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These wonderful news brought happy tears to my eyes ...
I am SO happy to hear Otis recovery is going really well and he is hoping around with such determination !
It can only get better and better 👍🏼👍🏼
Sending you and your boy an XL hug and cuddle, lots of love 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 :-)
Do we get an Otis update today?? Hope he (and you) are hanging in there!!
cheers,
Kat and Astro
Otis sleeps A LOT but when he gets moving now he wants to go further and further each time.
All of the snow melted on the deck so he refused to pee or poop on it. Thank goodness. He went down the steps and back up like a boss 3 times today. This is day 6 post amp and the difference from day 1 is amazing!! These are very long very wide steps. I not sure he could do small steps. He is also faster now. No more walking slow as he uses his momentum to keep on hopping.
Otis used to have a bed on the floor next to my side of the bed. I literally had to step on it to get up. So each morning he would wake me up by either staring at me or touching me with his nose. We moved his bed to the floor at the end of our bed for now to give him more room. This morning I awoke to his face staring at me. I was so excited. Slowly he is getting back to his old routines.
Never a whine or a whimper. We hope Astro has as easy as a time as Otis is having.
Otis - 121 lbs pre amp - 114 lbs post amp and now 118 lb Great Dane - English Mastiff X. Started limping on 12/24/16. Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma 12/28/16 - amputation of front left leg on 1/6/17. Stitches out and 1st round of Chemo on 1/19/17. 2nd round of Carboplatin on 2/10/17 - 3rd round on 3/2/2017. 4th round was scheduled for 3/22/17 - however due to low WBC postponed - 4th Chemo completed on 3/28/17. Had breathing difficulties, stayed in Tufts ICU overnight. Due for 2 more rounds of Chemo but we are opting to go with homeopathy with Dr. Loops instead.
Love he woke you up his "usual" way this morning!!! 🙂 🙂 Such great news!!
Jist six days out, hes, he needs to rest a lot! He's a very smart boy to k kw that rest equals healing 🙂 🙂
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!
Wow! Otis is having a great recovery!
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.
I'm loving hearing about Otis's recovery. 
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
I'm sooo glad Otis is sailing right through!! He's a champ! Keep going strong, bro!
Love from Cali,
Kat and Astro
Good news keep coming YAY !!!
Otis is a real champ 🎖
I totally love the way he went back to greeting you, the same little routine, just like he always did 💕💕
Otis is such an adorable dawg 💘🐶
Sending you both an avalanche of kisses 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 :-)
Love this. He's just amazing! ❤️
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...
Otis has not whined or cried once since surgery--until last night.
We order out A LOT as we all work so much. Otis always loses his mind when he hears the knock on the door or even if one of us whispers "here" if we hear the delivery guy's car pull in; so as to not let Otis know anyone is here.
Last night we heard a car door and my daughter saw the guy walking up to the door. She said "here" and as hubby went to go out the door Otis tried to jump up and let out the worst yelp I have ever heard. He was lying on his amp side and has a hard time getting up from that position. Well while hubby was outside Otis was letting out these long yells over and over for a few seconds. I ran to his bed to help him move. I picked up the corner of the bed to give him some gravity to get off his side. He let out another yelp and got up. I checked his stitches and they were fine. He never made another noise or shown pain since. This was also about 2 hours after he took all 3 of his pain meds. I had thought maybe he hurt his neck or pulled a muscle somewhere. However he just walked the whole yard with no rest and no issues.
Those noises really freaked me out.
Any thoughts?
Otis - 121 lbs pre amp - 114 lbs post amp and now 118 lb Great Dane - English Mastiff X. Started limping on 12/24/16. Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma 12/28/16 - amputation of front left leg on 1/6/17. Stitches out and 1st round of Chemo on 1/19/17. 2nd round of Carboplatin on 2/10/17 - 3rd round on 3/2/2017. 4th round was scheduled for 3/22/17 - however due to low WBC postponed - 4th Chemo completed on 3/28/17. Had breathing difficulties, stayed in Tufts ICU overnight. Due for 2 more rounds of Chemo but we are opting to go with homeopathy with Dr. Loops instead.
That must have been really distressing. It's horrible when they cry out in pain. It just makes you feel so helpless.
Obviously, i'm not a ver and if you're worried you should speak to one, but for what it's worth my instinct is that this is nothing to worry about. I reckon he wrenched his incision site, or muscles or something like that, and it was really painful for that moment but then over and done with, kind of like when you stub a toe really hard or something. The fact he has had no problems since and seems comfortable and mobile is extremely reassuring. Obviously you need to try and keep him calm and quiet, as you have been doing, though it's not always easy. Perhaps it would be best to pick up your take-aways for a bit, just until Otis is strong enough to resume his delivery guy greeting duties.
Sending all pawsitive healing vibes,
Meg, Clare and Elsie Pie xxx
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...
Astro yelped a good one when I accidentally put pressure on a sensitive spot on his incision. Vet said he has all sorts of angry nerve endings that need to adjust to the new landscape. I would imagine the same thing as Clare, that Otis just tweaked some of his sensitive real estate. I mean, jeez, the kid has been skating through with flying colors, he has to make sure you guys stay on your toes! Hope he's done with the tweaks!
~Kat and Astronaut
Yeah, like everyone said, hinking it was a tweak of the incision, or a poking of the staples into a nerve, something like that. OUCH!!
That fact that he's fine now is real good!
Certainly, we aren't Vets and if you have any concerns, or see anything unusual with the incision, give rhem a call.
And glad that Otis felt good enough to give the "intruder" a "greeting"!
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!
It happened again.
Now I'm a nervous wreck when he lays on his amp side! Quite a few hours ago, he was on the couch with me and went to try to get down. He was trying to slide sideways off the couch and his head and front leg were hanging off the couch. I was afraid he would fall so I grabbed him to help him get off the couch and he started yelping again. He then laid down and started licking his front leg like crazy. That bald spot where they had put the iv. Not sure if he was trying to comfort himself or what.
He's sleeping on his amp side right now and I'm on edge. His meds are due in an hour so I'm waiting it out to medicate him before going to bed.
His incision site looks great. He also kept me outside for awhile afterwards, with no rest break. He was exploring all over.
The first six days went so easy with no crying or whining. I think I just got used to it not happening.
Otis - 121 lbs pre amp - 114 lbs post amp and now 118 lb Great Dane - English Mastiff X. Started limping on 12/24/16. Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma 12/28/16 - amputation of front left leg on 1/6/17. Stitches out and 1st round of Chemo on 1/19/17. 2nd round of Carboplatin on 2/10/17 - 3rd round on 3/2/2017. 4th round was scheduled for 3/22/17 - however due to low WBC postponed - 4th Chemo completed on 3/28/17. Had breathing difficulties, stayed in Tufts ICU overnight. Due for 2 more rounds of Chemo but we are opting to go with homeopathy with Dr. Loops instead.
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