Hello All!
On April 3, 2015 I found out that my 4 year old Great Pyrenees who had been limping for about 2 weeks most likely had bone cancer in his back left hip. Our vet asked us to follow up in 30 days to confirm our fears. However, Max had other plans. Two weeks after our initial appointment we returned to the vet to find out the mass in his bone had grown by about 200%. We immediately scheduled his amputation surgery, and 3 days later he was a tripawd. He is now 2 weeks post op and seems to be getting around okay as long as he has his traction control socks on… without those… don’t even think about it. Since he hates them we have ordered him some sticky pads that are self adhesive, to stick to his paw pads. If those don’t work, we will get him some toe grips. Anyway…. A week after surgery, the biopsy did confirm that he has/d osteosarcoma, so I am glad we caught it when we did.
A little background on our boy, 2 years ago he was diagnosed with Addisons Disease (his body does not produce steroid), and 3 years ago he had Osteochrondosis cartilage removal surgery from his front left shoulder. He has been through quite the trials during his 4 years on earth, and I hope this is the last speed bump… for our speed bump. We have loved him since he was 10 weeks old, and we consider him our first born… our second would be our human daughter Aven (pictured below with him weeks before his surgery).
