Well, it's been far too long since I've checked in with the tripawds family and I sincerely wish it was an all-positive-all-the-time reunion!  Some of you may remember my fiesty little redhead, Hurricane Rosie. She became a tripawd as a pup and has been an excellent ambassador for 3-legged superiority!  On the positive side - Rosie is GREAT!  Still going strong, still swims like a fish and bosses her brothers around. She is seven now and still a fiesty little redhead.  http://hurrican.....pawds.com/

Unfortunately, her "little" brother, Astronaut (6.5 y/o great dane, adopted by us 2.5 years ago) developed a limp in the last few days and it appears he has developed osteosarcoma in the top of his right humerus. We are currently waiting on a second vet to check out his x-rays, but all signs point toward a soon-to-be tripawd and the start of a new struggle.  Last year, Astro had 3 emergency surgeries over the course of 4 months (gastric torsion, repair of botched surgery and removal of torn spleen, and then colonic torsion. Basically, he's stapled stem to stern internally now. He's been great for the last 6-7 months and is a total toy hound, love bug. We have another appt monday, but I'll start another thread as we develop a treatment plan.  For now, just wanted to re-introduce the family and say that I've never been more grateful that this community exists! 

~Kat