I’m going to try to keep this somewhat short. Ha, we’ll see!
We’ve had some problems concerning Remy’s health. In early March, we noticed Remy had a lump on his front left paw, which caused a limp. If you’ve met Remy, you know he’s incredibly hyperactive and does things that could cause an injury at any time. At first, we disregarded it as a crazy Remy injury. It seemed to get worse, so I took him to the vet. They found it to be some sort of soft tissue lump, but it need a biopsy.
We then started going to CARES in Langhorne, PA, about 45 minutes from our house. In total, he had three biopsies and several chest x-rays before it was determined that it was indeed cancer, but we were unsure what type of cancer. All the biopsies could confirm was it was a slow moving, non-invasive sarcoma that was intruding the joint and bone. We opted for a complete leg amputation as treatment, rather then chemo and/or radiation treatment.
Dr. David Puerto performed the operation. If you ever have an animal that needs this sort of care, I really recommend him! He’s wonderful, professional, and very caring to the animals under his care. We brought Remy in on a Wednesday and thought we would get him back on Saturday or Sunday. I received a call on Thursday morning from Dr. Puerto that Remy was doing very well and was able to go home! I left work and went there immediately. Before leaving, Dr. Puerto popped in and told me he saw his first two-legged urination from Remy. Less then 24 hours from having his leg amputated, he was balancing on two legs to pee like a boy! What a trooper.
Currently, Remy is still healing. He’s doing very well. His attitude is very positive and he walks fine around the house. He still climbs on our window ledge, which he’s NOT supposed to do, nu the manages it on three legs. His hair is growing back, slowly but growing. He gets along well with the other animals and there are no real issues. Overall, we are very happy with the outcome and are very, very happy to still have Remy alive, well, and happy.
Between the medical issues with Remy and my job keeping me very, very busy, I’ve fallen behind on so many things. I’ve lost touch with some friends and am now just catching up with everyone. Soon, Rob and I hope to start another blog. This one will be geared towards to foodies! We make so many meals, we thought, why not photograph it and share what we do? We got a lot of inspiration from Cherie’s blog, which is completely gorgeous. Hope to get that going by the end of the month. I’ll post it when I do!
So if I haven’t contacted you lately, you now know why. I hope to not get that out of touch again!
