More Hope..

I will continue to update this blog for now on…

I want to thank everyone who took time to read this. When I first heard of Gus’ diagnosis I didn’t know where to start. All I wanted to know was, how do I give my best friend the best chance of living.

My wife found this site. I asked her to look around for stories of hope. We all need those stories. I tell remind my wife, that the end of April 2019, is when Gus started limping. Could this be the first time he felt the cancer? If so then it will be 2 years. I am looking at July 2019 as our two years.

For those of you who are looking for hope. Look at my boy. Hes the same dog. When I walk around with him, I hear people say “Poor Puppy” I look at them and say “Don’t say Poor Puppy, Hes Very Happy.” I think to myself “Poor Us, If I lost a limb, how would I feel. Would I be able to recover like Gus?”

After Gus had his amputation I made these benchmarks.

• Lets get to chemo treatment #4
• Lets make it to through Chemo
• Lets make it to July 2018
• Lets make it to Christmas 2018
• Now it like Lets make it to July 2019!!

We still get X-Rays once every 3 months, only cause we do not want to be blindsided. Our Vet walked in after the last one and said “Gus is a Fucking Miracle”.

One of my biggest flaws is I am a person that has to or feel like I have control of all situations . It was very hard not to have control of this. In setting the benchmarks I had to keep in mind not to get lost when the next bench mark is but to enjoy the time between benchmarks.

I never really realized how many people loved our Gus. When we told friends and family he had cancer, I was shocked at the support from everyone we received. I know all of Gus’ vets and nurses first names now. I had people on Snapchat who want to see Gus. I will post videos when I figure out how to post them.

Its a ruff road and expensive but well worth it.

His brother Miggy is very protective. We went to a dog beach and a dog accidentally knocked over Gus playing fetch and Miggy ran after him barking like a mad man. When a dog runs up to Gus and sniffs where his leg used to be, Miggy runs up and gets in his face and barks at him like a Mad Man. Gus and Miggy still wrestle (I will post videos of it) everyday. Miggy first meets other dogs it takes a while for him to warm up to them. Now When Miggy sees another TriPawd he is very kind and gentle to them. It shows you other dogs understand and have a higher understanding than we give them credit.

You have to make adjustments. We cannot go on really long walks. If we go to the puppy park or beach we have to make sure he rest the next day. We had to get runners and a throw rug for our living room (Our home is all tile). Gus used to sleep by my side of the bed and let me pet him when I went to bed. He doesn’t do that anymore (Its probably a little difficult for him now) but when I am gone on a long trip he gets up out of his bed and lays next to me like he used to, I think it’s caused he missed me. There are times that I forget he only has three legs and when he get up it shocks me.

All of it is worth it cause I still have my guy around.

Gus’ bruising after his surgery… Our vet said its common. The body’s way of healing itself.

March 2019