Hi Everyone,

I never posted an update after Ronnies December scan, but needless to say it was all clear, which made Christmas all the more enjoyable.

I am however sat killing time in the Starbucks near the Veterinary Hospital in Liverpool while Ronnie has his 2nd 3 month CT scan to assess how he's doing. The last 3 months have been great and he is every bit himself with no noticeable change in him. 

He's been on a strict diet to support his 3 legged lifestyle and upon being weighed at the hospital a few hours ago he is down to 21.4kg from 24.3kg in December so around a kilo per month. This is great as he still looks fantastic as he had plenty of weight to lose in all honesty. I'm a little concerned its so much in such a short period of time but the vet wasn't too concerned. 

What is a concern is a small mass on his neck. Now this is the site where his microchip lives, and we can't tell if its just more noticeable due to the weight loss or a mass has formed around it, so this will have a needle biopsy also.

I've another few hours to kill before i get some news and can collect him but i will update you all on his progress later on this evening. 

In the meantime heres a pic of him and his pack from my dog walker who takes him out while i work to pay for all the treatment!!

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Well i have an update on Ronnie's tripawd life progress so thought i would keep it in this thread seeing as it's documenting all his trials and tribulations!

Ronnie has been doing great since we had the all clear at the start of March up until the 21st March when we went fro a walk up a local hill that we've been to many times and he always enjoys. He was his usual enthusiastic self,jumping here there and everywhere while exploring around rough terrain rocks and rabbit holes etc, and it was a good 40 mins or so being out and then we went back to the car. Ronnie being himself insists on leaping into the boot of the car (Nissan Qashqai, so a good height!) but as soon as he landed in the boot he was lifting his right hind leg and looked really uncomfortable putting no weight on it, no cries or yelps just clear discomfort.

Now i don't know if this was a result of the walk, the jump, the landing or just fatigue? but either way i called the Vet and we went straight there. Lockdown had recently started in the UK so the Vet was in a 1 in, 1 out phase and we sat in the car for 10 waiting for our turn. When it arrived i lifted him from the boot onto the floor and he was moving around seemingly fine, but we went in and he was his usual squirmy self in not wanting to be examined. As a result he got painkillers and loxicom for a week and left at that. After around a week he seemed fine so we left it at that, but then over the last 5 days a few things have all started happening at once. He stands with his weight on his left side, front leg and rear leg and the right rear leg is more of a 'kickstand' and usually is on his toes not whole paw.

when out for walks his gait is to lead with the left and right follows to meet, never goes in front and is more 'taken along for the ride' but he is still happily running about, jumping onto the sofa, climbing stairs etc. 

He's too bloody tough for his own good and all of this is EXACTLY the sequence of events we went through before the osteosarcoma diagnosis, so obviously alarm bells rang. I've got him booked in at a local vet that is still doing imaging during the lockdown for tomorrow at 10am in the hope they can give him anesthetic and properly investigate the issue...

Obviously the main fear is 'its back' but my brain is saying, he was all clear in March it's unlikely i imagine that it would find it's way to a neighboring limb before showing on a scan such as the lungs which he had a mere 45 days ago.

Other things are that this occurred after a decent walk on uneven ground, so luxating patella, ligament injury around the hock maybe, osteoarthritis? I'd happily take ANYTHING that isn't the C word.

I've examined his legs and while i can't feel a bone growth when comparing the 2 rear lower limbs together, i feel there is soft tissue or ligament swelling on the outside of his lower right leg, between the lower knee and foot, around the achillees at the rear and outside right.