To amputate or not? It’s personal between you and your dog!

My fathers name is Louis and yes he inspired me to name my dog Louie. Maybe that’s why Louie is so special because he sure has the heart and spirit my dad does.

My Dad frets a bit about Louie when he stands or scrambles and hops over for kisses and hugs. Louie has never been the type of dog to pity himself and this amputation is no different.

For those of you considering whether to amputate or not you in for quite a struggle.

Personally, when I first found out Louie had OS NO ONE COULD HAVE CONVINCED ME TO AMPUTATE!

So what changed my mind?

Louie of course!

I will never forget the day I came home and let Louie out of his kennel and told him to wait for me that I would be back after feeding the horses. When I came down the hill, Louie wasn’t waiting for me. Instead, he was over on our porch. Within seconds I knew something was wrong! Louie was laying on the porch with his eyes squinting and his paw was so swelled up! I coaxed him up to get him in the house and bless his heart even though the pain was unbearable he made it inside of the doors and collapsed. I was so frightened and called up my friend and told her to come home I thought Louie had broken his leg.

I will never forget the flood of mixed emotions. Here I was for months thinking I would Never amputate and now obviously something had to be done. I remember talking about putting Louie down and in fact, I called the local vet and talked with a bitch on the phone (that’s what I thought at the time of her even though she helped me make a great decision because she was so rude and difficult) telling her that I thought Louie had broken his leg…… She argued they were closing in 15 minutes and that the Dr had a family and wanted to go home to have dinner. Funny thing I never told her I was initially calling about putting Louie down! I argued that she should not make decisions for the Dr and asked to talk with him. She put me on hold!  While I waited I thought….WHY AM GIVING UP ON LOUIE? Here after months of taking him 2 hrs one way to the holistic doctor for his herbs and all the vets and doctors and vet technicians that were involved with Louie’s health….why was I giving up on him?

I hung the phone up and sat crumbled crying in the chair and asked Louie to please give me a sign telling me amputation was ok! Louie stood up on 3 paws and even though in a lot of pain hopped over to me and hit my hands making me pet him. If there was a sign this was it. Here my dog even though in extremem pain hopped over to me on 3 legs showing me he could do it!

Now the rest is history! I didn’t give up and Louie had his leg amputated the next morning and we are now learning to walk on 3 legs, still taking our herbs, still driving the 2 hrs every few weeks to Dr Palmquist to get his checkup and his herbs.

I AM SO GLAD THAT RUDE WOMAN AT THE VET PUT ME ON HOLD AND I’M SO GLAD LOUIE GAVE ME A SIGN TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT GIVE UP ON HIM!

Here’s some recent picks of Louie with my Dad! The 2 Louies! LOL

Author: belai123

Louie is a 6 1/2 year old who was diagnosed with OS cancer in his front leg in June 2012. He had his leg amputated Aug 2012. We decided no chemo and he is instead taking herbs prescribed by Dr Palmquist in Inglewood, CA. The holistic care for cancer prescribes to the idea that if you treat the immune system, the liver and overall health of the body, the body then can fight the cancer or disease. Louie is going strong and we are working on getting his body strong enough to take him to visit the Cancer patients, especially the children, at the Loma Linda Hospital to encourage them to believe! Our motto is "Surviving Cancer one herb at a time"! Louie is also taking Artemisinin to attack whatever cancer cells he might have. View all posts by belai123