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1 July 2016 - 5:35 pm
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Sheba's home!  Mostly sleeping, but she was very pissed to discover she can't itch her right ear anymore. Good thing she has attentive humans!  

Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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1 July 2016 - 6:09 pm
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Sheba is beautiful!  How great that it's not cancer smiley  Now that she's home, it's on to recovery.  Make sure you keep up on her medications - since she's had surgery before, you know how important it is to give them around the clock.  You can put an ice pack on for about 20 minutes at a time a couple times a day, with a cloth to protect her skin.  Murphy didn't really eat very well while he was recovering, so I cooked up some rice, poured chicken broth over it then added some chunks of chicken to it.

Donna

Donna, Glenn & Murphy 

Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17  
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs

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1 July 2016 - 6:53 pm
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Donna,

in the past our mEd schedule was only 3 meds. Now it's 5!  6 if the vet adds trazodone back into the mix. Some meds restart with dinner tonight, others not til tomorrow. Sheba's drug resistant so the overnight vet kept calling our surgeon to make sure the sedative doses weren't going to kill Sheba.  The surgeon decided it'd be better for all if Sheba just came home to our experienced medical care.  

She just refused food. Including her favorite canned food and boiled chicken (we tried kibble first). It took a lot of convincing and a dab of peanut butter to get the meds down. Then she snorted on me and turned into the corner facing away from me. It's going to be a long night!

Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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1 July 2016 - 7:01 pm
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Donna - I just love Sheba she's such a hoot in how you describe her. Rufio's sister is a min pin named Sheba too and she is a sassy one! So glad to hear she's home to you guys and I hope she continues to eat - it's the saddest when a food driven dog refuses food. Keep updating, really encouraging stuff to read as my boy is just coming off his anesthesia at the hospital.

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4 July 2016 - 9:20 pm
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4 days post amputation.  Eating normal again, peeing but not pooping.  fentanyl patch is wearing off so we're switching back to tramadol til we can get to the vet for a new one on Wednesday. 

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Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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5 July 2016 - 7:22 am
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Ohhhh Sheba! It's so nice to see your pretty face!

I'm glad you're doing well. Hopefully you won't need another fentanyl patch, most dogs don't once the original one has worn off. As for not poopin'  yet, I hope today's the day. Tell your people to try adding olive oil, bran flakes or dollops of steamed squash or pumpkin pulp to your food, it really does help.

Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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5 July 2016 - 8:29 am
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Sheba's beautiful!  She really looks good for 4 days out.  Pumpkin does do wonders for "helping things along".  You only need a tablespoon or two mixed in their food.  Hope things continue to go well in her recovery.  

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5 July 2016 - 9:26 am
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We've been giving Sheba 2tbsp of canned pumpkin with every meal, but olive oil sounds worth a try. I'm not sure if we have bran flakes. 

This is actually Sheba's 3rd consecutive fentanyl patch, she built up a tolerance to the tramadol so it takes more pills more frequently to control the pain. We're hoping to be off everything but the gabapentin by the time the stitches come out. But for now we're being heavy handed on the pain meds. 

Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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6 July 2016 - 3:04 pm
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She finally pooped yesterday!!poopicon_pngpoopicon_pngpoopicon_pngpoopicon_pngpoopicon_png

was like cowpies (but smaller, thank dog!) but doc says that's fine considering how much pumpkin she's been getting.

Got a new fentanyl patch, doc thinks the incision looks great.  Histopathology report on the amputated tissues came back definitively NOT cancer, YES infectious, probably fungal.  Still waiting on fungal ID and susceptibility.

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Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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7 July 2016 - 8:34 am
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That is FANTASTIC news!!!!

As I mentioned earlier, Sheba is less than a half-dozen dogs in all our years of existence (since 2006) that has ever reported back with a fungal infection. YAY!

(It's crazy what we celebrate around here isn't it?)

P.S. Mind if I put your great incision photo in our gallery?

Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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7 July 2016 - 10:27 am
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jerry said
P.S. Mind if I put your great incision photo in our gallery?  

Jerry, you're more than welcome to put the incision photo up in the gallery!

Sheba slept on it last night for the first time so it must be feeling better

Cynthia and Sheba

Right rear amputation 6/30/16 due to osteomyelitis of fungal origin (Aspergillus Penicillium). 
Final diagnosis - systemic Aspergilosis Penicilliosis, being treated with long term itraconazole.
8/15/16 - Probable spinal involvement, loss of appetite, neurology consult in the works.

We're blogging at: The Ongoing Adventures of Sheba

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7 July 2016 - 1:59 pm
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Awesome, thanks.

Sheba is fantastic, what an awesome girldog!

Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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