The weather here today was nothing short of spectacular. Sarge has never been fond of the really hot days but it was in to 60’s- 70’s all morning. He actually went outside with me while I mowed, which he has not done since this ordeal started, and even walked/hopped with me down to our berry patch on the far end of our property! I am waiting on the side effects of chemo to kick in but the Vet said to let him maintain his normal activity as long as he is up for it. So digging this improved Sargee-pooh > Delta Cookies baby!!!
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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OK not sure what Delta Cookies are…you mean like POO?! 😉 Haw haw!
I hope he doesn’t have side effects. Not all dogs do, so I have my paws & fingers crossed he’s one of them. Keep us posted!
Actually, at work we had training and the people training us actually brought a slip of Delta airline cookies and anytime we did something good we got one of those Delta bicoff cookies. So we all adopted the saying “DELTA COOKIE” when a good thing happens. It’s silly, but I kind of like it :o)
Thank you for the advice on the chemo, fingers/paws crossed here too!
So glad Sarge is showing some sparkle…and it will continue to show up more and more!
Now, all dogs are different, but my Happy Hannah didn’t have any real noticeable side effects! In fact, sorta like Sarge, the first day sfter her first chemo she seemed to show more sparkle coming back too! YAY for chemo??
Keep kn keeping on Sarge! You’ve got this recovery thing going your way!
Extra treats today!
Sally and Happy Hannah
Nice article, It was helpful.