Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
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Hooray for Zeus! That's fantastic he sailed through surgery. I'm so glad that Liam's story helped you. I had the joy of meeting Liam and he did so well after surgery and into his mushing season. If you'd like to connect with his human just PM "Calpurnia" through the Forums.
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Hurrah 🎉🎉👍🏼
Zeus surgery is over and all is well 👍🏼
Excellent news 👍🏼
Get yourself a little rest before he is back home as you're lickely to be sleep deprived for a while like the rest of us did 💤
If you've got slippery floors make sure you get some mats or carpet as traction is a major point for tripawds.
Sending you a big hug and cuddles to your sweetie 😘😘😘💕🐶
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 :-)
Glad he is home and doing well! Remember that you have eliminated a source of pain (and the risk of fravture) and are giving him a chance. My Otis lived for 7 months post-amp (which is on the shorter end), but they were seven great months, with a good quality of life until the day before he passed. I have absolutely no regrets about giving us that extra time, which is a pretty significant amount of time in a big dog's life span.
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.
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