Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
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Oh, that happy waggy tail and that smiling face!!! I 
Ted!
He is doing stupendously! Really moving well!
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 to all of you for posting. He IS doing well and has gotten most of his "mojo" back... My sweet Joyful Ted is back - two weeks after amputation. I'm so pleased and hope that he is a good example for all of the new members who are stressing about making the agonizing decision to amputate - it is soooo hard to make that decision and I struggled with it. It's a huge decision, but not life ending nor even life altering in some cases. Big smile here.
We are scheduled for surgery Thursday morning. Reading this feed has really helped put things in place for me. I am soooo happy for you and your family!
So pleased Ted is back being Ted 🐾
Such happy moments for us pawrents to watch our babies enjoying life to the full again ❤️
I am smiling with you, know exactly how you feel and .... it feels soooo GOOD
Love and cuddles to your cutie pie ❤️
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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