Sarge has a significant amount of swelling today but seems to be in wonderful spirits! Eating great and loving his new Victor grain free food! Still not drinking great but we have been giving him his water in a 10cc syringe. Seems to be his preference now. I think he is milking it a little!!
Talked to some brace fabricators today and cant get a brace till they get a cast then take 2 weeks. I am going to try to use a posterior wheeled cart to see if that will offer any assistance… Getting that tomorrow. Will update ASAP.
Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July! I am pulling a Paws for Life float in our Liberty Fest parade in Edmond OK. It is a great event if you have never been! Check it out. http://www.libertyfest.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=libertyfest&Category_Code=4thofjulyparade
Author: c1nicolei
Sarge has been the the love of my life since we rescued him in 2007. He was thought to be a carcass on the side of the road in our community park. As I walked over to look at the pitiful dead dog, I soon realized he was still breathing, barely. We rushed him to the vet and although severely malnourished and in a terrible state, with TLC he miraculously pulled through. Snap shot ahead to 6/2014, we decide to go outside to play fetch, he was so excited and full of energy, doing his typical bouncy boxer pelvic shuffle. He took a nasty tumble and the sounds that followed was nothing short of heart piercing. My heart stopped, because I knew it was bad, very bad. I am a PA, not a veterinarian, but I knew instantly the leg was broken badly. I splinted him and rushed him to the vet. What initially was going to be an orthopedic surgery to repair a broken radius and ulna, quickly turned into, "Your dog sustained a pathological cancer, we think he has osteosarcoma". I could not even hear what I was being told. How could this seemingly happy, healthy, FULL of life dog have CANCER?? The BX confirmed my worst fears. This whole process took over a week. In that time I researched every aspect of canine osteosarcoma I could find and I had already made up my mind, we were going to fight this, not for me, but I knew he was not done living!!! Making the decision to amputate was not one taken lightly. We ensured there were no macro mets and that his blood work looked stable. I also decided if we amputated we would also do chemo. Sarge had his leg amputated 2 days ago and I am amazed at his hour by hour improvement. We start chemo in 2 weeks. I will keep everyone updated and love reading stories on here that give me hope that he will be able to be a happy, pain free normal Sarge!!! This is when we joined TRIPAWDS! What a wonderful, reassuring supportive community! I love you TRIPAWDS!
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THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO UPDATE US!!!
That Sarge is one strong fella’ with great human advocates!! I’m so glad he’s doing “well” (considering the circumstances!) and showing he’s got a lot of living to do!
Yeah, I’d forgotten a cart as an option…..paws crossed!!
Good for you for participatingmin the Parade and helping the “cause”! You are a very special soul! With everything going on, you are still “giving” to others!
Keeping all paws crossed for you! It’s just so uplifting to hear that Sarge is adjusting and enjoying all the spoiling and loving!
Sending you all the best wishes for a speedy recovery! Enjoy the parade!
Sally and Happy Hannah
Thanks for the update. I’m glad to hear that Sarge’s spirits are still good despite his additional struggle after his surgery.
Sending pawsitive thoughts your way,
Hugs
Linda and Tucker
I have been wondering how you guys were doing and then I found your blog! We are thinking about you guys and sending healing thoughts your way for Sarge. He is such a trooper. If I can help you with anything let me know.
I gave your blog a shoutout today! You can find it at http://dogsnpawz.com/happy-4th-of-july-from-dogs-n-pawz/ and there is a picture of Diesel! He is with Taylor at the lake. I sure do miss that little guy!
I hope you guys have a great 4th of July!
Couldn’t get the link to work doggone it! It could be because I have a tablet and lots of things don’t work on this thing! Have a great time today!
Check it out. http://www.libertyfest.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=libertyfest&Category_Code=4thofjulyparade
I’m glad to hear that Sarge is in good spirits. Hope everything works out well for you all with the cart until the brace arrives.
Sending positive thoughts Sarge’s way!!
Sahana
Glad to hear that Sarge is in good spirits! I heard about Sarge from Dogs N Pawz, just wanted to send him some good thoughts!
Thank you! We are so excited to see him getting better!