3 legged pepper

 I am sad to post that monday june 20th pepper got her wings. 4 months after diagnosis, and 8 weeks after srg we lot the fight. our home is crushed and our lives will always be missing somthing. My sweet pepper i miss her so much right now. but thruogh it all i would do it all again. she was very strong and even after lossing almost 20lbs in 3 weks, and not being able to get up on her own every time i walked in the room her tail was wagging till the very end.

 we had so many amazing moments post serg, as short as it was. even till the day before she was sick again she didnt even show me . we were out and having a great beautifull day.. the next day her joints were swollen and she quickly whent down hill from there. the cancer was all over, in all 3 legs and evrywere.

 she fought a good fight. my heart breaks as i am righting this. we were hoping for more time, but the time we got was amazing. she was a beautifull tripawd. I want to thank all of tripawds.com for everyones support, information and kind words. even though my tripawd is now over the rainbow bridge i will keep all of you and this site very close to my heart.

thank you for this site. xoxo

well we are 9 weeks post diagnosis, and 3 wweeks post op. i never thought we would get here and pepper is better than ever. we are compleatly off pain meds and the last of her stiches come out in 1 week. they sould of all been out by now but lats monday when we took the staples out, all looked ok but when i woke up tues morning it had re opened. there must of been a fluid pocket that prevented the skin from sealing compleatly. So we were back at the vet wed morning they put her under again and had to re cut new sking and re stich., the vet added a drainage tube as well. it was looking really good but when i woke up friday morning, my other dog diva must have been liching pepper and 3 stiches in the middle were pulled out. back to the vet we go. they just did lockal freezing and re stiched her up once again. Its now looking very good . the tube came out today and we are getting there. Pepper is stong and moving around with more and more ese. she is even jumping up again to give me hugs. she is back to her old self (-1 front leg). she is happy and strong. the lattest bio scan shows no sign of the cancer spreding and we are very hopfull. ether way she is happy and i am so glad i decided to amputate. we have a second chance with our sweet pepper and we are enjoying every moment. we are continuing with all the natural supplements and energy healing and hopfully we can kick the cancer. Pepper will turn 5 on the 18th of may and i never thought we would see this day.. Thanks again to everyone for all your support.. xoxo

So we are now 8 days after serg and we are doing way better than i ever expected. there were deffinatly some ups and down last week that freeked me out, butv i beleave we are over the hump now. day 1and 2 after serg were great pepper was feeling great. we were sleeping alot but all in all simple. she was going out to use the bathroom on her own with minimal help. But as the 3rd day rolled around i realized just how big of a serg this really was. i had to go to work, but i was nervice. her gums were pail on and off and she seemed so much weeker. my husband stayed home with her and as 2pm rolled around i hade to leave work , she was very cold and pale and it almost heemed like she was in a panice. i was scared she was getting shocky so be brought herto the vet to get her checked out. they checked her himoglobins and realized it was just pain related. after an extra shot of hydromorphyne her color came back and she was able to rest. but on the way to the vet she tryed to jump in the car on her own and fell on the staples. the next day her color was good but wwe has some bleeding under the skin, a basball sized adeama under her neck and a ballon of fluid onder her chest. so fearing she was bleeding to much we were off to the vet again. after  blood teast to check her levels again we were told that all was good and it would reabsorb over time on its own. Day 5 her energy was better and she was getting stronger, then the next day was better and 7 days after srg she was up before me standing up, tail wagging, and was looking like my old pepper again. even better than before the serg. now we are 8 days post serg we had a chck up yesterday and the vet is happy with what he see’s. Hopfully we will  be able to get the staples out on saterday. the adeama is almost gone and we are off pain meds compleatly. we have been on tramadol and medicam for 7weeks, and today with no meds we are happy and alert and the spark is back in my sweet peppers eyes. She is moving around more and super happy.  I know now that i have done the right thing, as scarry as this dissition was to amputate. I am continuing with my natrual treatments for the cancer and hopfully with a little luck we will be able to hold the cancer off. We got a biofeed back done and there is no sign of the cancer and i am hoping to keep it that way. i look forward to seeing her get stronger and for her to get some quality back to her life..

 I am very great full to have found suh an amazing site. my dane pepper was born May 18/2006 she soon will be 5 and for a while i didnt think she would see her fifth birthday. She started limping and after seeming the vet on feb28/2011 we were givin the worst new and my world came crashing in. At first we opted not to do amputation or chemo, i am a holistic nutritionis and we opted the natural rought. with homiopathy, herbs, energy healing and more. also using a product called RESVANTAGE, which is ment to alter the DNA of the cancer cell to prevent them from spreading. The cancer was getting more and more painfull and she had lost almost all use of her  left leg. We had decited to make a call ether way, so exactly 6 weeks from diagnosis we did more x-rays and blood work. as of yet there is no sing that the cancer has spred and with per quality of life in mind we decided to amputate. We are now on day 2 post op and she is doing way better than expected. She is getting around (she gets tired very fast but stable). up on the couch, up the stairs and pain seems minimal, even cut out the medicam and only using tramadol today. less pain meds than before the serg… i am holding on hope that the cancer stays away, i am keeping up with my natrual cancer treatments. thanks to everyone here for your support i will keep you all updated on peppers progress. my heart goes out to all of you who are going through this and for those who will. these try’s are truly amazing. i know mine is the light of my life..