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Loving all this good news on Ted and Milo, too!! And Wanda, I think the news of no metastasis to that lymph node is HUGE!! I wish we had had the same luck.
Lisa, Minneapolis
On October 27, 2016, nearly 6 months after amputation, and 18 months since his cancer likely started, we lost Pofi to a recurrence of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in his spine quite suddenly. His canine sister also succumbed to cancer on March 1, 2019 - we lavished her with our love in the interim, but life was never quite the same without her only real canine friend. Cliff kitty had to leave us, too, suddenly, in August 2019. Lucia kitty grieved all these losses, but helped us welcome two new Lurchers into our home and our lives, Shae and Barley.
Thanks so much for your post. I am so very happy to get the pathology and completely shocked as well. It was absolutely not what I expected after the last 5 months. I have a lot of emotions about it - happy and relieved, paranoid and expecting a call to say there is a mistake, and kind of bad that I am so happy about it and I know there are many others on this site who have not had such good news.... It is bittersweet for now.
PLEASE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE! WE LOOOOOOOVE CELEBRATING GOOD NEWS AROUND HERE! It's what keeps us going! Knowing that every now and then a dog or cat beats the odds is ssomething we all are delighted to rejoice together!
Do NOT feel bad for one split second when you have good news to share!! It gives us tremendous joy to have o e of our family members victorious in any way possible! 🙂
Smooch that precious Ted for me!
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!
Sally is right.....we all here need to see good news with all the bad stuff we experience. But I also know what you mean about the bittersweet feeling; I have felt that to some extent with Nitro - he is doing great and I feel guilty sometimes because others are not. But we all rejoice with you, have no doubt.....WAY TO GO TED!
Paula and Nitro
Nitro 11 1/2 yr old Doberman; right front amp June 2014. Had 6 doses carboplatin, followed by metronomic therapy. Rocked it on 3 legs for over 3 years! My Warrior beat cancer, but couldn't beat old age. He crossed the Bridge peacefully on July 25, 2017, with dignity and on his terms. Follow his blog entitled "Doberman's journey"
"Be good, mama loves you".....run free my beautiful Warrior
So I can't embed these - something about them being i frames? Anyway - here is Ted 2 weeks since surgery. 🙂
but.... all the you tube trash shows up after the videos are done... help?
Wheee! You look GREAT Ted! Keep on hoppin!
Uh, "YouTube trash"? You mean the other video clips that show up at the end? Unfortunately you can't get rid of those, that's YouTube trying to get you to click some more. But glad you got the videos embedded, yay!
Feel free to start a new topic in another forum, Ted has definitely graduated from this one. He's ROCKIN!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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He looks fantastic! So happy for you guys!
Paula and Nitro
Nitro 11 1/2 yr old Doberman; right front amp June 2014. Had 6 doses carboplatin, followed by metronomic therapy. Rocked it on 3 legs for over 3 years! My Warrior beat cancer, but couldn't beat old age. He crossed the Bridge peacefully on July 25, 2017, with dignity and on his terms. Follow his blog entitled "Doberman's journey"
"Be good, mama loves you".....run free my beautiful Warrior
LOL!! I have to say, I was wondering abput that Utube "trash" too!! I never knew how it exzctly got there and if all the videos were being watched by the person ppstiinv the video. Very...er....disturbing sometimes!!!
Now, let's get to the GREAT VIDEOS OF TED!!! He is moving effortlessly!!! And he is soooooooo happy!! Such delightful videos and so iinspiring for anyone started this journey!
Thanks for sharing the fun!
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!
Wow! He looks great!
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
Ted looks great!!!
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
Just watched Ted's videos and they are FANTASTIC! Wow, it looks like he is doing so very well. All the heartache and worry is worth it when you see your dog looking and acting like this. I know that every time my girl gets silly and does her roll around and wriggle routine, it makes me smile.
Thank you for posting these and sharing your joy!
Momma to the world's most beautiful American Bulldog, Izzy!! Lost her front leg to OSA 9/18/15. Diagnosed w MCT in June 2016. Celebrated her 1 year ampuversary with knee surgery on 9/18/16! MCT recurrence in Dec 2016. Happy & hungry til nearly 14, earning her wings on 7/31/17.
Great videos! Thanks for the smiles. He just looks so happy to be playing with you. Awesome!
Ted is fantastic, loved the videos
He makes it look really easy to recover from major surgery
Raising my glass to both of you here
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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