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my doberman Draco had his rear leg amputated due to bone cancer 7 days ago. Tonight he was standing waiting for me to take him out when he got shaky, fell, but on his bed so it was a soft surface. As he layer there I noticed a steady stream of blood gushing out of his incision. Then when he got up, there were 5 huge blood clots that had came out of the incision . I got him outside and noticed another huge clot hanging out of his incision; which he eventually licked out.
Now its fine! No clots, no gushing blood. Just some small drips of blood...
what happened!?? Should I be concerned? It was really scary and messy!
WOW! I'm sure this was scary for you! Glad it stopped.
Yes, definitely put your Vet in the loop! It may have been just luid gushing from a seroma andn that's a good thing....but you need a Vet to guide you ii this.
Update wihen you can.
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!
Oh my, that is truly scary. Please let us know how you all make out...fingers, toes, and paws crossed for you 
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry 
I hope that you were able to get him to the vet today. Please let us know how it went OK? Stay strong, we are thinking of you two.
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Any news from the vet ???
Thinking of you and sending hugs and cuddles 😘🐮💫✨🌟🌹
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 :-)
Would love to hear some good news! 💜💜
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry
So Draco is acting fine , like nothing happened. The vet said he’s clotting, which is good and it was that serum fluid. So No worries, thank goodness!!
Plus he pooped for the first time Friday night when that happened 😃😃😃
Phew ... that’s great news, so relieved this was nothing to worry about 👍🏽
AND your boy pooped YAY 💩💩💩💩
Keep up the good work and before you know it Draco will be hopping around as happy as a bunny 🐰
Hugs and cuddles 😘🐮💫✨🌟🌹
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 :-)
BIG SIGH OF RELIEF FROM YOUR TRIPAWD FAMILY!!!!
Delighted to hear that little bump in the road is in the rear view mirror now!
ONWARD AND UPWARD!
Hugs
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!
Onward and upward INDEED!!! BREATHING... In and out... another hurdle won, YAY!!!
This is the rollercoaster we guardedly talk about. You are seeing the light now. Please pay close attention to everything. Stay on top (you are already doing this)
We are right there with ya.. Big hugs for another challenge won 💖💖💖
Jackie and Huckster ❤️
Hugs,
Jackie, Bo, Andy, Oscar, Phoebe, and the coolest feral tripawd kitty Huckleberry
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