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Hopefully this photo will come thru. I'm posting bc it means so much to me. Back in July on Days + 2-4 I when we were sleep deprived and Ruby was continuously crying out after her amputation I told Kacy thru tears one night "I just can't wait until she sleeps like she used to wv3 paws up in the air (instead of 4)". Well last night I got a middle of night text w 3 PAWS UP!!! HOORAY! Yes Ruby Girl, 3 Paws up bc you are doing great w all these changes. Our prayers are answered as you sail thru your chemo #1 and your physical therapy. 3 Paws up because you have calmed your Mons fears enough to Alliw her to excel in her grad program. 3 Paws up to all the ones who have helped us on this forum!!
Theres just really nothing better than a sleepy TriPawd with 3 Paws up!!
Your Loving Grams
Lisa
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ok well obviously I'm not very good at uploading so I'll see if Kacy will post the photo.
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I got it to upload on the Blog site so this is my last try over here
big 3 paws up for me if it works lol.
Can't wait till the photo is up - so happy to hear about the celebratory text and how well she is doing, Lisa and Kacy! 3 paws up for Ruby!!!
Lisa, Minneapolis
On October 27, 2016, nearly 6 months after amputation, and 18 months since his cancer likely started, we lost Pofi to a recurrence of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in his spine quite suddenly. His canine sister also succumbed to cancer on March 1, 2019 - we lavished her with our love in the interim, but life was never quite the same without her only real canine friend. Cliff kitty had to leave us, too, suddenly, in August 2019. Lucia kitty grieved all these losses, but helped us welcome two new Lurchers into our home and our lives, Shae and Barley.
Sleeping upside down is a great sign! It means a happy, relaxed dog. I loved it when I saw Otis doing that.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
Hope you and Tess are OK. I know you are still adjusting to your emptyish home. Good luck.
Yeah for 3 Paws Up!!! 
Ruby, you keep on showing Mom & Gram just what you can do!
Donna
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
WOOF!!! WOOF!!! Can't wait to see the photo in the blog!
It's the best feeling in the world when you see their routine return and their sparkle come back!!
3 PAWS UP TO RUBY AND HER HUMANS!!! 🙂
Love!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
woohooo, great new! I felt the same when Novak slept in his usual position, same as Rubys!
YAY for 3 paws up 🐾🐾🐾
Ruby is really relaxed now, I am so pleased to hear 👍🏼
Raising my glass to you all 🍸
Lots of kisses and cuddles flying your way 😘❤️🐾
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Back sleeping with paws up is my favorite. When Shea sleeps like that my husband and I always say to the other just look at her. She's slept that way for 8 years and it makes us 😍😍😍😍😍 every time.
Now I've only seen this pose with 4 paws. But would love to see it with 3. Hope you can get the picture posted.
Please let us know if you need help adding images to the Forums. Just PM me and I'll see what I can do to help OK?
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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