cowpantslady

going thru this now just hope that with your girl it isn't osto hugs

have no idea just know you will be in our thoughts

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we were just talking saullie always dragged his left leg a little on our walks. and that is the leg but that at least 2 or 3 years this really stinks.

Might not have been a fall. Morgan started limping on a Friday night. Sunday morning his leg shattered when he landed at the base of the stairs. No fall involved. did it show up in xrays? when he had the surgery they didn't see it either so scary

this is a thread non of us wanted to be part of drats so far saullie isn't in pain. so i am reading all of your posts with interest today we started on organic raw. he wasn't thrilled with the chicken backs ate two and then said no way we will try him on it for a few days if he really doesn't like it we won't force him

our regular vet called me today when he got the results from the surgeon he said they just didn't see it in the xrays. he said they all suspected it but it is unusal for during the surgery the surgeon who he highly respects couldn't see it. what must have happened is saullie fell down the stairs and the weakened bone shattered. if it hadn't happened he said within a few weeks he would have been limping and it would have shown up he agrees with our course of action and he is a believer in amputation for pain management but in this case he agrees with not. he has no way of knowing how long saullie has thanks everyone your support has been fabulous

greyt news!!!

all i can offer are hugs

a vet told me 50% of all dogs get cancer of some form our chester died of mass cell now saullie has osto. our group has place close to 1,000 greys and no way have 41% died of osto no matter what it stinks. hopefully they will find a cure in time to help our saulle and all those who are suffering now

i am not brave believe me i am hysterical. dh spoke with surgeon we are bringing saullie back on tuesday to see if he is healing thanks everyone for caring

greyt news

I know many of you have gone thru this, the pain was unreal. we were prepared when he broke his leg that is was osto but when they couldn't see it went ahead with the surgery. we wouldn' thave done it if we had knew it was we will let him go to bridge in a few days because we won't put him any more suffering at his age thanks for your support

thanks everyone. since we have stairs we moved down to the living room to sleep with saullie his first night home was uneventful thank g-d. he ate pretty well, he couldn't decide where he wanted to be so we leash walked him between the kitchen and living room for 10 minutes which is fine since we don't have a large house (lol) this morning he seemed to be walked a little better. again thanks for your healing thoughs keep them coming

there is nothing i can say just sending hugs

it is his left front the bone between the knee and the shoulder we are assuming he fell down the steps morty,zie & myron aren't talking the brace is so upsetting to look at it looks like a flying saucer attached to his shoulder and he has to have it on for months they said he will be unconfortable for up to 6 months but at his age we are so glad they could fix it

we picked saul up today from the er vet they said the break was unbelievable over 3 hours of surgery he has this plate like thing by his shoulder. an exterior brace they still don't think it was cancer so that is fabulous depending upon how he heals he might still have it on in dewey he will surely be a conversation piece please keep him in your thoughts he looks so scared

my heart goes out to you

hugs and know you are in our thoughts

dh went to see saullie today. he got up and wagged his tail then laid down on dh lap because of my allergies i can't go drats hopefully he will be home tomorrow wednesday the latest the surgeron said he is optomistic that it isn't cancer we will know for sure end of week vet said it was a horrible break. it was over a 3 hours surgery. he will have a leg brace for up to 2 months he might need physical therapy the good thing is my daughter is finishing up getting her masters in acupunture so she is going to find someone to treat him on a regular basis we can't even imagine the bill. we were afraid to ask lol but as long as he is ok we don't care what is sooo nice is quite a few grey friends have asked to take him for the days we were supposed to go away in july it is only for 5 days but not sure what we are going to do yet a big thanks to all the support

we have carpeted stairs but he has pannus and he might have fallen down the stairs we will never know the vet said the same thing it looked like he was hit with a baseball bat thanks for caring

thanks everyone for your well wishes saullie is doing better. we spoke with the surgeon today. he is eating and they had him for a short walk. we are going to see him tomorrow

thanks for everyone's support we can't see him until tomorrow they dont want to get him excited last night they said he was standing already

saullie broke is leg- not sure how he did it. the surgeron said it looks like he was hit with a hammer that is how bad it was. at first our vet and surgeron said at his age almost 11 it probably is cancer but thank g-d during the surgery he said it was clear. he took a biospy just to be sure but he doesn't think it is ok now for the advice- he has a rod and pins etc-must have rest and be leash walked for at least 6 weeks, confined etc. we were supposed to go away for a week in 3 weeks not sure if we are going a good friend said she will watch him and walk him she has had greys for over 15 years i digress ok now for the advice needed. what supplements would you suggest to give him. i was giving him glucosime etc but stopped as where i was getting it from human grade got it from china and with all that is going on with chinese importants i am paranoid about using it. so suggestions for brands of supplements etc he broke it friday had surgery yesterday and will be home tuesday