dialysis treatments

NICO

Sorry for not updating more often, our lives have been majorly busy!

After FOUR came and we took care of him and he left we had about 5days of down time before another dog came right in that REALLY needed our help!
Oh here is the update and just to let everyone know FOUR has gotten a "furever home"!!!! YAY!!!

Ok so the dog we have now we named him NICO and when he came to us he was a MESS!
They cut his ears off with a scissor, they kept him in the same room for over 2 years where he would piss, shit, eat & sleep 24/7. This was Nico when he 1st came to us
He was never walked on a leash, didn't even know what it was to be out side and smell trees, pick up his leg to pee, to run around with other dogs and basically be a DOG!!

So we got him house broken in 2days, got him walking on a leash with no problems.
He knows commands such as sit, stay, wait, up, & down.

Also something we teach out dogs to do is that when we are feeding them before we put the dish of food down we make them sit and wait.
Once we say the command "go eat" that is when they are allowed to eat, another thing Nico picked up on quick.
He is a big dog and very smart.
He is going to make his owner proud!!

This is how Nico looks so far

Now of course I have blogged about how the people in my park are when I come in with my pit bulls but today was something else I tell ya.
What happened was I took Nico & Bandit to the park. Now seeing as everything is new to Nico when he see a child riding a bike, running, or riding a scooter, or maybe playing some kind of ball he gets EXCITED not AGGRESSIVE BIG fucking difference!
Some guy said to me " you nee to get those dog out of the park now ". Now if you know me you know that I did not stay shut, then out of the blue a woman comes up to me and says " I have pit bulls and I know he was just playing, someone just called 911 on you so please just go so you don't get into trouble, if not for you for the dogs ".
So next thing I see is 3 people taking my picture! I went fucking nuts! Who the FUCK do you think you are taking MY picture!!

So I went home brought Bandit up and took out Nico & Harley.
I sat down in the park and all the people who took my picture and were complaining were gone!
I lit up a smoke and next thing I know 8 cops come up to me and start asking questions:

Was your dog off leash? No!
Did your dog Attack anyone? No, and if he did wouldn't there be blood everywhere?
Was your dog looking to attack the children or people? No!

I gave the female cop the rundown on Nico, how everything is new to him and so on.
She understood and so did the others. Now for some reason there is ALWAYS one cop who has a fucking bad attitude and I just wanted to punch him, either he didn't like pit bulls or me, whatever the case fuck it.
So the female made a little report, took my info and that was that!
I said you need to tell these people to stop making false claims, that's what you need to do.
Nico even went up to one of the cops and was giving him kisses and I had treats that the cop was giving him and it was great on my part. Showed that the people were just plain out lying!!!!


So we have had Nico going on a week and he is getting better day by day. Learning new things, gaining weight and just learning how to be a dog.

Gypsy is doing her thing working & I'm doing my thing working as well.
I have been taking less clients due to the fact I need to make sure our animals are taking care of and that they are not left alone for long of a time period.

Trying to stay out of trouble, clean and out of the mix. It is hard but her one day at a time right?!!?
Hope everything is good with my readers!
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FOUR Update

QUICK UPDATE ON FOUR:

Four went from Gypsy & sKILLz home in Brooklyn today to Courtney’s apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We had a fabulous, albeit exhausting day at the vet, going back and forth to Petco and walking the streets of New York City with friends.

Four loves car rides and if you don't go fast enough he will start to talk to you as if he is begging you to speed up. He adores having his head out the window, too. But it seems I didn't roll it down far enough for him so what did he do? He found the automatic button and pushed it down himself! I wasn't about to risk having him leap out of the car while I was doing 65 mph down the FDR so up went the windows and on went the child safety locks! Of course he didn’t like that one bit and began to bark incessantly.

Four rocked the traditional foster-wear “adopt me” garb during our five hour excursion in Manhattan today and I have to say, he drew a lot of interest from passersby. As for the vet, Four weighed in at a healthy 53 pounds. He confirmed that Four is at least 10 years of age, if not 12, which is what we were previously told. He was prescribed eye drops for teary, mucus-filled eyes and some ear drops for an infection in his left ear. We also ran some minor tests and will not have those results back until Monday. I will say that the subject of neutering him, at his age, remains a debatable topic and appears to differ from vet to vet.

The good news is that while we want to market Four locally in New York City for a bit, we do have options as far north in Rochester, as far south in North Carolina and as far west in California. If one thing is for sure it is that Four’s story has touched FORTY people, if not more, and that speaks volumes...

Fostering Because Of FuckTards!

Gypsy and I got a call on Thursday that a dog was in desperate need of help and only needed to stay the weekend. I told her if that is the case then it's cool as long as it is for ONLY the weekend. I reminded her that MYLA was only supposed to stay for 2 weeks and she is still here a year later.
We tend to fall in love, how can you not when the dogs are GREAT!?!

So this is the deal on the dog.
His name is FOUR. He is what they say 12 yrs old but I think he is much younger from the way he acts.
The people that owned him had him for all those years and then found a new place to live that did not take pets.
So they DUMPED Four at the ACC saying they could not take him because they wanted to move into this new place and they are leaving Four behind.
Now I'm sorry but if you have a pet for YEARS and then your looking for a new place I don't care how great it may be if they don't take pets then I'm NOT going! My animals are part of my family and if you don't take them then you don't take me just that simple!

Anyways, Four was pulled from the shelter because last night we has going to be put down forever.
The rescue we are working with brought Four last night and they said he really didn't know commands and shit.
We don't listen to anything really, we see for ourselves when the animal gets here.
So this is the deal on Four:

He knows fetch and he drops it right at your feet or you tell him to "drop it" and he will let go and is ready for more.
He knows sit, give me your paw, up, lay down, and also knows when he needs to go out and starts to let you know by staying by the door.
He is a REALLY cool dog and I'm kind of surprised someone would just dump him like that when he is so darn cool!

He gets along with other dogs, sometimes wanting to play and others just wanting to do his own thing.
He could care less about cats, even after one of mine gave him a little slap in the face he didn't care. LOL.
He sleeps nice, all tucked away in a ball.
He also likes to sing we have discovered.
I was letting my other Shih Tzu, Harley Davidson do his singing act and right along came FOUR howling and singing!
I KNOW he will make someone a proud, happy pit bull mommy or daddy!
Here is a Picture of FOUR.

The rescue group called us today and said she had someone to take him in for a longer foster and she will come and get him Saturday night.
So this post is not only about us taking in the foster dog and helping save another animal in need, it is about the FUCKTARDS who dumped Four in the ACC where he almost died for no reason other then selfishness!
Hope everyone is doing well and Stay Up!

Record Breaking & Never Forgetting!!!

Been kind of busy this past week that's the reason for not posting.
Today my wife and I are going to the Yankee Game tonight. It can be a history game if Derek Jeter hits I believe 4 runs to break Lou Gehrig's record.
I'm a big Met fan but being from NY I have love for ALL NY teams!

Also this coming Friday 9/11 Jay-Z is having a concert at Madison Square Gardens and guess what bitches we have tickets!!!
For those that don't have tickets it is going to be shown LIVE on Fuse.tv
It is going to be a BIG event, it is a benefit concert for all the 9/11 first responders and the lives that were lost and effected from that terrible act.
In a way I am happy to be going because it is Jay-Z and there's word that Beyonce is going to be there as well as Kanye West, Rihanna and maybe a few other top hitters!
In a way it is a sad moment because of what the concert is for.
Last night The National Geographic Channel had a 2hour documentary on 9/11 the recordings from the scumbags who hijacked the airplane and people who were calling their loved ones because they knew they were going to die.
Also watching the footage of the people who jumped from the Trade center makes me cry just thinking of it.




It is a day I will NEVER forget, I remember where I was, what I was doing and I also remember watching people coming over the Brooklyn Bridge cover in ash.
The looks they had on their faces were as if they were zombies and they haven't even taken in everything they had seen in the past few hours.
I'm sure being a New Yorker makes me feel it, but ANY human with half a heart feels the pain of that day.
I can not believe that it is going to be 8 years since it has happened, feels like it was yesterday, to me anyways.
With all that being said I think if you blog you should just write a little something paying respects to the people who lost their lives as well as all the families and people that have been effected from this.
Maybe a blog on where you were and what you remember from that day?
Other then that I am looking forward to our 2 events this week and hope everyone has a good one!
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Friday Fucktards!

Here we are my people for another episode of Friday Fucktards!

Here is one that needs NO introduction, unless you have been living under a rock for the past few months!

He is not only a fucking asshole but a greedy killer!

Here is a video of a waste of life that I would to have 5 minute's alone with!
This is one of the reason's as to why I hate most people!

YOU KNOW!!!

I HAVE to post this! Too funny!

That's right fucker I'm all giggles from this. If this doesn't make you laugh just a little then you have NO sense of humor!
Oh and if someone kicked MY dog there would be NOOOO talking just to let you know!

Enjoy & Stay Up!

Friday Fucktards!

So here we are for another episode of my "Friday Fucktards". I am pushing this on other bloggers & please if you do your own version please post my link and let me know as well to see what Tards you found out about & posted on!
Let's face it people, I think almost everyday someone does something that makes you say What The Fuck?!? Today was a Russian woman on the bus playing like she did not speak English & she didn't know that you had to pay $2.25 or have an unlimited Metrocard in order to "pay yo fare" an ride the bus.
The bus driver was not having it and stopped the bus and just looked at her while the woman was fumbling around in her change purse looking for money, and making like she either didn't have it or didn't understand.
Now after a good 30seconds people started yelling "let's go", "If you don't have the fare then get the fuck off the bus". Well you know us Brooklyn Bitches we are welcoming & friendly.
Finally she took a Metro Card out of her wallet and dipped it in. I just looked at her and said "You are one cheap bitch. You had it all along and you TRIED to get away with NOT FUCKING PAYING & made everyone of us wait on YOU"!! "You think everyone here wants to pay, no but we DO"!
I wanted to fucking Bitch slap her! ( I didn't ) ( I really wanted to though )
The bus driver gave her a cold look and finally we were on our way.

On another note I'm going to leave you with a video of some real assholes!
One of my favorite moments is the guy on the bike at the 2:26 mark! OUCH!


Other then that I had a great birthday & BIG thanks to everyone who commented! Gypsy went out of her way to make it really nice for me and US!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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My Birthday Weekend

Sorry for not posting my weekly Fuck Tard Friday.
Thursday was my birthday so I been a little busy.
I'm going out this weekend with Gypsy and were going to have a good time. Got lots of good plans.
If your thinking of getting a gift for me cash is ALWAYS a plus! ;)
I will post how it went and shit probably next week or so.
I just wanted to update really quick and let my peeps know what the deal is with me.
I hope everyone is doing well, and all is good with you and yours!
If you need to holla at me with something pressing then you know my email!
Everyone have a GREAT weekend because I know I'm going to!
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