Hi all:  Enzo, the warrior standard poodle, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma on 11.22.23 and had surgery on 11.29.23 for a left hind limb amputation, so it's almost 3 weeks into recovery.  He is doing GREAT.  I mean seriously awesome. My husband took the first week off from work to stay home with him.  I brought him to my office the second week post surgery.  He had his stitches out last week on Friday, and was cleared to go back to being his normal happy, sweet poodley self.  He's is currently snoozing by my chair sunning himself on the patio.  We are in Central Florida, so it's sunny and 70 degrees. He's eating, playing, running around with his other standard poodle pals, and enjoying life again. I can tell that the pain he was in before the surgery is gone.   He has gotten the knack of 3 legs so quickly that I want to be as resilient has he is.  We did 2 rehab treatments and you can tell he is getting stronger on his remaining back leg.  He's also gotten the hang of pooping on 3 legs (folks, that requires a lot of balance). He had his first chemo treatment yesterday.  He seems to be doing OK.  I was expecting the worst again.  But aside from some GI upset and maybe a little decreased appetite, you would just not know he had a chemo treatment.  He doesn't seem terribly lethargic, but he is a bit of a couch potato so maybe we are just talking about degrees here

I want to assure those people who have just started this journey, it does get better pretty quickly. I would never have believed it if I didn't live it.  I will keep you all updated on his chemo treatments.  They recommended 6 carboplatin infusions, with chest X-rays half way though. 

Thank you so everyone who provided words of encouragement, experience, advice, and sanity saving tips! I am very grateful to be part of this group.

Anne, Enzo, and the Florida SPOO crew