Before I give the official update – it took her 3 1/2 months, but . . . SHE’S WALKING AND STANDING LIKE A TRUE TRIPOD!!! Her endurance is not that great, but she’s using muscles she hasn’t in 3 1/2 months. I have been having a hard time getting her to eat since around 10/7/2010. […]
I decided it was time for Denali to get a dog wheel chair because she’s been bunny hopping and not very mobile. That just can’t be all that healthy. Saturday morning, I packed Denali up and we made our way to the person that makes the wheel chairs about 45 minutes away. We got there […]
Disclaimer: It’s kind of an inside joke, but most holistic doctor’s I call ‘voodoo doctors’ — ok, it’s not really an inside joke: I had a friend who went to a holistic doctor for herself and she would always say that the holistic doctor worked her ‘voodoo magic’ and made her better after seeing the […]
I can’t help it – I’m a paranoid Pyr-mom!!! I went to brush Denali’s remaining rear leg and what did I do but feel a lump. My heart sank big time, so I started running around looking for my phone not sure who to call… I stepped over Loki twice all panicked… then I realized […]
Denali has been a tripawd now for 1 month 1 day! She still bunny hops but is getting around better with the whole bunny hopping thing. On Friday afternoon I went upstairs. I heard a strange ‘Clunk, thump, thump thump, clunk’ and I came down to see what was going on and Denali was up […]
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 […]