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8 year old lab mix disagnosed with osteosarcoma
Meg and Clare we would LOVE to get more feline rehab tips from your therapist. Can you put us in touch with her? PM me!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Just wanted to pop in here to say that today is Harry's one month "ampuversary" and I can't bloody believe how well he's doing or how fast everything has gone (in hind sight, of course...it felt like an age of misery while it was new). Today is the best day yet. He's had such a lovely long play this evening and is nudging my laptop out of the way as I type to try and take it's place. He really is his happy, curious, pain-in-the-assy self again and it brings me SO much joy.Â
I don't know how I would have survived without this place and it's wonderful members. Thank you so so soooooooo much for existing 
Here are some recent pics:
 
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Stealing my blanket
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Happy one month Harry! Here's to many, many, many more!!
Isn't it wonderful when you see 'normal' again. And we even celebrate the naughty behaviors because we thought we wouldn't see them again.
Good job with that blanket Harry!
Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
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Aww, so cute. He didn't want that blanket on that chair! How funny.
I'm so happy to hear the "bad ass" is back.
Kerren and Tripawd Kitty Mona
stinking videos! oh well. Yes đ much happiness. He's always dragging my blankets around. He does this weird nesting thing...silly creature
HAPPY ONE. MONTH AMPUVERSARY HARRY!! YOU ARE SUCH A HANDSOME TRIPAWD!! He looks like he's actually posing for his photo shoot!
You go ahead and take all the vlankies you want! You've earned them!! đ Such a cute video!
Seeing normal routines return is such a huge relief. You both have weathered the storm and are now basking in the sunshine!
ICE CREAM!! HARRY DESERVES ICE CREAM!!
Hugs!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too! I
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
hoooray for you Harry! It's wonderful to see you enjoying your blankies again! May you have a million more ampuversaries!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Happy one month ampuversary ! It is amazing how fast the time goes! Misery for a bit then its pure JOY!
It is the absolute best to see them return to just being themselves again!Â
Video is too cute! Harry getting his blanket again 
 Go Harry !Â
He is getting some fuzzy back;) Thanks for sharing !love to see Harry and his sweet eyes!
Give Harry a big hug and scratch form us!Â
Hugs to you too!Â
Holly & Purrkins
đ It does bring sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much happy. He's a supermodel for sure. And yes, he's getting some fuzz back as well, more in some places than others .Â
Actually, I've noticed a bit of blue skin around his scar over the past few days and am wondering whether that's normal? Possibly the hair...? It doesn't seem like bruising. Doesn't seem painful. Seems to be very well healed!
I see what you mean. ??? Â Hopefully someone else can be of help. Â It does look good !
I notice everything now too, so your not alone ,I would be asking the same thing.
Nerve wracking journey it is!
Hugs to you both
Holly & Purrkins
Thanks. I'm not super worried about it........just a bit curious. I don't think it's worth calling the vet over.Â
I think it's the hair!
Our Jimmi's hair is slowly growing back, too, and yesterday I said to my husband "What are these shadows? Did he somehow dirty around his incision?"
Jimmi is ginger and white and has stripes within his ginger parts. These stripes are barely visible when his hair is long, but now you can clearly see they are darker and make this pattern.
We have black girl and I remember when the hair on her tummy grew back it looked just like on your Harry. Back then I also wondered what's about those blueish/black spots. Black cats often have hidden stripes, too. Around the incision where the skin got a bit pulled together the hair grows a bit "thicker". I'm not a doctor, but that's my guess 
Just read through your whole thread after you commented on mine. What an amazing recovery, I LOVED seeing the pictures and watching the videos of sweet Harry!
I could relate to all your feelings so well, specially pre surgery. In our case it all happened more in a rush though, I didn't have much time to think about and after all was just thankful the cancer will get removed from his body.
Harry is looking GREAT and I wish him a fabulous further journey!! Â
Bettina
Thank you đ It is definitely a rocky road, even when it goes as smoothly as it has for us! I can't read back over the day by day yet, without getting worked up, lol...but he is doing splendidly. Fills my heart right up!
And thanks for the thoughts re: his hair/blue spots. That's sort of what I think too, and it totally makes sense.Â
I'd  just keep an eye on it anyway just to be safe as you already are doing, if something changes reaccess. If its hair skin or bruise either way I'm sure its going to be ok.
Kinda dumb to post that since we are all hyper looking anyway . đ
Bettina reading all thru Harry's journey how sweet đ She had a few pages to read lol . Got to love our community brings all the best souls to one place!
Hugs to you bothÂ