I have been so busy that I haven’t updated you guys!
Spencer had his 3 month ampuversary! yay!! He is still doing great.
And best of all, he is done with chemo and the oncologist gave a great update! He came in and started laying out where we go from here – every 3 months for the first year. I think he said every 6 months for the second year. So I asked wht he thought were the odds that we would make it to any of those appointments, reminding him that initially he had said Spencer had about 50/50 odds of making it to 1 year. The doctor said that he is cautiously optimistic that Spencer’s odds are MUCH better than that and that he would be surprised if Spencer isn’t back for his 2 year followup!
Santa was great to Spencer for Christmas, lots of new toys. Some are already torn up as is Spencer’s habit. We spent a lazy Christmas just hanging around the cabin – the 5 of us and Spencer.
Thanks for being there for us the last 3 months and I’ll be sure to continue updating!
Merry Christmas everyone! And… I don’t have a Christmas picture with Spencer; but here is one with the kids taken Christmas eve. (had to use a slow shutter speed to get it and I knew Spencer would not play “statue” very well, which is necessary with a slow shutter speed!). The kids have all agreed that Spencer having a better chance of being OK was the best Christmas present they could have gotten. 🙂
OMD that pic looks like it’s out of a Norman Rockwell catalog! Awesome.
As for forgetting about Spencer’s ampuversary….congratulations! You are living in the NOW!!!! By not counting the days and just enjoying every single one without looking back on the past every chance you get, you are livin’ large and livin’ Dog. Wooooohoooo!
Hoppy Ampuversary Spencer, you done good! Keep it up. And Merry Christmas to you too.
so glad to hear spencer is doing so well – keep enjoying each and every moment with that handsome boy!!! here’s to many, many wonderful adventures ahead for your family!
charon & spirit gayle
I’m an 11 year old golden reerievtr and it has been 7 days since my amputation surgery. The vet thinks i had osteosarcoma in my right front elbow(we’re still waiting for the exact diagnosis. Hope to have it soon).I’m still not doing the greatest but it may take longer for me to heal since I’m a little older than most of you.. I still have some pain and I don’t really want to get up if I don’t have to. They gave me lots of drugs for the pain so that does help some..My parents are very worried so they took me for another vet appointment today for a check up.. My temperature was normal and everything else seems fine. My 58 staples come out on Wednesday of next week (YEAHH) I still have my appetite so I guess that is a good thing says the vet..My mommy and daddy are still very devistated and they feel very bad for doing this to me, but I know it was the best thing for me. I keep telling them that I’ll be ok,but I see their eyes start watering so I stop I hope i will recover soon so I can go play and get taken on walks again .I like this website and thanks for sharing the stories about all my new 3 legged friends