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Nellie was a rescue- a Boxer-Pit Bull mix that was found tied to a tree in the woods, badly mangled from being fought and heartworm positive. She was taken in by the humane society and made a public interest story to bring attention to animal abuse and dog fighting.This is how she and my husband came to each other- when he went to he shelter and they saw each other he said it was love at first sight. That was 9 years ago and she has been spoiled ever since!!!

This January we noticed that she began limping on her rear right leg occasionally. She then began cradling it when she would lie down, licking her knee and looking up at us with "those eyes". She would still run wide open, chase the cat, and stand on that leg only to pee(not very lady-like but oh well!) so we thought she was just wanting attention! But it just kept getting worse. The vet gave her a steroid injection and two rounds of oral steroids without any change before we finally pressed for an x-ray where we found Osteosarcoma. Luckily the diagnosis only came 6 weeks after the first symptom and the amputation was less than two weeks after that.

She is 11ish years old and has already been through so much! But she has bounced back from this so well. I found this web site the day that we dropped her off for surgery and it has been like a life preserver- every time I felt like I was sinking- I would come here and find a way to keep my head above water!! Thank You!!!!