Author: gillian

here in the uk we are having a glorious week weather wise it’s warmer thaan summer a bit too hot for a tripawd to be hopping too far. But this post was just to say if we hadn’t found Dizzy’s tumour and ampuated her leg she probably wouldn’t have been here for out indian summer weather. It’s been a week of worry as she had been quiet but today was a great day and I am thankful for the fact that she is still here, happily sprawled out on the sofa

Dizzy won prettiest bitch and everyone fell a little bit in love with her.
I keep getting her ampuversary date muddled but thats not important it has been 4 months as a tripawd but dogs don’t do dates anyway.

well tomorrow it will be 4 months since diagnosis and amputation. we are off to a charity dog show tomorrow so thought i would blog today. this week she has been bowled over by another dog while she was running and slipped in the house and had to go to the vets for blood test to check if her levels have gone back to normal after chemo, so she has not been the happiest of dogs. I have been a worried mum.

But you know what the welcome i got when i came home from work today was just amazing my happy waggy girl was back and demanding her dinner. Good days and bad days but the good days make it so worthwhile.

tomorrow for her ampuversary she will be so spoilt everyone will want to say hello to the special brave tripawd girl. I just hope it doesn’t rain because if it does she will throw a hissy fit and refuse to get out of the car, my girl certainly knows her own mind and i wouldn’t change that for the world

well its been over 3 weeks since Dizzy’s last chemo and she is still doing ok. I tell her everyday that i love her soppy or what, i know she doesn’t understand but one day she wont be here to hear me tell her. I have been worrying recently she seems tired, but on the plus side she still wants to go on her walks she is still a little minx who makes me move from my spot on the sofa because that is where she wants to lay. Her appetitie is back to normal and she loves the attention she gets when out on walks, which oddly she never did when she had 4 legs.
somehow i find it easier now to live one day at a time with her. Don’t get me wrong i want to have hundreds, thousands more days with her she’s my angel my gorgeous special girl who in the four years since we brought her home from the rescue centre has become my heart dog. The thought of her not being here fills me with dread.
I didn’t set out in this post to be sad, i set out to say that she is my amazing girl who makes the most of only having 3 legs with her cheeky personality.
i really should get some picture on of her

3 months yesterday (bad me for forgetting) we had that awful news Dizzy has a tumour and we believe it likely to be cancer so we agreed straight away to have her leg amputated. I still remember the feeling the beating of my heart in my chest, the worry the guilt the questioning of if we made the right choice.

Well chemo is also finished this one hit her a bit harder but she’s doing good.

We had a great walk around the lake today she loves it there it was a bit warm for the beach. Its the longest walk she has had since her surgery but we took it slowly and went at her pace sat down for a rest but she had other ideas and resting was not really on her agenda. The other 2 dogs had such a good time with us and Dizzy was just happy from the minute she got out of ther car all the way round. We bought an ice cream and sat to eat it with some for Dizzy but being the picky saluki princess she is she doesn’t eat outside, so she laid and had a rest while Jasper and Candy (mums dog) had her share of the ice cream but she just wasn’t bothered she was too busy being happy.

As we are having duck for our dinner tonight I think there may be a bit left over for her and some how I don’t think she will turn it down.

days like today just reinforce the fact that we did the right thing

yesterday we were a bit down but a change in the weather has seen a change in the mood and energy levels. dizzy has had 2 short walks including a lovely off lead meander and a very determined attempt (on lead) to get to a cat.

Dizzy seems to be a bit quiet today she doesn”t want to go for a walk but then it’s raining and she hates the rain, what she does want to do is cuddle and cuddle we will. She just loves people these days and seems to want to go everywhere as a family and hates either of us to stay home when she goes for a walk.
The foster dog has found a home to go to so she has less competition for for attention. When i get home from work she is so happy and waggy it just lifts my heart.
I worry everyday that the end isn’t far away (sure lots of us do that have dogs with cancer) each extra day she is with us and pain free is a blessing that I am thankful for.

Dizzy has had a quiet few days just chilling on the sofa while I had a few days off work she hasn’t wanted to go far so she hasn’t she has made the most of the good weather by laying in the garden in the sun. Today she had a couple of nice little walks in the park and made a few new friends human and dog. Since she has had her leg amputated she seems happier to get attention from strangers.
She hasn’t really eaten much for the last few days but if I worry enough and mix some nice stuff in with it she is more willing to eat. But her activity level has gone down so i guess it’s normal for her need for food to have reduced, she is holding her weight ok so as yet I’m not worried I would rather she was a bit slim than heavy anyway.
She still makes me smile she still loves her cuddles and hates cats
A big day tomorrow 3rd chemo so tonight she will have a good meal because knowing her she will only eat small amounts for 5 days after chemo. I hate this cancer i hate what she has to go through but i love her i love that she wags her tail i love that she loves us.
She will be a bit happier as her rival for all the attention my foster dog has found his forever home and will be leaving us on Thursday, Jasper our other dog doesn’t demand attention and just lets Dizzy get away with it. This post is a bit all over the place but I think that sums up the state of my mind at the minute.

To think she was once an unloved stray skinny and terrified my how her life has changed since she has been here, because I wouldn’t have done this for her if I didn’t love her and know she is tough enough to cope

I couldn’t work out how to put pics up on the forum so put them in the blog instead we are 7 weeks and 2 chemo sessions in doing well most of the time. After chemo it seems to take her about a week to get her appetite back