Oct 29
Fallon is doing OK, she’s just being a dog all day long. She’s got some struggles, her right front leg is still swollen, we’re treating that. We debate whether she is sleeping well or not. But she’s going about her Fallon day and business as usual—the new normal day and business. I, on the other […]
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Oct 28
I don’t know why I feel so upset. We knew this was the most likely diagnosis going into all this, I’ve been describing it that way since the beginning, but our doctor just called to discuss the biopsy results, which confirmed osteosarcoma. “Discuss” is all relative, because there’s really little to say–it sucks. But he […]
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Oct 27
I wake up at 6AM and take the dogs out every morning. This morning, Fallon did not want to walk, she planted herself and wouldn’t move initially. Eventually, she moved, and got to the top of the stairs, and I helped her down with her harness—which always happens in our new normal, only she didn’t […]
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Oct 24
Things went very well at the follow up visit to the surgeon. Fallon didn’t seem nervous as we went in, and that was a very good omen. She historically gets super shaky at the vet. She was cool with it today. Fallon went off to get her stitches removed, while her Dad and I went […]
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Oct 24
Things seem to be going OK, sometimes seem better, and sometimes seem worse. Fallon is getting around more easily, and she’s laying down pretty expediently, compared to the time she spent trying to lay down the first few days after she came home. We’ve been walking down the street, probably about half a block and […]
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