As I had mentioned here, Sasha was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, and Carlos and I have decided to proceed with the amputation of front her right arm. Her surgery was scheduled for Wednesday, March 14th, a week after we received her diagnosis. The days leading to the surgery, Sasha was in a lot of pain, and […]
Sasha has continued to improve. She gets around just fine now, and is even able to jump up onto, and down from the sofa. The pain around the surgery site is minimal. She often chooses to lay on her right side now, and Liliana and I are able to pet her near, and even on […]
I’m sorry for not having posted in a while, as you all know, it has been been a rough couple of weeks. Since I have shared Sasha’s health situation, I thought I’d share a video with you. Sasha, the day of her surgery, on our way to Dr.N’s office: I’ll post an update on Sasha […]
Sasha continues to do well. We brought her back from the vet’s office on Thursday after having her right arm amputated due to a tumor on her humerus caused by osteosarcoma. Her pain seems to have diminished greatly even though we have begun to ween her off of her pain meds. She wags her tail […]
Sasha is doing so much better. She is no longer whimpering, and she is getting around well. She can even get up and down the three steps of our deck when she needs to go outside to do her business. She hasn’t needed help to lay down for two days, and she is beginning to perk up […]
Sunday, March 18, 2012: Sasha wags her tail for the first time since she came home from the amputation.
Sasha’s first night home after amputation of her right arm was very difficult on all of us. She was in a lot of pain, and dysphoric. Her eyes were wide open the entire night, and she was doing something that she never did – whimper. Sasha has been through some serious stuff in her life, […]
Today, Thursday, March 15, is the day that we go to pick up our Sasha from the Vet after amputation of her right arm due to osteosarcoma. Liliana and I are feeling many emotions as we get closer to the vet’s office. How will Sasha react when she sees us? How will we feel when […]
When I wrote my last post/entry, Liliana and I had just learned that our eleven year old American bulldog, Sasha, had a tumor on her right humerus. Our vet, Dr. N., and Dr. Clary, an orthopedic surgeon, agree that the tumor is likely the result of a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. After speaking […]
Tuesday, March 6th was a very sad day at the Ruano house. Liliana answered her phone, and it was Dr. N. on the other end. He was calling to give us his findings about why Sasha had developed an increasingly worsening limp due to pain in her front right arm. In the back of our […]