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Marlie is an eleven year old retired racing greyhound, although she never actually raced and instead spent her early years as a blood donor dog. She came to us and her 'brother' greyhound, Digit, after being rehomed a few times ( through no fault of her own) at 9 years young. "Derpy" ( as she is affectionally called) is a gentle soul who loves everyone after meeting them for a few minutes...although she is not impressed when breakfast is late. Marlie had her amputation on November 05, 2012 on her rear right leg. She was diagnosed formally with Osteosarcoma on November 13,2012.
Our little derpy is now resting after another car ride and busy morning at the vet. ( she received some ice cream as a treat for being so good and she happily shared it with her brother). the best part is that when she has space to move, she really gets moving with her three […]
Osteosarcoma. This word is every greyhound owners nightmare. And as of 1030 this morning, its now my little Marlie’s reality. Im so confused being that everything had pointed to something else. No signs in any X-ray, the fact that she had a mass on her leg in what we were told was the muscle….nothing seemed […]
Today was a good day. More rest, getting better with the hopping and better balance. It’s also still snowing and making it tricky to hop onto the grass– which is necessary because that’s where Derpy needs to poo! Seems her poo schedule is back on track along with her eating.
Last night Marlie was cleared for take off and we got to bring her home! The swelling in her leg has gone down and everything else is looking pretty good. She seemed to be a little high to us yesterday, and kind of groggy, but that could be because she hasn’t been getting all her […]
Just saw our girl and she actually looked a lot better than i prepared myself for! she was happy to see us (even though she was pretty stoned!) and happily munched down the treats we brought. she then just wanted to rest and get some cuddles while she dozed on and off. We spoke to […]
Yesterday, was the big surgery and it sounds like it went well. Some bruising, pain killers through an epidural, and pretty much a drugged up little greyhound. Just spoke with her surgeon this morning, she wants to keep here there another day/ night at the hospital. Her vital signs are good, no bleeding from the […]
Well, tomorrow’s the big day… less than 12 hours. I’m a wreck. Marlie, not so much. We spent the weekend playing “Marlie’s favourite Things!” ( of course, said in an Oprah voice). We went for pictures with Santa, ate tons of treats ( although I did not partake on the raw chicken backs), went shopping […]
So, almost a month since she had begun limping and two weeks after the confirmation that it was cancer, we agreed ( we being me and Hubby) that Marlie would be happiest and in the least amount of pain by going through with the amputation. This is after a lot of talk with our Greyhound […]
