Hello everyone. I'm here to share Khloe's story of her diagnosis and her journey to becoming a tripawd.

Khloe started limping in summer of 2020, all x-rays were clear and thought she pulled a muscle. We were prescribed carprofen for the pain. She did great, the limping went away and she was back to her normal self. 

In August of 2021 she started limping again, called the vet got in to see her and nothing out of the norm for Khloe, so more carprofen and went home. 2 weeks later I took her off the meds and limping was very noticeable. Went back to the vet got X-rays with light sedation to get better views and more of them. That night got the call from our vet that it's possible khloe could have cancer. Our vet wasn't so sure mainly because khloe didn't have swelling or heat coming from her leg in the possible affected area. So we went to the neurologist in November 2021 for our consult, he thought possible inflammation in her joint and that doing an MRI with PRP would do the trick. She went in for the MRI and the neurologist saw the bone and decided a biopsy needed to be done and the PRP was off the table. The day after Thanksgiving we got the confirmation that Khloe had Chondroblastic osteosarcoma. 

We set up our oncologist appt for 2 weeks later. She gave us the run down on all the reports, x-rays, testing etc. After having done my own research on the her cancer I knew the "gold standard" was amputation, chemo and radiation. This all came with the big price of $12k. After hearing about these options we opted to go to CSU here in Colorado. That visit was a month later (it's been a waiting game for sure through this process). We heard about the trails they were offering, what the options were that we heard from our first oncologist too. After research on the clinical trial drugs, the frequent visits to the vet, I just knew that wasn't going to be a good quality of life for Khloe. She's not a fan of the vet at all, so constantly at the vet is not going to be our plan of action. 

After a lot of phone calls with our vet, the oncologist and a surgeon, we have opted for palliative care with amputation. Surgery was schedule Feb 2, but due to some unforseen circumstances, her  surgery got pushed back to Feb 15. Over these few months khloe's limping, despite being on a pain meds (misoprostol, gabapentin, piroxicam and methocarbomol) her limping is worse then ever. Her lungs are clear of any mets and get blood work is great. I'm just ready for her start her pain free life. I'm hoping for a great recovery and less if not zero pain meds after she's all healed. 

I found this site from the numerous books and googling and I'm so glad I did! It's been great reading others stories and experiences. It has braced us for a new life while we still have Khloe with us. I look forward to sharing her recovery process here too. 

Thank you to everyone who has shared their story. It's a big saving grace for a new chapter.