))~ SO SPECIAL. WE TOOK HER IN TO SEE WHY SHE WAS LIMPING AND OUR REGUALR VET DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN HER XRAYS OF HER LEFT FRONT LEG. WE HAD ALREADY EXAMINED HER FOOT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO SPLINTER OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE TOOK HER TO THE VET,AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY HER SHOULDER. SHE WPOULD NOT PUT ANY WIEGH ON IT AT ALL. SHE HAD TUCKED IT UNDER AND WAS WALKING ON 3 LEGS. THE VET SAID IT COULD BE A SPAIN AND SUGGESTED ASPIRIN FOR A FEW DAYS 3 TIMES A DAY. IT ONLY GOT WORSE.SHE YELPED WHEN SHE WOULD LAY DOWN. SHE (THE VET)HAD ALREADY TOLD US THAT IF IT DID NOT GET BETTER THAT WE SHOULD GO TO THE ORTHOPEDIC VET. WE HAD TO BE REFERRED TO GO THERE. ITS THE LARGEST PET CLINIC IN THE SOUTHEAST. IT DID NOT GET BETTER. SO, WHEN WE WENT IN WITH ANGEL TO TH EORTHOPEDIC VET, HE LOOKED A THE XRAYS WE HAD FROM OUR REGULAR VET AND HE INDEED SAW SOMETHING IN HER HUMEROUS BONE THAT THE REGUALAR VET DID NOT DETECT. HE DID ANOTHER XRAY AND TO BE SURE HE DID A BONE BIOPSY THAT SAME DAY. HE WAS HOPING IT WAS A BONE INFECTION WHICH IS SOMETHING COMMON IN THE SOUTH. WE BROUGHT HER HOME AND THEY HAD GIVEN US TYLENOL 3 WITH CODENE FOR PAIN FOR HER AS THE BIOPSY IS A LITTLE PAINFUL IN ITSELF. SHE WAS IN PAIN ALREADY WITH THE BONE PROBLEM .THE RESULTS CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR OSTEOSARCOMA HOWEVER AND WE WERE GIVEN OUR CHOICES OF WHAT TO DO NEXT. WE COULD KEEP HER OUT OF PAIN (PAIN MANGAEMENT AND DO NOTHING MORE. SHE MAY LIVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE COULD HAVE HER LEG REMOVED AND THEN DO CHEMO THERAPY (LIFE EXPENTENCY 1 YEAR OR A LITTLE LESS) OR WE COULD HAVE HER LEG REMOVED WITH NO CHEMO, (LIFE EXPECTENCY 4 TO 6 MONTHS)OR WE COULD NOT HAVE HER LEG REMOVED AND DO RADIATION TO RELIVE PAIN.(MAYBE 8 MONTHS. WE DECIDED TO REMOVE HER LEG AND DO THE CHEMO AND HOPE THAT SHE MAYBE WOULD BE A MIRACLE DOG AND BEAT THIS THING. SEE OSTEOSARCOM IS THE WORST KIND OF CANCER IN A DOG. ALTHOUGH XRAYS OF HER LUNGS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF THE THE CANCER SPREADING TO HER LUNGS AT THE IS TIME THE CANCER IN MOST CASES HAS ALREADY SPREAD TO THE LUNGS BY THE TIME THE OWNER TAKES THE DOG TO THE VET BECAUSE OF THE LIMPING. THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED SO FAST. ITS NOW BEEN 4 WEEKS SINCE ANGELS SURGERY. SHE HAD HER STICHES REMOVED TODAY. ANGEL IS A REAL TROOPER. SHE GOT THROUGHT HE SURGERY (AMPUTATION JUST FINE. SHE WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN IT SEEMED, AT FIRST BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO COME HOME ON THE 3RD DAY AND DID MUCH BETTER AT HOME. THEY HAD US COME AND VISIT HER THE VERY NEXT DAY IN TH HOSPITAL BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT EAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF BRUISING AROUND THE AREA BUT IN A FEW DAYS IT STARTED CLEARING UP. WE NURSED HER LIKE A BABY. GIVING HER PLENTY OF WATER AND KEEPING HER COMFORTABLE ON HER NEW DOOGIE BED (PALLET) WE GOT OFF EBAY. WE HAND FED HER SO SHE WOULD NOT HAVE TO STAND UP TO EAT AND PUT HER WATER BOWL RIGHT TO HER MOUTH EVERYTIME SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS THIRSTY. WE STAYED IN THE DOWNSTAIRS PART OF THE HOUSE FOR 3 WEEKS TO KEEP HER FROM WANTING TO CLIMB THE STAIRS. WE USED A SHEET FOLDED LONGWAYS AS A SLING TO TAKE HER OUT TO USE THE BATHROOM ( WE PUT IT UNDER HER STOMACH AND HELD THE TOP PART LIKE LEASE. WE HAVE NOW ORDERED A SPECIAL MADE HARNESS TO TAKE HER FOR SHORT WALKS NOW. (ALTHOUGH NOW SHE IS DOING GREAT ON HER ON. WE JUST WANT O GIVE HER EXTRA SUPPPORT SO SHE WANT HAVE TO PUT SUCH A STRAIN ON HER REMAINING FORNT RIGHT LEG. CANT WAIT TIL IT COMES. SHE STARTS THE CHEMO TREATMENTS ON MONDAY NEXT WEEK. SHE WILL HAVE ONE A WEEK FOR 3 OR 4 WEEKS. THEY HAVE THINGS THEY GIVE THEM FOR NAUSIA SO I HOPE SHE WILL GET THROUGH THIS OKAY FOR AS OF TODAY SHE IS BACK TO HER OLD SELF LIKE NOTHING IS DIFFERENT. NO PAIN AND SHE WAGS HER TAIL AND COMES UP TO YOU FOR THOSE SPECIAL RUBS. SHE TURNS OVER ON HER BACK FOR A BELLY RUB WITH HER LEGS STICKING STRAIGHT UP. ( SO FUNNY). SHE EATING FINE AND WANTING THOSE SPECIAL TREATS. SHE IS HAPPY AS EVER WITH NO PAIN AT ALL. WE HAVE CHANGED HER DIET AND COOK FOR HER AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER DOGS. THEY GET BROWN RICE AND GROUND TURKEY OR GROUND BEEF WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DRY DOG FOOD MIXED IN IT WITH GRAVY MADE WITH EITHER BEEF OR CHICKEN BOULIN CUBES.. AFTER THIS ALL HAPPENED WE BEGIN TO READ ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY PUT IN CANNED DOG FOOD AND IT WAS DISGUSTING. WE HAD ALWAYS MIXED CANNED FOOD IN WITH OUR DRY FOOD (WE USED PEDIGREE)~LARGE CRUNCY BITES~FOR OUR DOGS. THERE ARE MANY RECIPES FOR HOMEMADE DOG FOODS ON THE INTERENT AS WELL AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT SHOTS RELATED TO CAUSING CANCER AS WELL THE WEED KILLERS WE USE IN OUR YARDS LIKE (WEED BE GONE CASUING CANCER IN DOGS.. DO SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR ON AND YOU CAN FIND OUT SO MUCH INFO. WELL WORTH YOUR TIME. WE ARE NOW MAKING OUR ON DOGGIE TREATS AS WELL. MANY RECIPES ARE AVAILABLE. ). I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HER PROGRESS WITH THE CHEMO. THEY ARE GOING TO DO ANOTHER CHEST XRAY IN A WEEK OR SO TO CHECK HER LUNGS FOR ANY LESIONS THAT COULD BE A TUMOR. SHE IS IN GODS HANDS NOW. EVERY DAY FROM HERE ON OUT WITH HAVE A SPECAIL MEANING EVEN MORE SO THAN BEFORE. WE WILL CHERICH EVERY DAY WE HAVE WITH HER.
IF YOUHAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. I DO NOT MIND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANKS FOR READING ABOUT "ANGEL" GOD BLESS~
SHE IS ONE OF GODS "SPECIAL" CREATIONS TOO!
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