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greyhounddad22 wrote:
4/28/20 4pm - Oakley Comes Home
4/28/20 4:00pm: Time goes by fast! We got home with Oakley around 2pm after our car ride home. Oakley walked out of the vets on his own power until he got just outside the door where he decided it was time to sit down and rest. We picked him (More) |
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finnthedane wrote:
Big Dog Amputation Preparation and Recovery
Preparation After scheduling Finn's amputation, it was time to mentally and physically prepare for his recovery. We are incredibly lucky in that we have a large sunroom off the back of our house where our dogs typically lounge on their oversized o (More) |
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finnthedane wrote:
A Dreaded Diagnosis and the Decision to Amputate
Hello all and welcome to the story and journey of Finn the Great Dane and his fight against osteosarcoma. Finn is a 6-year old, 160-pound Great Dane who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his front left leg on March 13, 2020. Our vet explained tha (More) |
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akeelaisthecutest wrote:
Five Weeks Post Surgery
April 22, 2020. Ohhhh where to begin ... I suppose where I left off last .... On April 15th I took Akeela in for her 2 week post chemo blood work test. I mentioned to them how she had still been incessantly pacing around at night pant (More) |
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sparkythedog wrote:
MAZING
DEAR EVVYBODY HI IT IS ME SUPERDOG AND I AM MAZING. I FEEL SO GOOD. DO YOU MEMBER WHEN I GOED TO THE DENTIST AND I GETTED SICK TO HAVE TUMMY TROUBLES FOR TWO WEEKS? GUESS WHAT? I GETTED BETTER TO BE FINE AND FINE. DO YOU MEMBER I HAVED ARTHRITI (More) |
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akeelaisthecutest wrote:
(Almost) Four Weeks Post-Surgery
April 14, 2020. Wow. We have had a couple of severely rough days! About three nights ago Akeela began incessantly pacing around the bedroom. She was whining and panting and would occasionally yelp out suddenly. No amount of consoling would make (More) |
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akeelaisthecutest wrote:
Week Three Progress
April 9th, 2020 Yesterday marked our third week since surgery. This week has been a bit odd for us, but we did have a lot of big accomplishments! Earlier this week I assisted Akeela out onto our patio, so that she could watch the geese and our (More) |
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Stacy wrote:
Griffin Update - April 7
Here's a video of Griffin from April 6: https://youtu.be/o-T_m0eA-mI Griffin has been recovering very well, peeing and pooping regularly, getting around better every day, and eating (with coaxing) each day. However, the last 3 nights, he has b (More) |
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akeelaisthecutest wrote:
Two Weeks Progress
April 2, 2020 Yesterday was a big day for Akeela! She had her stitches removed, was given her first dose of chemotherapy, and had a rehab therapy consultation. I could barely get her out of the car by the time I got home. In fact, we had to carry (More) |
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badger wrote:
Days 8 & 9: UGH
I can't lie: it's been a bad couple of days. His skin isn't healing well. His pain medication hasn't been working. The poor boy even tried to chomp both of us to protect his poor wound. This is NOT normal behaviour. We were at an all time low (More) |