From Dee's Mom:  Hi Jerry, Winston, & Lalla.  You are such cool pals for sending Dee best wishes and good luck messages!  It really means a lot to us - I feel very isolated here in South Africa - we dont have any support groups that I know of and your website is really helping me through a very difficult time !  I will make sure to read all your messages to Dee as soon as I see him...  (I am feeling very emotional today)  Dee is my first baby - I bought him as a puppy from a pet shop in Sunnyside, Pretoria (South Africa) and he was my companion and protector when I lived hundreds of miles away from home...  He became quite a jetsetter - traveling with me to Cape Town once a month (flying of course!)  I owe it to him to give him the best care possible and will try hard to stay positive - your messages of good luck and positive energy makes it alot easier and gives me hope!  Dee is currently staying with his grandparents (Dee and my father got very attached to each other when I moved back home and I also couldnt take Dee away from his wifey (Diana) and daughter (Abby) when I got my own place).  My parents are taking very good care of him. I am also sharing all your stories with them and they are well informed of what to expect when Dee returns home.  I am currently waiting for the Doctor to call me and give me an update on Dee's progress.  I will take a day or two leave to be with him and my dad will look after him after that.  I will make sure to buy him his favourite treats and food to encourage him to eat.  Thank you very much for all your messages and suppawd!

Hey Guys & Gals, Thanks for all your messages! Mommy read them to me last night.  Yeah, that's right - I AM HOME! And guess what? No more pain! I am soooo happy to be home.  When I heard mommy's voice at the vet - I started crying and barking - all at once! I couldnt wait to see my family. I was sooo excited, that I got up on all three's and tried to RUN out of there.. Grandpa had to keep me calm and after a few hops, I leaned against him - this tripawd thing is something to get used to!! I was so tired after just a few hops, that Grandpa had to carry me to the car...  I licked his face while he was carrying me...Everyone was just making a big fuss of me!! At home Diana and Abby was just as excited to see me - they sniffed me properly - just to make sure that it's me, because I am sure that I do look and smell funny with the bandage on!!  I hopped outside - with grandpa keeping me steady...  and I tried to lift my leg... this didnt work at all... I forgot that I am a tripawd now, and fell over...  but I got right back up and decided that it is safer to wee on three...heehee...  The Doctor is very impressed with my progress and said that I am very very brave. She told mommy that I ate ALL my food, this made her very happy!!  Last night grandma made me special food that mommy bought - oils and cottage cheese and paw paw... over chicken and rice... mmmmm... I ate like a bear... licking up every single bit!!  This is surely the start of a new chapter in my life - and I am very excited about the fact that I have friends like you to share it with!  High five to all ya brave dawgs out there!!

Dee's Mommy:  Dee is a new dog.  He is so excited and happy - he wasnt behaving like this before the op.  Just shows you in how much pain he must have been!!  It's hard to keep him calm, so my mom & dad keeps him in their room so that he wont overdo it.  He is eating very very well and looks forward to his special meals.  He is sleeping next to their bed, but crept onto the bed during the night...!! (Back to his old tricks!) I am now convinced that I made the right decision by amputating his leg... and I have realised that we as humans can learn a valuable lesson from a canine's determination, positive energy and strenght (just like Jerry told me!!)