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Stacy this is so helpful. Thank you so much. Was the healing fast - did you feel more confident with the stitches inside?
I am leaving her at 7 am tmrw morning with a blanket and food and treats.
I definitely have to remove that cone the minute I get her- she can't handle that. What a phenomenal idea with the neck gaiters. I bought newborn t-shirts- but I feel they will roll up. It is so damn reassuring to hear you say all of this. To hear you say it was so smooth.
Im working with someone called Nadia there- she has been responsive so far and quick too. I feel really strong goign in knowing someone who just went through this ( you) at the very same place.
Was he discharged the next day and what time?
How is Griffin now?
Hi ,
I forgot to ask the care coordinator if I should send Pitti with her thyroid meds. I emailed her.
If I dont hear back, I should just take it with me right
You can bring them with you. She may not need them but it would be good to have them so they can see what she takes in case she is there for a couple days. Make a note to yourself DO NOT FORGET TO BRING THEM HOME! That would totally suck. If they say no, don't bring them, make a note of the exact medication/dose or just bring them anyways and make sure they know she needs them.
From a logical "used to be a tech" standpoint... if something unforseen happens and they need to have her there for longer than they plan, it will be good for them to have/know.
Hope this helps
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry 
Thank you so much Kerren! and for the photo. how beautiful!
This helps very very much!!
I was looking for pictures, but if you saw our blog and forum then I don't think there is anything you didn't see. I am sending you the most pawsitive energy that I can. It is flying north through the breeze, and I am saying a prayer for you for an uneventful procedure.
Stay focused, stay pawsitive, we are all here for you. I get to sleep in on Saturday, but I doubt that will be late because sleep and I have not been good friends lately, lol.
I will keep in touch 
Hugs,
Jackie and Huck
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry
gosh.... thanks you so much. the love and care here has made me feel strong.
I hope sleep becomes your friend again and you sleepnwith a peaceful and strong heart and mind ..as you have saved Pittens and me.
Hi Sumi! Griffin healed very well, but he did experience bruising and seromas, both of which are normal but do need to be monitored. Every animal will heal at their own pace. I took photos each day of Griffin's incision so I could compare what it looked like to the day before and when I had questions, I would email the photos to the surgeon so he could see what I was seeing. I would not bring a blanket as AMC likely won't allow it (they didn't allow it for Griffin), but if Pittens uses special food, they would take that. As Jackie said, make sure you get back any meds you send with Pittens, and you might even want to send only a few days worth of meds just to avoid there being any issues with having what you need after surgery.
The photos below show Griffin modeling the neck gaiter (with a hole cut for his remaining front limb) and at 10 days post-operation to show what his incision looked like. Griffin and I were at AMC today and we left positive vibes for you and Pittens for tomorrow! ~ Stacy
Griffin lived an amazing life for 11 years! Diagnosed with osteosarcoma on March 17, 2020, Griffin's right forelimb was amputated on April 2, 2020. Ten days later he was running and playing fetch! Lung metastasis discovered in July 2020 did not slow down Griffin and he lived joyfully for the next 7 months, passing peacefully at home on February 11, 2021. https://griffin.tripawds.com
Oh Stacy, every time i see Griffin my heart just wants to explode with happiness❤
Sumi, focus on the positive right now. Stay strong for your girl. Curl up with her and just love her, ok?
We'll deal with the rest later❤ Enjoy your evening!
❤❤❤
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry
Oh Stacy
To see the smiles on your faces- I feel choked up. To feel that you and Griffin walked Amp through the parking lot to that front entrance waiting while they are taken to the mosaic wall that is inside- makes me feel safe. It sounds crazy- but its true- It makes me feel this is normalized.
Perfect timing sending this to me because I was feeling very upset- scared- and what if she doesn't come out and all these thoughts- and a whole lot of fs in a row with racing thoughts of ends.
But then a woman I met who was waiting in the parking lot with me at AMC last Friday from 7 am to 7 pm - her dog has cancerous tumor in his lungs and they need to perform surgery t remove it called- and I went through my thought process to finally say I am doing this- helped me- To remind myself that the other was would be an inevitable and unpredictable crisis- and her sensory understanding would just be panic and feeling a flood of illness in her and fear- is nt what I wanted. I told her how I thought I had decided not to do this- but I was being romantic in the notion of thinking this would end with days on a patio in sunshine- I had to get real of what the reality would be. That even if tomorrow or days after don't go the way I just must have it go- that this was calmer than what that would be.
Then- to see your message and your smiling faces. Made my heart that got re- empowered in my dialogue with the lady I spoke with - feel calm like molasses kind of slowed me down the way I needed. Griffin stands so proud also. and look at your wide smile reaching to your eyes
Thank you.
Jackie you have been with me from day one also as with Kerren and Jerry and Sally and EVERYONE - and meeting strumbum also.
I will always feel immense gratitude and my faith in humans being good has been born again. Life has been tough for me.... and this has already changed me. To believe that people care. and without faces without histories- to get my hand held this way..... I feel so many things....so many many things.....
I will continue to harrass all of you though.
even that day at 1 am when I first called the helpline- and was called back.
This has forever changed me.... and maybe even healed me strangely
I want to cry.
The rawness I feel I don't know what to do with it. Its a good rawness and it is a scare-
This changes you.... I understand how so many have stayed in this community for years after their own personal ordeal has been completed....
I feel so many things I don't understand even.
Im sorry. I feel so emotional
(((((Hugs))))) it's all good. Yeah, that's why some of us stick around. I worked with animals most of my life. I would have been a vet if i hadn't been such a rebellious child. And i fell apart with Huck. And this community helped me keep my
together.
That's why we stay❤
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry
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