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And now I'm panting ...
It's only 35 minutes from Calais to Folkestone but there is nothing to do and nothing to see ...
Bof ...
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Mom asked me to stop complaining and look pretty for one last picture so I tried my best ...
but you can see how I'm not having fun right now ...
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Well, we made it 
We're back home and I just showed Sandrine's pink bunny my favourite areas in the house 
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
And now I am having a go at my favourite bone
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
I did miss my bone when I was away ...
And just like all other tripawds I can demolish any bone, even as big as this 
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
That's all for now, folks
Mom is taking me for a PET scan tomorrow so I sense she is a bit nervous ...
I overheard her saying she will discuss with Kelvin, my oncologist, whether I should have it done or not.
She mentioned something about general anaesthesia and a contrast which will be used if I do the scan ...
Anyway ...
For me, it's all good as I'll get to see Kelvin and his team at the hospital again, I absolutely love them all 
Nighty night zzz zzz zzz zzz
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Normally I don't talk about my dreams in detail but what I am dreaming about right now is so sweet that I had to share it with you ...
I am dreaming I'm in the living room holding my pink bunny in my mouth and then Mom is talking to me with that voice of hers which is a sweet as honey ...
What a lovely, lovely dream ....
zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
The great traveller returns. Welcome home, Eurydice! We will be thinking of you today. I bet they'll all be really excited to see you ❤️
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, 23 November 2023, adopted 12 January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
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Okah, I'm having terrible withdrawal from not getting my daily dose of smile making videos and photos of our EURYDICE!!
Just because you're home doesn't mean that exempt you from posting photos of ojr beloved Miss Cow!!
BTW, what was her demeanor when she got home? Did she seem extra excited to be home, or more like....just another vacation day at home! Clearly she loves being on her bed with her big chew bone! Love that video!!
I bet Eurydice is missing all the attention she's been getting while on her vacation, as well as missing going places where no dogs are allowed!! You need to take her out in the public so she can have complete stra ges smile and come over and pet and hug her! 🙂
Loooooove the pink bunny and the HUGE bone videos!! She's soooooooooooooooooooo happy!!
MORE PICTURES!!!!!!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Hey Clare and Sally 💜💙
Yes, we're back but not for long.
Following the PET scan findings we are heading to Portugal for Christmas and then on to the South of France, Lyon and Geneva.
We must be back by the 10th January for her next chemo treatment and another PET scan a few weeks after.
Eurydice has been receiving presents in the mail since we arrived and in some cases I don't even know who sent them, like the yummy liver biscuits that walked through the door directly to her mouth today 🍪👅🐮.
There are so many lovely human beings out there I feel humbled that Eurydice is so loved 💖 and the fact some gifts are sent without any record of the sender shows me these are genuinely kind people who take pleasure knowing she will enjoy their gifts.
We also have another surprise to share with you.
Back in September we met Astrid and Ronald at Guincho beach and we got in touch recently. It turns out they will be in Portugal for New Year (Ronald's brother lives there with his family and three dawgs) so we were invited to visit all of them on our way to Eurydice's breeders.
I am still determined to make every day a marvellous day for my girl regardless of how many are left.
And will, of course, document her trip right here on tripawds.
Stay happy and well, sending you much, much love and cuddles to your cuties plus woof woods from miss cow
💖💖💖💖💞💞💘🐾🐮
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Well folks 💖
Me and Eurydice just started another European Christmas tour and I am posting under Eurydice's travels in Europe with lung mets 7 1/2 months after amputation 💗🐶🚙💨💨💨💨
We may not be able to control this piece of crap horrid disease 💩 but we will be steadily enjoying life every day of the week for as long as we can 🎀💗🐾🌻
Cancer will not have the upper hand 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾 until we can no longer win the war
May we all have the happiest time with our babies 😍😍😍😍
Sending you all much, much love and a zillion licks 👅👅👅👅👅 from my deliriously happy miss cow 💕🐮💕
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
We sooooo look forward ro the continuation of all of Eurydice's adventures on her EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS VICTORY TOUR!!!! Yeah, I added VICTORY because this girl is VICTORIOUS in soooo many eays...And will continue to be!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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