Hello! My name is Stacy just joined this online support forum and chat platform recommended by our oncologist vet specialist and I’m glad to be here to share Yogi’s story and experience thus far.

Yogi is A woolly Siberian husky six years + 2 months young. At the end of February 2024 I noticed him limping slightly and I thought that maybe it was from him rough housing and a slip and fall. I thought maybe his hip is sore from that. Then around mid to end of March. I noticed the hardened lump on his hock joint right hind leg and then thought maybe he dislocated it so I took him to the vet and they ruled out dislocation and I they said maybe it’s inflammation. So we begin treatment for 7 days Using anti-inflammatories and pain medication as we monitor any further progression. Only change we noticed is that it softened up some but It did not go down so I took him to his regular vet and she thought maybe it’s a cyst or an abscess or possibly a Paloma or some type of sarcoma And he was treated for two additional weeks same medication, same dosage. After those two weeks, I agreed to a recommended x-ray test, followed by a biopsy, and when lab results came back, it was determined that he had grade 2 fibrosarcoma around the hoc joint. 
Well, after the sutures came out of the incision site where the biopsy was performed. I was told that cancerous tumor area Would not heal completely, and It would always continue to ooze and bleed due to the nature of what it is!

We went to a consult with a recommended local veterinarian specialist for oncology and radiation. They ran some additional tests using a CT scan. They also found that his lymph node in his leg was enlarged amongst two other concerning observations on the Ct scan as well. 

The treatment recommendation would be surgery, but due to the way the tumor wrapped itself around the soft tissue muscles it would be extremely difficult to completely remove it all so the recommendation was now amputation of the whole right leg.

needless to say I was not thrilled with that being the only option but the reality was that the tumor wasn’t healing and ended up infected beginning to smell, so I agreed to having his operation yesterday, June 26, 2024 and he came through okay! 

Post-op challenges day 2 have been him, not wanting to eat much or drink anything nor take the medication and it’s been difficult to help him stand and use the back leg that he has left. I’d like Some advice on how some of you have coped with amputation and in-home recovery for your family pets. I’m also interested in holistic cancer treatment options as a precaution moving forward and I came across a few products that other pet owners have tried and gave good reviews and I’m curious if Any of you have tried any of these products and what was the results? The products I came across was turkey tail mushrooms, modified citrus pectin, and celloquent.