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Hoppy poopy dance!
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.
ok so we went back to the surgery center and the doc on call said she was glad we did after she saw what was going on. and that it looked a lot worse in person than the pics I sent her. They took blood to make sure he didn't have a clotting issue. they also made me draw and outline where the bruise was to monitor and make sure it didn't grow. We got the blood work back and there is not a clotting issue. Red blood cells are on the low end of normal range though. And couple other things were off too that i can't remember but it wasn't of concern to the vet. Yesterday conan didn't want to eat much and the bruise definitely grew. It looked so bad. I still need to figure out how to post an image but right now caring for him and my toddler-its hard to figure out something online that takes too much thought! ha. It looks a lot like the pic that was posted on this thread. Anyway--I called the vet about it again--that bruise was growing-and she said it was odd and I could bring him in over night to be watched or I could just monitor signs at home---like dificulty breathing and gums turning white.
Today he ate a lot better and he ate his dry food- I didn't even offer the dry food yesterday so I think he might just be sick of my cooking. 🙂 He isn't taking his pill pockets and its REALLY hard to give him his medicine we have tried it all--hot dogs, cheese, chicken, peanut butter. right now I am making like a peanut butter ball with pills in the middle and shoving it in his mouth and I guesss since its so sticky he has no choice but to swallow because he can't spit it out. messy on my hands but it gets the job done! if you have any other suggestions I am all ears! getting new flavored pill pockets in the mail today so maybe that will help
he walked today on his own well. Bruising looks worse though/ Oh! we got the gabapentin and he isn't panting now. Seems to be working well I am thinking the panting was indeed from the pain before.
sorry for any typos--typing fast--my toddler just realized what this laptop thingy is and she REALLY wants it. she is very pissed that I am playing with such an amazing toy. I wish posting pics and vids was easier on here. I have the cutest video of her being Conan's nurse 🙂
Liver sausage?
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.
Pate works a treat with mine.
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, November 2023, adopted January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Elsie Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
I've had good luck with pill paste. It's not as messy as peanut butter and you can use just enough to cover whatever pill you have. I have small dogs so pill pockets don't work for me- the pockets are too big and they always chew them and find the pill.
I have also had luck with melty cheese. You microwave a couple small pieces of cheese just big enough to cover the pill and only micro for a few seconds so it just begins to melt. Then you wrap the pill in one piece of cheese and make a ball with the extra piece of cheese. I give the plain cheese ball first, then the one with the pill (or pills). The cheese balls taste good and have just a bit of oil so the pills slide down.
For me the trick has always been to make whatever I'm giving small enough so the dogs don't need or want to chew it.
Here is how you add videos from YouTube.
Karen
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
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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!
Soooo hope everything is okay. We are here for you
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!
With the pills, the only thing that works for Mosby is marshmallows (not the mini ones). I cut open a marshmallow with kitchen shears (almost all the way through), put the pills in, and close the marshmallow back up. It holds together due to all the stickiness. Mosby "smacks" on it a bit, but they're pretty hard to chew so he swallows it without hitting the pills. We tried everything before that, and it's the only thing that worked.
Good luck with the pills and the bruising!!
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