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Sooo sorry to hear the news. With our Max, who had OS, we did palliative care, and gave LOTS of love! It was a very good three months, for the most part. Spoil your boy rotten!!!!! Sending you all the love we can give, and many many prayers! Dee and The Five -------------------- SM Bold Energy, Dasher, and Max, waiting at The Bridge!

Welcome, ronka68! You might want to start a new topic thread about your girl. We do have some members here that have gone through amp/chemo with various results. We do have a few dogs that are 2, or even 3 years post amputation and still doing well. However, they are in the minority. Much depends on how early your hound is diagnosed, if the osteo has already spread, and how agressive their particular case of osteo might be. I would...

You mean like this!? or of my 4, Teddy has the most baldness and the hair he does have is very thin/fine/ Elsie has a thick lush coat and so did Beau before the pred. Chloe had bald spots however she was hypothyroid and after on the correct meds, she gre back a lot of the hair she had lost.

Actually, there are vets all over the place out here. I called around when we first moved here, and got hooked up with a grey-savvy vet pretty quickly, but she left. I called around again, but no one claimed to be really knowledgeable about sighthounds, though some said they had a few as patients. I ended up with this guy because his clinic is the bloodbank where my boys give blood, and because he seemed more knowledgeable than the vet right...

For God's sakes!! I am so so sorry -------------------- In loving memory of Snowy, Turbo, Amy, Hershey, Emmy & Andy, Jack, Bonnie Twist, Gogh, and my own beautiful Misty, who takes with her a huge piece of my heart, 5/2/09, Loca, LeeLee, Halo, Thane, Outlaw, and the Flashman

I'm sorry. It's a hard place to be, where you are. I hope he has many good days yet, and that the two of you make many smiles together. -------------------- Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess, litter #75616), Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back, litter #22999), and mom in Illinois We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, and Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08.

That's horrendous. A few studies show if it's recognized early enough when it's grade 1 or 2, chemo would work. It doesn't work once it's Grade 3 or 4. I found this out too late though. Our Cullen died from retroperitoneal hemangiosarcoma in Feb 08. It was in the abdominal wall muscles near his left hip. It grew fast once we could see it. He didn't have lots of them; I saw two, one of which was removed. I emailed...

So very, very sorry for your loss.

That's a very good idea, Diane Glad to hear that Abby is doing fine -------------------- Kristin (the mommy) in Moline, IL USA :) with the littermate pairs: the greyhounds: Ace (Fantastic Ace) and Fritz (Fritz Fire): 93681 Flying Oak X Clare Sandy* and the kitties: Violet and Rose Also with Pinky (Pick Me): 19171 Be My Bubba x Aisforangelica , Sutra (Fliowa Sutra), and Latte the IG Quad Cities Greyhound Adoption