krissn333 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Pinky is now one week post-amputation surgery. She is doing really well and getting around great! She had a second bandage change today with the surgeon - everyone at the office was so happy to see her come hopping in without my help this time! The lymphatic fluid that was present in her leg is now mostly gone and her bruising has mostly subsided. My brother came over to visit her yesterday, so I took a couple of short videos of her. In both she is looking for places to go potty, so she's not moving as quickly as she usually does when she's just enjoying the weather. Her staples come out next Monday and once we get the pathology report back on her bone, we will get the ball rolling for her chemo treatments to begin. Without further ado, the videos: http://s995.photobucket.com/albums/af74/krissn333/Pinky/?action=view¤t=5125d158.mp4 http://s995.photobucket.com/albums/af74/krissn333/Pinky/?action=view¤t=0cdacd95.mp4 And a cute picture: Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysmom Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Oh dear! Look at that face! SWEEEEEEEET! So happy she's doing well! Quote Chris - Mom to: Felicity (DeLand), and Andi (Braska Pandora) siggy by Chris Harper, on Flickr Angels: Libby (Everlast), Dorie (Dog Gone Holly), Dude (TNJ VooDoo), Copper (Kid's Copper), Cash (GSI Payncash), Toni (LPH Cry Baby), Whiskey (KT's Phys Ed), Atom, Lilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dobiegrey Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 She looks soooooo gooooooddddd!!! yayayayaya...keep up the good work Pinky!! You too Mom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greyers Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Omg!! She is doing so fabulous!!! Wow. Way to go pinky and kris and grandma and everyone involved! I got misty eyed watching the vids. Wondering if we made the right choice with both our osteo dogs by NOT choosing the amp/ chemo route. I guess you do what you think is best at the time and knowing how difficult it would be to negotiate all of the stairs and hills we did what we felt best. Way to go. Loving watching this girls progress. The day I started revisiting greytalk after many years hiatus, was around the same time you were just getting pinky's bad news. So this has really been a neat story for me to follow from the beginning. You are doing an amazing job with her and you should be proud of yourself too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Pinky looks awesome! I love her pink bandage too. I'm so glad to here that she is going well. Quote Laura with Celeste (ICU Celeste) and Galgos Beatrix and Encarna The Horse - Gracie (MD Grace E) Bridge Angels Faye Oops (Santa Fe Oops), Bonny (Bonny Drive), Darcy (D's Zipperfoot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Omg!! She is doing so fabulous!!! Wow. Way to go pinky and kris and grandma and everyone involved! I got misty eyed watching the vids. Wondering if we made the right choice with both our osteo dogs by NOT choosing the amp/ chemo route. I guess you do what you think is best at the time and knowing how difficult it would be to negotiate all of the stairs and hills we did what we felt best. Way to go. Loving watching this girls progress. The day I started revisiting greytalk after many years hiatus, was around the same time you were just getting pinky's bad news. So this has really been a neat story for me to follow from the beginning. You are doing an amazing job with her and you should be proud of yourself too! Thank you Never second guess yourself and the choices you've made. You have to play the hand you're dealt and for every hand, there are several ways to play. We really went "all in" with Pinky, but, had to play a more conservative hand with Sutra. Every case is different. We're lucky in that we have NO stairs at all (house is built on a slab). If we had lots of stairs to consider, our decision may have been different. In Pinky's case, I think she could negotiate some stairs, but not a lot of them. Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inugrey Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 She looks amazing. Quote Colleen with Covey (Admirals Cove) and Rally (greyhound puppy)Missing my beloved boy INU (CJ Whistlindixie) my sweetest princess SALEM (CJ Little Dixie) and my baby girl ZOE (LR's Tara) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Way to go Pinkster!! I have been following your journey and I am so happy that you are doing so well- you go girl and don't look back !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45MPHK9 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 She looks great! Continued good wishes for Pinky. Quote Tricia with Kyle, our senior mutt dog Always missing Murray Maldives, Bee Wiseman, River, Hopper, Kaia, and Holly Oaks Holly“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.“ -Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devotion Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 wow...she is rocking it! Pinky looks fantastic! I'm so happy for you two. and of course she looks greyt in pink. and that face, wow how easy it would be to fall in love with that. Quote Pam with greys Avril, Dalton & Zeus & Diddy the dachshund & Miss Buzz the kitty Devotion, Jingle Bells, Rocky, Hans, Harbor, Lennon, NoLa, Scooter, Naomi and Scout at the bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azlorenz Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Go Pinky Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenEveBaz Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Go Pinky Go!!!!! Quote Ellen, with brindle Milo and the blonde ballerina, Gelsey remembering Eve, Baz, Scout, Romie, Nutmeg, and Jeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesmom Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Pinky ROCKS that pink bandage. YOU GO GIRL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 she is do so well yay Pinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaB Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Lookin' good! Quote Lisa...sharing the journey with my best friend, Kevin, and our four greyhounds:Littermates Sweetie* & Spicy (Possible Betsy, Possible Edna), Moody* (Jr's Moody Man), and Dragon (Kiowa Dragonfire) *Gone to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaB Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Lookin' good! Quote Lisa...sharing the journey with my best friend, Kevin, and our four greyhounds:Littermates Sweetie* & Spicy (Possible Betsy, Possible Edna), Moody* (Jr's Moody Man), and Dragon (Kiowa Dragonfire) *Gone to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greyt_dog_lover Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Just some extra encouragement, we did a fun run at our reunion this past weekend and a tripod ran. She ran at 28mph I believe. Not bad considering that the course was only 90 feet long and most hounds were barely breaking 32-35mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ethan Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 She's looking sooo good and so happy. Kudos to you and yours. Is she still on any pain meds at this time? I've never gone through this, I chose not to amp with my osteo boyz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Ethan, she's just on Deramaxx right now - 50mg once a day Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullHouse Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 She looks amazing and is doing so well! WTG both of you! Quote Judy, mom to Darth Vader, Bandita, And Angel Forever in our hearts, DeeYoGee, Dani, Emmy, Andy, Heart, Saint, Valentino, Arrow, Gee, Bebe, Jilly Bean, Bullitt, Pistol, Junior, Sammie, Joey, Gizmo, Do Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Pinky looks so fantastic, I can't believe it's only about a week since her surgery! I love her sprightly hopping. She still reminds me a lot of Twiggy, they have the same build and attitude. Just some extra encouragement, we did a fun run at our reunion this past weekend and a tripod ran. She ran at 28mph I believe. Not bad considering that the course was only 90 feet long and most hounds were barely breaking 32-35mph. Hi, Chad - that was Twiggy! In addition to the course being a bit short, she had already been on her (3) feet for 3 hours (an hour a foot )! She's the same one who ran 37 mph 3 weeks earlier at the GPA event. (see Run, Run, Fun Run if you missed it) I have a bit better quality video of this latest run if anyone wants to see it... Several people at the GO reunion asked me if I'd heard about the tripod who recently ran 37 mph (why, yes - I did...) And now back to our regularly scheduled programming of saying YOU ROCK, PINKY!!!! Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Was there another tripod there-a rear leg amputee? I heard that they weren't allowing dogs over the age of 7 to run, so my entire hound family would be disqualified Ace and Fritz are 10 and if they witnessed a fun run happening, they would FLIP OUT wanting to get in there! Not sure how Pinky would react...when she is wound up, she and Ace chase each other in the yard, so she'd probably need Ace to get her to do the fun run We are planning to sleep in the bedroom tonight for the first time since Pinky came home (which was one week ago today). We received a very special gift today-I will start a thread in EEG about it but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greyers Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Pinky looks so fantastic, I can't believe it's only about a week since her surgery! I love her sprightly hopping. She still reminds me a lot of Twiggy, they have the same build and attitude. Just some extra encouragement, we did a fun run at our reunion this past weekend and a tripod ran. She ran at 28mph I believe. Not bad considering that the course was only 90 feet long and most hounds were barely breaking 32-35mph. Hi, Chad - that was Twiggy! In addition to the course being a bit short, she had already been on her (3) feet for 3 hours (an hour a foot )! She's the same one who ran 37 mph 3 weeks earlier at the GPA event. (see Run, Run, Fun Run if you missed it) I have a bit better quality video of this latest run if anyone wants to see it... Several people at the GO reunion asked me if I'd heard about the tripod who recently ran 37 mph (why, yes - I did...) And now back to our regularly scheduled programming of saying YOU ROCK, PINKY!!!! This totally cracked me up!!!! Man twiggy is awesome! Yeah for sleeping in the bedroom! Go pinky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) Was there another tripod there-a rear leg amputee? I heard that they weren't allowing dogs over the age of 7 to run, so my entire hound family would be disqualified Ace and Fritz are 10 and if they witnessed a fun run happening, they would FLIP OUT wanting to get in there! Not sure how Pinky would react...when she is wound up, she and Ace chase each other in the yard, so she'd probably need Ace to get her to do the fun run We are planning to sleep in the bedroom tonight for the first time since Pinky came home (which was one week ago today). We received a very special gift today-I will start a thread in EEG about it but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Yes, there was - Gary (nearly all white). I talked to his person, Wayne, and have been in contact with him since. Gary is on a metronomic protocol including Palladia, and I'm interested in what protocols are out there. Regarding age limit on the run, I didn't hear one, and they didn't ask how old Twiggy is, but since Twiggy just turned 7, I guess she was OK. I would have understood if they didn't let me run her because of being "compromised", but they did (and at least one of the people working the run knew about her GPA run a few weeks ago) - I wouldn't have let her if I'd had any misgivings about it. I do know my wild & crazy girl, after all! I can't wait to hear about Pinky's special gift, and yay for sleeping in the bedroom! (edited for clarity) Edited November 16, 2011 by TwiggysMom Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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