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I haven't posted in a while, life's been busy!. Just wanted to pop in and let those of you who remember us that Clyde is still going strong. For those who don't know Clyde, he is a right front leg amputee due to osteosarcoma. He's not had any chemo, and was given about 6 months to live. Well, his amputation was on June 3 (or maybe 4) of 2016 and he's still going strong. No real issues; he gets tired a little more easily but I chalk that up to the fact that he's now about 11 years old. He still bounces around and loves doing his "rollies" on the lawn in my front yard. He is much loved by the neighborhood and has quite a fan club, so he often gets lots of snuggles from little kids and my elderly neighbors when he's out and about.
I don't let him overdo - he sometimes forgets he is missing a leg and tries to corner too fast, and will tumble a bit. So, he needs a little monitoring 
He still takes Rimadyl once a day, along with K-9 immunity
. Other than that, he's just a happy boy loving his life. And I'm a very, very lucky dog mom. 
YAAAAAAAAAY FOR CLYDE!!!! 🙂 🙂 OMD!!! SOOOO HAPPY TO GET THIS UPDATE!! 🙂
Clyde is certainly a HUGE INSPIRATION around here!! A Living Legend!! 🙂 A Beaco ofHope for anyone starting this journey! 🙂
We all need victories like Clyde's to celebrate! He czrries the torcu for allmof those at the Bridge! He LROVES beyond a shadow of a doubt that STATISTICS DON'T MEAN SQUAT AND NO DOG HAS A TIMEFRAME ON THEIR BUTTS!!! 🙂
And Clyde has a Fan Club here with his Tripawds Family! He's our own homegrown ROCK STAR!! 🙂
Thanks so much for this GLORIOUS update! Pictures! We need pictures of Clyde! 🙂
Love and hugs
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
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!
Yay Clyde!! I have no doubt you have a neighborhood fan club.....you have one here too! This update makes my heart happy! Way to go Clyde! Thank you for sharing this glorious update! We absolutely need these stories to celebrate! 🎈🎉
Remembering you and Clyde ???
Are you jocking?
As Sally beautifully put it Clyde is a living legend around here, a real champion 👏🏽👏🏽🏆👏🏽👏🏽
We're thrilled to hear the news but yes, we DO need pictures !!!!!!!
Sending you and your wonder dawg a huuuuuuuuuugely happy 🐻hug and a trillion cuddles 😘😘😘😘🐮💫✨🌟🌹
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 :-)
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