On a side note, with the known intra-abdominal bleeding, the vet gave me an herbal medication to give. Below is the information for those of you who may have interest.
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! View all posts by c1nicolei
Thanks for taking the time to share the information!
I have seen .members here who have used it and have had felt very positive about it. For whatever it’s worth, it’s certainly a route I would absolutely try in a heartbeat if faced with the same situation!
Hugs and best wishes for Sarge
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
I second Sally’s recommendation for the yunnan. My dog, Lucy, had hemangiosarcoma which can involve a lot of internal bleeding (and she did have bleeding) and we gave her the yunnan every day for over a year. The packets we got from the modern herb shop online each came with a red emergency pill that was tiny. The herb was used during wars originally to stop bleeds and I know our emergency vet administers it frequently. I don’t know for sure what worked or didn’t internally but Lucy didn’t have any adverse reaction.
I hope it can help your precious Sarge. We love that boy.
❤️Amy & Rusty
So far Sarge is pushing on. Eating daily and drinking, definite slowing down of activity is noted. He did have a set back 3 nights ago. Became agitated and kept looking around, seemed anxious, we gave him a trazadone for anxiety. Became clear he has lost vision on his right side. He can only see us if we are on his left. Thinking a stroke. Bless his heart, he still wags his tail and seems so happy to be with us. I backed the meds down to once a day in case it was making him prone to clot.