Hello again Tripawds,

My chocolate lab (13 yrs old) was due to have her leg amputated on Oct. 30th because of osteosarcoma in her right front leg. The morning of her scheduled surgery the vet did pre-surgery bloodwork and x-rays.....he found pretty severe arthritis in the elbow of her good front leg. She also has pretty severe arthritis in a back leg from an ACL tear a few years ago. He made a last minute decision to cancel the amputation based on the fact that 2 of her remaining legs were arthritic. I agreed because I didn't want to have her on 3 legs and have her only good front leg not be able to support her. He also thought she was not reacting as a typical Osteosarcoma patient....he xrayed her tumor again and went back to look at her labs/reports from April 2011 when she had a toe removed on her tumor leg. That tumor was a adenocarcinoma. He strongly feels that the tumor she has now is also an adenocarcinoma. His explanation made sense and he told me that almost all bone cancers are osteosarcomas, but in her case, the cancer from 2011 has come back in a tumor in the same leg, another adenocarcinoma. He told me the positive news is that adenocarcinoma does not metastasize as fast as osteosarcoma and is not as painful. She is on Tramodol and we are starting Predzinone on Monday. Would love any comments/experiences about this situation. Also discovered that celery and asparagus are good snacks for dogs with cancer? True? Thanks for your help even considering Nellie is still a 4 Pawd.