We are now 9 days post op from the back left leg amputation. We discovered that she has an intolerance to cephalexin, lots of gurgling stomach and terrible smelling gas, along with panting and hyperactivity. So the surgeon discontinued the antibiotic. 

She gets tired easily, that back leg gets tired, but she still insists on trying to do everything herself and looks frustrated when mom helps her get up on furniture by supporting her back end with a sling. 

The pathology came back on the one enlarged popliteal lymph node and it did have an area of mast cell metastasis. The vet wanted to put her on Palladia, which would be life long. My husband an I have always been very adamant about not putting her through chemo. We went ahead with the amputation because the tumor on her foot was affecting her quality of life. So perhaps now we’re deluding ourselves  into thinking it didn’t spread past that lymphnode. 

I know a lot of you on here have chosen to do chemo, no judgement here, it’s just not right for us. We have no human children and are actively trying to have a child, so having those chemicals around and in the yard in her waste is just not something we’re able to undertake right now. 

She’s sleeping on the couch next to me right now, she ate well today and is getting more and more frustrated that she doesn’t have the run of the house everyday. Everyday she is more and more herself.