First off, let me say that Rox is under the supervision of her veterinarian since the surgery. I have anxiety issues when it comes to my pets, so I figured with something as major as a limb amputation, I should probably allow the professionals to handle her until she was a bit more stable.

Rox, my 10 year Golden Retriever, was diagnosed with an Osteosarcoma (Upper right shoulder), on the 19th of June. Ever since we had been scrambling to gather funds and schedule with the Oncologist for what the next steps for her would be. It was hard lesson to learn that she would need the amputation, but she was in quite a bit of pain at the time. The amputation would remove her entire right front leg, including her shoulder blade. We scheduled it as soon as our vet had an opening, which was on the 10th of July. This took time mainly because our Onocologist couldn't see her for nearly a week, and then afterwards that was the earliest date for the surgery. I wish we could have done it sooner.

Now it has been 4 days since she had her surgery, and my veterinarian said things were going well. I had planned to pick her up this morning; he said she would be more than comfortable by this point. However, yesterday I received an email stating that she is having bleeding at her incision point. They attempted to remedy this with a compression bandage, however it has not been sufficient. Her bleeding continued, which he did state was not heavily bleeding, and thought it would be best to give her a transfusion. They are also scheduling / scheduled to re-open the incision point, and try to locate the bleed point, and do whatever it is they needed to do to stop the bleeding.

So she cannot come home today, or probably even tomorrow. On top of this, her veterinarian costs at this point have skyrocketed. Luckily for the time being we have enough to cover the costs, and the veterinarian did say anything past what we can cover, we can do payments. So that is nice, but it will still put us in a headache, since we were supposed to start chemo soon as well. So the costs will continue to pile up.

I guess I do have a question, for maybe those who might want to throw in their two cents. I do tend to get very emotional and a bit stressed out seeing my family in pain. However, I have not seen my baby in 4 days, and now that things are going downhill, or at least, not uphill, I'm incredibly nervous. I want to go see her, but I don't want to add to her stress. I think that they would allow me to visit with her in her kennel, just to provide her with some support. I don't know if I would be strong enough to NOT be emotional for her though. It will be difficult to see her for me, but well... I am also afraid that I may not see her again if I continue to wait for the vet.

I know that this is probably a gross overreaction, but I'm sure you guys can all relate. Anyways... I will update again soon. I hope that next time I can laugh at how silly I was being, and be able to provide pictures of my girl doing well, and on her feet again.