Denali had her first appointment with the oncologist today – it wasn’t supposed to be until next week, but they had a cancellation and I jumped in and got her in there!! The vet was concerned that Denali is not walking proper and just doing a bunny hop.  He did a quick physical exam on […]

July 9, 2010 – Osteosarcoma CONFIRMED in Denali Denali has mostly been sleeping ever since I took her fentinyl patch off.  She’ll want to go out 1-3 times a day for potty breaks.  I’m hoping she’s just healing and this is the medication.  From what I’ve read of other posts, them sleeping a lot after […]

Denali is still eating and drinking and hopping.   The vet called to see how she was doing, so I asked him about her little bunny hop.  He advised that most dogs that have their legs amputated have already given up using the leg and had already started building muscle on the ‘good’ leg where Denali […]

Denali is still hopping along.  she’s a little more whiny today than she has been.  It’s been pretty hot though and she’s been trying to be more active. here’s a short video of her hopping hopping around

Denali came home Friday evening.  She’s been whining a bit more than I’d like (of course I’d like for 0 whining).  She’s not getting around as well as she was on the day of surgery and she has quite a bit of bruising on her tummy.  While she’s inside the house – I’m trying to […]

Denali’s surgery appears to have gone well.  I went to visit her and these dogs are AMAZING!!  She was already hoping around and getting up and laying down on her own.  They had to put an Elizabethan collar (aka cone of shame) on her because she was licking.  She was a little out of it, […]