BuffyTheDane

19/2/13 We just got back from Roseworthy and I got back my ‘piece of mind’. Clearly it’s me who needs the chill pill or maybe a really large scotch. The vet took the stitches out whilst we were there and gave her a really thorough once over. He has changed her antibiotics & given her […]

On the whole Buffy’s doing really well. I took her bandage off on the 15th and the wound is looking good. She is more unsettled though & whimpers at times. I don’t know if it’s pain although she lays on the stump & I can touch it without any issues, maybe aches from somewhere else […]

15/2/13 Today I caught Buffy for the first time really giving her bandage a once over (it’s the first time I’ve had to use the ‘cone of silence’ not just threaten her with it). I guess the area must be itchy with the healing process not to mention the hair growing back. The bandage was […]

14/2/13 Odin is our 9 month old Great Dane. He has been really good with Buffy only getting over excited a couple of times and jumping on her trying to get her to play.  

9/2/13 I think the drug patch Buffy is wearing is starting to wear off. She seems a little more unsettled and I think her wound is starting to annoy her. I don’t want to put the cone of silence on her if I don’t have to which means watching her constantly. Total for today from […]

7/2/13 About 1.00am I managed to get Buffy up and out for another drink. When I mentioned ‘wee’ she took off at a hoppy run, I had to let go of the towel I was holding trying to help her stay steady. Felt a little silly saying “wait for me, wait for me, so I […]

5/2/13 Dropped Buffy off for her surgery at 8.30am. The look of panic on her face as I left was heartbreaking. The surgeon called at 7.00pm – the surgery went well & Buffy’s good. They’ve had to take the whole leg because there was not enough muscle to wrap around a stump of bone but […]

25/1/2013 Back from oncologist with all questions answered but more questions created because they discovered that Buffy has cardiomyopathy. The oncologist said that if the heart was 100% Buffy is a perfect candidate for amputation if another chest X-ray is clear. Now the heart has put a question mark on that. Next week I take […]

(I’ve been documenting everything that has happened so far but it is too much to put into one post, well I think so anyway, so I will split them up into 5 parts.) 17/1/2013 Buffy, has been diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer). It is in the ankle of her right back leg. Her chest x-ray […]

It’s scary when a family member (doesn’t matter if they have 2 or 4 legs) is diagnosed with cancer. It becomes even more scary when you’re told that it is the most painful of them all – bone cancer. Our family member inflicted with this enemy is Buffy our 7 ½ year old Great Dane. […]