We have wooden floors, and when they are clean (which is rarely:P) they become quite slippery for the dogs. Tara had a little slip when she was excitingly running to see who was at the door. Sinc then..Tara had a limp, her left leg looked like she had pulled a muscle. So we treated her like she had pulled a muscle. Rest, anti inflammatories and pain relief. But the limp just won’t go away! So we took her to the vet. The vet said that all the symptoms meant that it’s highly possible that she has a bone tumour. The sudden onset of becoming lame (limp), that pain relief was doing nothing for her, that she is an older dog, and her breed were all against her 🙁 So they took a xray to have a look. Sure enough, there it was what she had suspected – osteosarcoma. We could see it on the xray, a little bump up the top end of her humorous. 2 options – euthanasia or amputation ! The vet gave us the most up to date information about amputation and chemotherapy and sent us home to have a talk and a think. They said they would support us on our decision.
I guess the decision we made is pretty obvious, because I’ve signed up on here 🙂
Hey Tara, well I’m so sorry. I guess that little spill was a mixed blessing though, it’s good that your people found the osteo when they did. It stinks to have to deal with it but as you know losing a leg isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of your Tripawd awesomeness!