Hello all, great site and forums. I was referred here by my vet because just recently my best friend Loki was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. He's just turning 3 years old.

I've read a lot about osteosarcoma since, and although it doesn't look good, whatever, I'll do what I can and spoil my puppy rotten!

Loki has had previous problems in his back right leg, totally unrelated to the osteosarcoma. So when we got the x-rays for that, we were in complete shock. The good news out of all of that is, that because we had the x-rays taken for something else, we were able to catch this extremely early, our vet is sure of his diagnosis, even though according to the x-rays it was just starting to show..

Just brought the little dude home from his amp a few days ago, and it's already extremely difficult keeping him still so his stitches heal. I'm glad he's feeling good about the whole thing.

Things may seem dark, but we're happy, Loki's happy, and we're just hoping for the best right now. The only problem we're having are the medical bills. We've already maxed out our credit cards. And the reason why that scares me is because of the number our vet gave us.. We don't have money for anything else as of now.

Other than that though, I created an indiegogo campaign to raise money to help pay for his treatment, and so far there have been great results! I've also been browsing through this site and forum and was very pleased at how dogs can get around with just 3 legs! And judging already by his attitude he's a lot happier without that old bum leg of his!

I was looking at the meet ups section and I'm bummed I can't make it out to the Naperville dog park this sunday. Loki obviously can't  make it until his stitches are out and he's a bit better. Maybe the next one though.

Thanks for reading!