Not sure WHY I’m going back in time, since these times weren’t the best of times for Mags but I found these two photo’s and thought I would add to her blog for the ‘history’ of her life and times as a Tripawd.
This first photo is obviously before amputation. She had just had her biopsy of her VERY swollen knee the day prior to this photo. See the swelling on the inside of her knee…that is from the biopsy. You can also see her muscle is atrophied up on her butt. It was a VERY long week from the time of the biopsy to the time of amputation. The day could NOT come soon enough to be rid of that swollen, VERY painful leg. I guess this photo just reminds me that I DID make the right decision for SURE! By the time her leg got this swollen, she was having a hard time in the yard on grass to get her foot placed correctly and not step on the top of it. A sad, sad situation…
And this photo was taken in November (surgery was October 20, 2009). The photo is dated 2007! My camera acts up on the date printed on it…so now I have it shut off!!! This was Maggie’s very FIRST walk after her amputation and recouperating from being so sick after surgery for 2 weeks with a low grade fever and not wanting to eat. This again, proves to me that Maggie’s life now is soooooooo much better! She’s a happy girl – even if she can’t do all the things she used to…she can, to a degree now AND without that painful leg!
Maggie’s treatments for her soft tissue cancer are as follows: each meal she gets Transfer Factors, mushrooms, Omega 3 oil, Vertex supplement for her muscles and Glycoflex III for her joints. She gets Sempervivum Tectorum LM3, Lapis Albus LM3 and Carc-P 200C+1 homeopathic remedies per her homeopathic vet, Dr. Charles Loops in NC. These remedies are rotated daily(twice a day) with two of them and then on the 5th day, she gets the Carc-P remedy. Each time I run out of a remedy, Dr. Loops sends another but increases the strength of it. ( www.charlesloopsdvm.com/ ).
I love my girl and I’m soooooooooo happy she’s still here with me! She’s been having pretty good times all in all…this was a picture I took of her last week…so I’d say she looks pretty content now 🙂 Sometimes she over does it and she has to have an occasional NSAID but all in all I’m very happy with how things have turned out for her. Yes, I’d LOVE it if she could do her walks like she used to be able to, for instance, BUT we do what we can do. We play agility(downscaled for her safety) and rally obedience or walk for shorter times and we just love that she’s still here with us and we get to spoil her even MORE than she was already!
So from the first picture of her leg to this last picture of her taking a break after playing for a bit in the water, I’d say she’s a picture of health – well, minus a leg I guess! 😉
Tracy, the very proud Mom of Maggie the STILL AgileCowDog on 3 legs 🙂