Hi Everyone, I had a few minutes so I thought I would post a quick Riley update.

His surgery was last Thursday so it's been 3 full days since and he's doing very well. He has eaten, gone #2 a few times, drank lots of water, gone walking around the backyard multiple times, etc.

I'm honestly shocked and in awe of him. He is doing so amazing and we have been praising him for every little victory.

Just like every dog who faced this horrible diagnosis, they don't deserve this. Life can be very unfair. That being said, as long as he is fighting we will be right beside him.

Our new vet has been Amazing! On Saturday Rily had quite a bit of blood consistently dripping from his scar. It seemed worse than normal "seepage" so I called their emergency line. I talked with the vet and he said it was probably just seepage but said he wanted to come over really quick and check him out. 

He came over and Riley started wagging his tale. It was the first time after surgery and I started to cry.

I could almost hear Riley say, "I'm glad to see you but you won't believe what happened when I took a nap at your place!" (gotta find some humor where we can)

I've never had a vet be so kind and caring. He checked him out and said it was just seepage and should stop in a day or so which it did. He didn't even charge us or anything. He said he just wanted to make sure he was ok. Also, the vet said he couldn't believe Riley wasn't limping before surgery because when he removed his leg he said the bone cancer had made that leg very weak and he was probably hiding a lot of pain. He said we definitely made the right decision. As hard as it was.

The really only eventful thing was Riley loves to lay on the couch. Yesterday, we turned our backs for a second (shift change - lol) and we found him there. We were shocked he got up there. He was sitting and you could see the gears moving as he was figuring out how to get in his "spot" He likes to curl up in a tiny ball and be covered up.

He pushed his side into the couch and used it to slide down. It was pretty smart and amazing!

My wife was sitting next to him for about 45 mins and all of a sudden he pops up and decides he was going to lay a different way. He lost his balance and had to basically jump off the couch and catch himself on his one remaining front leg. I thought my wife was going to faint!

He did surprisingly really well but started panting immediately so we assumed he scared himself and caused himself some pain. We gave him some pain meds and he relaxed for a bit.

Since then he keeps coming back over to the couch to see what we will do. I keep telling him once he gets stronger he should be able to get back on the couch. He also decided on one of our bathroom breaks he was going to go upstairs to where he used to sleep before surgery.

We took off the leash for a second and he starts hopping toward the stairs as fast as he can. It was a little funny and a little sad.

Once he gets his stitches out I'm planning on carrying him upstairs to his old spot.

Tuesday he gets his first immunotherapy shot. He will get one per week for the next 3 weeks and then we have to travel to Ohio for the apheresis That's gonna be a long day! It's about 3.5 hours for us one way. I've already booked a pet-friendly hotel for a couple of nights so we are ready for anything. Then, we will have to go down there one more time. I'm hoping I can give him some Trazadone or something to relax him on the way down.

I'd like to start blogging about his journey if I have the time but I wanted to share a short update.

Thanks again for all prayers sent our way.

God Bless

Here are some recent photos of Riley before and after surgery.