Another Amazing Tripawds Three Legged Dog Blog
Diet: Note: The vet is recommending a RAW diet for Hyde since we are not going to be doing Chemo/Traditional treatments. Since this is not something either Hyde or I have experienced she gave suggestions for reading material and/or already formulated diets that we can try. For now she suggests that we begin feeding raw […]
Yesterday we visited a new vet, Natural Pet, (http://www.naturalpetfamily.com/) in Bourbonnais, IL for the first time. I was recommended to check them out by my primary vet. I had anticipated our visit because the phone conversation we had about a week ago was so welcoming and open. I am thrilled to tell you that our visit […]
Yesterday Hyde’s stitches were removed- I was surprised at how fast of a visit it was. We were in an out of the vet within 30 minutes. Everyone thought he looked great and was so happy to see him. I could hear them in the background… Hyde slow down, Hyde this way, Hyde you’re so […]
Day 12 – Hyde is done with his Rimadyl, so yesterday and today he has been on Tramadyl (1 pill -2x per day) glucosamine (1 pill-2x per day) and 1 fish oil pill each day. I’ve changed his diet from dog food to human food. Over the last several days I’ve been researching “The Cancer Diet,” […]
I took Hyde to the vet this morning because over the last 2 days I noticed he was extra tired. Yesterday when petting his neck area he cried twice and while eating his food he yelped. His tail has been between his legs so it’s obvious that something is off. I wanted them to take […]
Yesterday was the first day of Spring and Hyde was smiling away on our after school walk. I was a little worried about him not greeting me at the door because he was too busy sleeping. As I was worrying we went outside, he wanted to walk to the end of the block and the. […]
One step farther on the recovery journey today, Hyde dogg got his Fentnyl patch removed. At the vet he showed off how good he was feeling by standing on his back two legs to greet a fellow patient and then jumping on his back two legs to greet the nurse that operated on him (for […]
Hyde was all smiles when his first visitors (my parents) came to see him today. The company had him very excited, acting like nothing ever happened to him. The visit definitely wore him out, he’s been soundly sleeping ever since they left. I’m very excited that he has an appointment at the vet tomorrow to […]
Hyde Pod is doing great day 4! He ate a mix of his dog food and ground beef. Today is the first day, since a few weeks before surgery, that he would eat dog food. It’s like he didn’t want to be bothered before. Everyday he’s getting closer to his routine. He even wanted to […]
In 1.5 week’s time the tumor on Hyde’s shoulder blade (scapula) grew from invisible on the x-rays to a large grape. From the time he was diagnosed (Thursday) to surgery (following Tuesday) it grew even more. The tumor was pushing out on his muscles and caused his shoulder to look like this:
