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12:56 pm
25 January 2009
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Our Marley is home! She's doing great! I was so anxious to see her for the first time, but it was not that bad at all! her incision is more by her belly so when she's standing up you can't even see it. I thought it would be this ghastly thing going up over her side... but it's really not bad at all. She walked down a long hall and out the door of the hospital while I just helped her balance a bit with the sling - really not holding her up at all - and then she peed right when she got outside! It's beautiful here today - 50 degrees and sunny - so unseasonably warm for Massachusetts. She seemed so happy to be outside, started sniffing around, catching all the "pee-mails" of her friends at the hospital...
She was calm most of the ride home (an hour), just a few moments of trembling... mostly slept snuggled up to me in the back seat. Drank a ton of water! She hopped around out back when we got home and peed more. Then came in and Kevin started frying up some hamburg for her and she started crying very loud...... for the hamburg! She INHALED at least a cup of it and cried for more. Gave her a little more... don't want her to get sick! Now she's passed out on her bed...SNORING! They said she did eat a small amount for them in the last 12 hrs (hamburg that we sent to the hospital with her), but not a lot. So I guess she's just ready to eat!
oh, we are just so happy to have our girl back home with us and on the road to recovery! YAY! thanks everyone for helping us to get to this point!!!!!
Great news!!!! The next few days might be a little rocky, but it sounds like Marley will be the perfect patient! So happy for you that everything went well. Take care!
Max and Paula
Paula and Spirit Max
7:47 pm
28 November 2008
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Way to go Marley. Glad you're home and happy!
Shanna & Spirit Trouble ~ Trouble gained her wings 3/16/2011, a 27 1/2 month cancer survivor, tail wagging. RIP sweetheart, you are my heart and soul. Run free at Rainbow Bridge.
The November Five - Spirits Max, Cherry, Tika, Trouble & Nova. 11/2008 - 3/2013 An era ends as Queen Nova crossed the Bridge.
So glad to hear Marley is home and doing well! Polly is too (though she's a fan of canned chicken instead of hamburger!)
Take care and good luck!
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25 September 2009
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Glad to here all is going well ... welcome home Marley! Thanks for the update.
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8:42 pm
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25 September 2009
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Yipee! How beautiful to hear that she's chowing down on the hamburger! Keep it up Marley, we love you.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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9:51 pm
24 January 2009
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What good news! May every day be as good as this one! Welcome home, Marley.
Cemil and mom Mary, Mujde and Radzi….appreciating and enjoying Today
11:15 pm
19 July 2008
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This is the best news of the day! I'm so happy to hear everything is going so well... continued good thoughts 🙂
3:17 pm
25 January 2009
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So yesterday was the first day in 4 weeks that I didn't cry… it was so great bringing her home. Last night she was fine - went out to pee a few times, but slept well (with Kevin next to her on the couch). Today she has been great. Being 12 I thought for sure she'd be exhausted and worn out from all of this, but we've actually had to baracade her - she wants to be so active! Luckily we have a plastic indoor “fencing system” from when my son started crawling and we had a tough time babyproofing - we're able to partition an area in the dining room for her to stay in. She's very eager to move around the house! And she loves to be outside - she hops around with no problem - we just help her balance with the sling the vet gave us. We all keep saying how good she looks - her face looks different - I think it must be that the pain is gone - I'm sure we didn't even realize how much pain she was in!
I just finished making the broccoli, kale, cabbage, tomato, egg, garlic, fish oil, meat mixture for her meals which I found in the book <a href="