Hello all of my tripawd friends…It has been a long time since my last post.  Things have been very tough for us of late.  One of my other dogs, Princess (Not a Tripawd), was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure.  She was put on a cocktail of medications and she was put on a strict No Sodium diet…which she loved since it was all home cooked food!  It was a rough time, Princess was rushed to the Vet twice because her lungs had filled with fluid and her gums and tongue had turned blue due to lack of oxygen.  Both times I thought I was taking her to the vet for the last time but somehow that tough little thing made it through.  Unfortunanly, she lost her battle on Monday, Feburary 7 at 2:18am.  I am devestated…she seemed to be doing so well, then out of nowhere, she was gone…

Sadly, we have more bad news…Brandy (our Tripawd) is at the vet today because she began to limp on her back left leg.  She had her front left leg removed due to Osteosarcoma back on May 18, 2010.  As you can imagine, she is having an extremely hard time getting around with only two good legs, and what we call the "kick-stand", because she is not using that leg for anything more than holding herself up.  The vet is going to knock her out and do x-rays on her to see what is ailing her.  Is it possible she could get cancer in another leg?  We had her lungs x-rayed about a month ago and they were all clear…I can't imagine this happening to her again.  I should get an answer soon and I will let you all know what happens…

Please keep her in your thoughts…

 Love,

 Brandy's Clan

Let me first tell you how sorry I am to hear about Princess. She doesn't have to be a tripawd for us to care about her and your loss.   It is so hard to lose any of our babies.

  When is your vet going to x-ray Brandy?  I am  sorry that she is having problems with her leg.  There are many reasons she could be having problems.  Unfortunately, while I do not believe it is common it also is not unheard of that a dog get a second cancer on another leg.  It is also possible that the cancer has spread somewhere else like her spine.  Try to to borrow trouble though until the x-rays are in.  You could spend days worrying about a cancer that may not be there just to be told it is dysplasia.  

Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Debra

So sorry to hear about Princess. Perhaps Brandy just pulled something or maybe arthritis? We hope for a positive outcome. Daisy has 2 front and 1 rear and a few months ago she strained her right front. It took about a month of home massage and wet heat packs to get it to heal. Please keep us posted.

I just got Brandy back from the vet.  It is not Cancer, thank goodness!!

She has a small chip fracture and her hip dysplaysia is bothering her.  The doc thinks to compensate for the fracture, she is putting too much stress on her hips.  They were going to splint the leg, but due to the dysplaysia, he is worried she will put even more pressure on her hips because her leg will be splinted.  So, he is putting her on Deramax and tramadol and we will have to keep her as rested as possible.  Hopefully the fracture will mend so she will be putting less stress on those hips.  The vet also wants us to get Brandy to lose 3-5lbs, they said the weight loss will really help her.  Better to be underweight than overweight.  I will keep you posted on how she is doing…

Thank you so much for all your kind words.  It has been a tough couple of days.

Brandy and Family