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Lucy update: 4 April 2012
Overly-ambitious, a photo by bad9brad on Flickr. Lucy had her annual exam today. Everything appears okay with her: her teeth are in good shape, her heart and lung sounds were good, and she’s lost a bit of weight since the … Continue reading
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Warm day at the dog park
Warm day at the dog park, a photo by bad9brad on Flickr. An impromptu visit to the dog park at lunchtime. For the 9th of March it was pretty warm and sunny.
Sweet dreams
Lucy was sleeping peacefully a few hours after returning home from the vet hospital.
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Tri-pawed
After scheduling Lucy’s amputation surgery for tomorrow (Monday) morning, I’ve been doing some reading and research about three-legged dogs. Although several people made jokes about changing her name to “Hop-a-long” or “Tripod,” I’ve discovered that a lot of people with … Continue reading
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We Tried
After two and half years of fighting Lucy’s leg injury with bandages, a toe amputation and an arthrodesis surgery, we’ve come to the point where a decision had to be made: continue spending time and money to “save” the leg … Continue reading
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Lucy Update 03 April 2011
We visited the surgeon twice last week: once on Monday for a simple bandage change and again on Thursday to actually speak to the doctor (and have another bandage change). Good news! The bandage is coming off on Tuesday! The … Continue reading
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Lucy update: 07 March 2011
Lucy has completed three days of treatment for her Staph pseudointermedius infection and so far everything is going very well. She had another urinalysis and renal panel today and both show no signs of complications from the Amikacin (namely, kidney … Continue reading
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Lucy update: 05 March 2011
Lucy went to the surgical center for a check of her incision from the surgery to remove the metal plate from her leg. They also replaced the bandage and checked her lab culture results. Bad news: She has an infection … Continue reading