Month: March 2021

This is the closest picture I have to his actual surgery. That’s because I deleted others from my camera roll. When he came home his whole body was wrapped in this tight cloth. He had such a difficult time moving. He was throwing up and wouldn’t eat at all. It was very horrifying. I believe Jake is hypersensitive and the anesthesia messed with him. With no appetite I couldn’t get the antibiotics into him that he desperately needed. So he went back to the vets for another 5 days for IV dispensing of the medication. It was an extremely tough time but we got through it and here he is 2 weeks later.
Because of all this, I decided I didn’t want those pictures to remind me of that trying time!!

I thought it was time to lighten things up. Here is a picture of Jake happy as a clam 4 months after surgery. He’s a pawsitive little guy!
My next couple of posts will show Jake in the early days after surgery.

When the cancer regrowth was so rapid we knew we had to do something. The oncologist said radiation wasn’t an option due to the cancer being in the elbow, and because a soft tissue sarcoma is so aggressive. Jake’s veterinarian agreed. After much deliberation we decided to amputate the leg and give Jake a chance to enjoy life on 3. Our oncologist recommended Tripawds and I am so grateful I found you to help us through this!!

Here is the oncology report. There was a pathology report prior to this done with the mass that was removed. Here is part of the oncology report when Jake was referred to the oncologist by our veterinarian.

In the fall of 2019 Jake developed a growth on his left front elbow. It was growing rather fast so into the vet we went. It was decided to surgically try to remove it and get a pathology report.
Jake seemed unaware of the tumor and could run fine.