This is Darby, our 11-year-old Deutsch Drahthaar, the morning of her surgery. We found out 31 days ago that she has osteosarcoma in her left front leg. It took us that long to lose our abhorrence at the idea of amputating her bad leg. I drove her to the vet hospital at 8:00 this morning. Didn’t sleep well last night at all. The vet called just before beginning surgery to report that he is concerned by what looks like arthritis in one or both of her back legs. He said that, when they amputate, they really want the remaining three legs to be “good.” But she is clearly in pain from the bad front leg, so we agreed to proceed with the surgery. Whew. Wondering what the future has in store for us.
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Darby we are so glad you found us. I’m sorry you got cancer though, and hope that you are on the road to recovery in no time at all. We are here for you every step of the way. Please keep us posted on how you are doing OK?
Good luck Darby! Our 9 year old Bean was diagnosed osteosarcoma in January and had her left front leg amputated 2 weeks later. She has arthritis in her back legs and a previous TPLO surgery in her back left knee. She requires a fair amount of pain medication but is a happy dog. It’s not an easy thing to go through! We have no regrets about this course of action because we were not ready in anyway to say goodbye to her. Darby will be up in no time!
You can checkout our guys journey here:
http://www.directedbykensimpson.com/give-a-dog-a-bone-cancer
Great video! Thanks for sharing, and for the vote of confidence. Hope Darby does as well as Baker did!