We adopted Morgan 7 years ago. We were searching for a pup to keep our Lab mix Emmitt company. We had recently lost his former cohort Cleo, and he was lonely. So while browsing through the thousands of shelter dogs on petfinder.com, I came across Morgan. We brought her home and she and Emmitt were the buddies! We lost Emmitt on Dec 15, 2009. Apparently, once you are a 2 dog house, you will ALWAYS be a 2 dog house. Just as Emmitt missed his playmate, Morgan was very sad and midding her Emmitt. So in April of this year we adopted another little rescue mutt, named Evo. Evo is about 9 months old now, and her and Morgan are best friends!
So now for the morerecent part of Morgans story. On September 3, I took Morgan to the vet because she had been limping. I had her to the the vet for this same limp over a month before that, and we figured she had pulled something. She had ACL surgery early this year, and we thought that she may have been compensating for that leg a little, and ended up pulling something in her front paw. So when I took her in still limping after over a month of Rimadyl, and restricted activity, we decided that we shoud get some X-rays. So they took Morgan to the back to do the X-Rays, and I waited, and waited, and waited… She has had 2 ACL surgeries, so I know how long X-Rays take, and this was too long. Finally the Doc came back into the room (without Morgan) and gave me the horrible news. I was in shock! I was able to hold it together and ask a few semi-intellignt questions for a few minutes. But once they brought Morgan in, I fell apart, and cried like a baby. I tried to get some more information from the vet, but wasn’t very focused. So I took Morgan home, and started doing some reading. There really is a lot of information out there on Canine Osteosarcoma these days. That is when I found Tripawds…. thank God! I read a lot on the Tripawds site, as well as many other sites. With an unbelieveable amount of information and support from the others at Tripawds, we made the decision to Amputate. Morgan had her surgery on Sept 14, 2010.
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4 responses to “May as well start from the begining…”
morgan, you are some good looking gal!!! that evo is a show stopper as well!! sorry to hear about your surgery, none of us want to be here, but geesh, welcome anyway. hope you are home resting…and your recovery is going ok. remember, take many, many medicinal naps…and make sure you get lots of treats too…
gayle
How is Morgan doing today? She is adorable. Glad you found this site- LOTS of great info and TONS of support from the members.
I love the picture of Morgan and Evo hanging out together! Got the whole black and white thing going !!!
It was a shock for me too to hear that Chloe was diagnosed with cancer. Amputation certainly extended the quantity and quality of her life. We hope that is true for Morgan too!
-Chloe’s mom
Morgan, tell your Mom thanks for sharing all the details. It’s stories like yours that give hope to those who find themselves going through this turmoil. We hope we’ve made it just a bit easier for your Mom, you and your pack. Stay strong my friend!