Oh, I'm a couple of days behind, but it was still a celebration with a Twinkie!

It's been 1 month since we amputated Calamity's million dollar leg and what a roller coaster ride it has been!!!

The first 2 weeks were a living hell, seeing her without her leg, watching her in so much pain, wondering every day if I made the right decision for her, and oh so many tears.

Her incision is healing each & every day & all of the scabs are almost gone. Her fur is beginning to cover the higher area of her body and actually covers the incision at the shoulder.

When she broke her leg, the second time, Dr. Desch & I discussed the options. My best friend Shelley, also a vet, said from the start to amputate it. I thought about it over & over. I wanted Calamity to be the happy, crazy greyhound she once was but yet I wanted to do the absolute right thing for her.

The decision to amputate was the best decision I could have ever made for her! She is running and playing like she was a year ago, before all of this started. Last night, she thought she should race her little "sister" Munchie! Race - can you believe it?!? She chases Morgan (her littermate) constantly, with glee, just like she used to! She makes her poop and then runs across the yard. Running is the thing she lives for, it's the one thing I wanted for her again, the ability to run & be happy. She now has it back & I see the happiness in her eyes once again. My heart is at ease with my decision.

Calamity always stomped a foot at us when she was not getting her way. She hasn't stomped in a year. She has leqarned to "stomp" as a tripaw. Now she lays on the sofa and slaps her foot on my thigh when I tell her NO. She's so funny.

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Eve, will mark the one year date when all of this first happened. I will never forget that night, I will never forget how velvety her bone felt in the palm of my hand as I held it trying to stop the bleeding, I will never forget her screams, I will never forget praying to God on the way to the doggie ER begging for this not to be osteo as we had lost our Rose 3 weeks prior to a broken leg from metted hemangio, I will never forget the fear. But on Thursday, I will give thanks for my sweet girl, who I love so totally. I thank God she is here with me, I thank God for all of the wonderful staff at VSEC who have grown to love her almost as much as I do. I thank God that she did not have cancer in that million dollar leg. I thank God for all of the blessings he gives to me & my greyhounds.

And I give thanks for my wonderful, caring Tripawd Family. I would have never made it through this sanely without all of you.

Happy 1 month Ampuversary & Happy Thanksgiving!!

Janie & Calamity - Morgan, Trigger, Kade & Munchie too!