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I'm sending Jackson positive thoughts that he gets to feeling better SOON!!! I hope you will be getting some good news this afternoon.
Sahana and her Angel Leland
November 17, 2009 - June 30, 2014
May you finally be healthy and running free at the Rainbow Bridge. Until we meet again my sweet boy!
JACKSON!!! JAAAAAACKKKKKKKSONNNNN !! Glad you are feeling a lottle perkier, but stop scaring your momma....and us too!!
Sounds like you are dealing with something that is NOT bad!!! So glad the major reports have all come b back okay! Sigh of relief...huge sigh of relief!!!
You're gonna get some good meds and good fluids and a good poop and be just fine!!!! TRUE!!
Hope he can come home. Maybe they can keep the catheter in and you can hook the bag up at home if he needs more fluids.
Sending all the best!!!!! ((((((((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle 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!
ACL tear in right hind leg 12/5/12 and scheduled ACL repair surgery 12/21/12. Pre-op xrays revealed osteosarcoma. Amputation 12/28/12. Chemo (carboplatin) started Jan 10, 2013 and ended on April 5, for a total of 5 doses. He handled carbo like a champ! No side effects. We started metronomic therapy at his third chemo and have been also doing some holistic treatments. He's a lively, playful 10 year old huskie-boarder collie and a very proud member of the Winter Warriors! Our love. Our funny little guy!
Hooray! And that moving around will certainly get the innards moving around, too. What is it about taking them for a walk that promotes poop? Jackson, you do everything the doctor tells you to, so you can come home in the morning, you hear?
Kathi and Murphy
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
Soooooo happy Katy....sooooo very happh!!! GREAT NEWS!!! 
Just could be some "old ageitis" zhowing up a little bit .aybe! And having normal l challenges related to senior years is something to celebrate around here!!
okay...more than five smiley faces at a rime have been banned.....really....try it! But this deserves more than five....so........here we got!
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!
Me bad!!
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!
Thinking of you and sending healing thoughts-sounds like positive news!! Feel better soon, adorable Jackson!!
Love,
Joan and Lly
Our beautiful Lily was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her front leg on 12/14/11 at age 8 and had amp on 12/16/11. She completed 5 rounds of carbo. She was so brave and kicked cancer's butt daily! She lived life fully for 4 years, 3 months, and 15 days after her amp. My angel is a warrior princess. I miss her so much.
Katy, I just read this. I am glad it is nothing major and that J has continued to kick butt. I know the poop thing doesn't seem like a big thing but I am one who has to watch Bosch like a hawk with his fistualas. If he doesn't go, it can cause major problems. Also they can get very sick from not going.
When Bosch has his back up problem I give him a laxative. I don't do it all the time usually try to do it with excercise and that works but if it doesn't then it is laxative time.
I am glad J is on the mend. Keep kicking butt J. Great news for the x-rays also.
Hugs
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
Yay for clear X-rays!!!! Did they think he may have a UTI? Elevated white count and bacteria in his urine. They can make one feel really yucky. Sounds like he is in great hands for the night having fluids and antibiotics. Keep us posted. Lori, Ty and the gang
TY GUY, Best Black Lab ever! Diagnosed and had amp in January, 2014. Kicked MRSA's butt. Earned his angel wings on April 16, 2014. Run Free my boy and don't forget a shoe. Ty is a proud member of the " April Angels". Ty sent us Daryl, a Tripawd rescue in Sept. of 2016. Daryl is 5 +or -. We are also Pawrents to Chandler, a Border Collie mix who is 15 and 1/2, Lucy, a Corgi who is 7, 2 minis, 2 horses, and a feisty cat named Zoe. Zoe had a non skeletal Osteosarcoma removed in July 2015. No Chemo, she was at least 16. She is going strong although she is now completely blind. She is now close to 20 and her hobbies are eating and sleeping in front of her personal heater.
HA! The enema worked some charm! There's still more to go, but he's GOT to be feeling better. He'll be there overnight and we should be able to get him home tomorrow. YEY for fluids! YEY for antiibiotics! And YEY YEY YEY YEY for clear Xrays! I'm a happy momma! And tomorrow I'll be the happiest momma!!!
Thanks for your love and support, Tripawd Nation!
~ Katy & Jackson
ACL tear in right hind leg 12/5/12 and scheduled ACL repair surgery 12/21/12. Pre-op xrays revealed osteosarcoma. Amputation 12/28/12. Chemo (carboplatin) started Jan 10, 2013 and ended on April 5, for a total of 5 doses. He handled carbo like a champ! No side effects. We started metronomic therapy at his third chemo and have been also doing some holistic treatments. He's a lively, playful 10 year old huskie-boarder collie and a very proud member of the Winter Warriors! Our love. Our funny little guy!
And I never thought I'd say this but HOORAY for constipation!!!! I logged on and saw 19 comments to this thread since this morning and my heart sank....now I'm doing a little happy dance for poop! So so happy......
Mom to Tripawd Angels Jake (2001-2014) and Rosco (2012-2015) and Tripawd Tanner. “Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it”
Great news!!!!! So very happy you will be picking him up tomorrow, and he will be more than ready to be back home with you!
Love,
Bonnie and Angel Polly
Poopy dance!! Poopy dance!! Poopy dance!!
Three cheers!!!
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
Hi Katy
Just catching up on this thread! I'm so very glad to hear that Jackson is on the road to recovery AND no mets!!!!!
Many hugs
Linda and Tucker 
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