Maggie's Blog

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Happy New Year!!!

Hi Tripawd Family and Happy New Year!

Today, we celebrated another year with Maggie as she passed her 3 year post amputation surgery from Osteosarcoma. We are blessed to have her with us to ring in another new year. She is still cancer free and is enjoying her life.

She is still doing great, loves her walks and naps. We continue to keep her on a special protein diet (EVO dry and Salmon Wet). She also gets special cookies that are all natural for her treats.

And today of course, she got some special cooked chicken to her meal today to celebrate her awesome achievement, Her brother Cody also benefited from it too!

From Maggie’s Moms,

Kathy and Tracy

Maggie Doing her Favorite Thing!

Maggie on her way to breakfast, stopping at the banister!

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Hi Tripawd Family,

I just wanted to say “Happy Birthday” to my precious Mags! Today she turned 14 and loved eating her special birthday cake. She also shared it with her brother Cody!
She is still doing really great after more than 2 and 1/2 years after her surgery.
Kathy, maggies mom

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Today is my Maggie’s 2nd year Ampuversary… For the tripawd world, that means 2 years after her amputation from osteosarcoma. The doctors gave her 14 months, and I am happy to report she is still with us and doing great. I can’t tell you how blessed I feel today. Two years ago today, I was devastated to think I would lose her so soon. However, there were other plans for her. So today, I lift up my head to the heavens and whisper a “Thank You!” from my heart. So from me and Mags, love up your puppies today!

This cake is SO good!

Hi Tripawd Family,
Maggie celebrated her 13th birthday on July 15th, 2011. As you can see in the picture, she really enjoyed her cake. We are also happy to report that it has been 18 months since Maggie’s surgery. She is still doing great and loves her walks. We are so blessed that she is doing great and continues to be the most amazing companion one could hope for. She’s truly my angel!
Kathy and Tracy – Maggie’s moms

VIDEO —>   Maggie in the Snow

Hi Tripawd Family,

Maggie has passed her 15 month Ampuversary! I have posted this video of Maggie in the snow. She is seen here running in the snow just after one of our recent March storms in the Sierra Foothills in California.

She is doing very well and has been very healthy and cancer free.

I just wanted to share this cute video with you all and wishing you all a happy spring.

Kathy (Maggie’s mom)

Hello Tripawd Family,

This week we are celebrating Maggie’s 1 year Ampuversary! I have attached a video of her playing with a xmas gift from her grandma. Maggie continues to do well. She is a slim and trim 56 pounds, which is good for her arthritis. Maggie turned 12  this past year. She’ll be 13 in July .

I cannot tell you how happy I am at this point to have my baby mags here to celebrate this new year. Last year at this time, we didn’t think she’d be here, but she is! I still pray every night for God to keep her in his hands.

She is so funny, loves to play, and can’t wait for her walks. She even teases her brother Cody on occasion.

We continue to feed her EVO dry and wet food, with a splash of fish oil. She continues to get the wheat type of cookie treats, which she loves. She gets her daily dose lovin’ from us, which I know gives both of so much happiness.

Sorry we haven’t posted in a while, it’s been crazy here at home, new jobs, etc… but we are happy to report that she is really doing great.

From Tracy, Maggie, Cody, and myself, I want to say “Happy New Year”, and for those who have just started this journey, I pray for your strength and courage to hang in there and never give  up!

Kathy, Mag’s Mom

Here’s a link to a you-tube video of her playing with her Christmas toy’

Video

Here are some recent pictures of Maggie

This is how I wait for my mom to give me a treat!

Today is Maggie’s 7 month Ampuversary! She is doing well and loves to go on her walks. I had to start leashing her again because she kept running fast after squirrels and cats. Sometimes in the street after them, so I had to keep her near and dear! I figured, since she had three legs, how fast can she really go? Well, too fast sometime .
We are feeding her EVO brand dry low fat, and EVO canned (Just a couple of teaspoons). She also gets a squirt of fish oil, and I occasionally give her low fat cottage cheese or yogurt. She loves it all.
We just recently saw another Tripawd around the corner to where we live. It seems that dog is doing just fine too.
Maggie’s appetite is really good, and he loves her nightly massages. I am SO happy that she is doing well and still with us. I cherish every single day she’s here. She’s the first one I see when I wake up and the last one I see when I go to bed. She’s a fantastic loving dog and I am glad to share her story with you all. Maggie’s Mom, Kathy

Nothing much to update – it’s just been a while.  Maggie continues to do well – happy to eat and go for a walk.  Last night we took her for a walk and she scared us by running across the street to great another dog.  We just didn’t think she’d do that (any more) but she did and luckily there were no cars.  Still gotta watch that girl!!  It’s hot today, but she still came upstairs to sit with me – which is actually unusual  She’s usually lazier than that.  We’re just happy every day she is happy and pain free!!

Last weekend we took Maggie over to a friends house who has a pool.  This is the 1st time we’ve given her the opportunity to swimi since her sugery.  She was AMAZING!!  Wanted to jump right in, but we made her put on a life vest first.  She swam back a forth chasing her new friend Riley.  When she began listing to 1 side we made her get out and she was not happy about that!  She’ll definitely be doing more swimming this summer.  Here’s a picture

Today was Maggie’s 1 month anniversary after finishing chemo.  She continues to do very well.  Today she did a lot of hopping around and investigating for lizards, squirrels, and skunks.  Thankfully she did not find skunks.  We have slightly modified her diet to include more fish oil in place of flax seed oil.  Her energy level continues to be good for her age (almost 12) and her tripawd-ness.  All in all things are going better than i hoped.

The next milestone is a chest xray at the 2 month mark.  Not sure if we should do it as i am not sure what we could/should do if she has tumors  in her lungs.  As we are already watching her like a hawk for changes in her comfort level – do we need to know if the cancer has spread until we suspect it has?