By Michael V. Cusenza
Lisa Murena is still grieving; “taking one day at a time,” she told The Forum on Tuesday.
Murena is keeping busy, channeling that unique grief of the sudden, violent death of a beloved pooch into raising support for the people who have helped her cope with the loss of her Arya.
As The Forum reported earlier this month, Murena’s 6-year-old Pomsky ultimately succumbed to injuries suffered from a stray bullet that pierced a window of the Murenas’ Old Howard Beach home last month and hit her as she dozed in Lisa’s parents’ bedroom. The bullet struck Arya’s leg, then bored a perilous path to her colon.
She fought for days, but died in the Intensive Care Unit of a Brooklyn veterinary hospital.
Lisa Murena reached out to The Forum on Tuesday to inform the newspaper that she had set up a GoFundMe account in Arya’s name. It’s called “Honoring Arya: Support for ASPCA.”
Photo Courtesy of ASPCA
“ASPCA did so much for us, we just want to do the right thing and give back to them,” Lisa Murena said.
Murena said, “ASPCA did so much for us, we just want to do the right thing and give back to them.”
“Throughout this whole nightmare they have picked up the entire vet bill and I would like to show my appreciation and give back to them,” Murena wrote on the GoFundMe page.
“Everyone knows the sad story of how my precious girl lost her life. Arya was a protector and that’s exactly what she did when it came to her family. She protected us and literally took a bullet for us,” Murena wrote. “Arya was smart, funny, cute, precious and very spiteful, she knew how to spell bye bye and knew how to roll down the window. Everyone loved her.”
For more information and to contribute to the cause, visit gofundme.com/f/honoring-arya-support-for-aspca?utm_campaign=p_nacp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer.
