chickentikka Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Fingers crossed for Nog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytgirl Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Come on Nog, get better sweetie xx thinking of everyone worrying about this lovely lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Thanks guys, I'm sorry but I'm an emotional wreck at the moment, this is my worst nightmare coming true. Nog hasn't been kept in at the vets he's home here with us, he's high as a kite on opiate and painkillers, his leg is immobilised in heavy bandaging which has by necessity had to be stuck directly onto his skin and can only be removed under a full GA tomorrow. We have been desperately trying to get him to have a wee and a drink but he won't/can't go at the moment, most of the time he's been laying on his bed panting hard with either myself or Rob alongside him. The news isn't brilliant, we have several possible scenarios the best we can hope for is that it is a fracture at the very tip of the tibia just on the hock of his left hind leg, next best is a fracture of the hock itself which will require surgery, the worst case scenario is that this is a bone tumor which has collapsed - i.e. osteosarcoma. 6 years ago we lost our 8 yr old lurcher Olaf to the same thing in almost identical circumstances, so oesteo is something I know a great deal about and which I have said I never ever EVER wanted to have to go through again ... and here we are .... Nog is himself only 8 years old. Jane our vet is the same vet who treated Olaf, she knows I know what the prognosis's are, she also knows how I dreaded this ever happening again, tomorrow morning both she and the other vet at the partnership will both have a look under GA and see what is going on, they will both interpret the xrays and they will come to a joint recommendation, we have been told that we need to discuss this evening what we think we will do if the news is that it's oesteo as if we decide to pts they'll keep him under the GA until we can get there. I will be sleeping on the floor tonight alongside Nog - not that I expect to sleep. I am struggling to keep from falling apart and the tears won't stop whenever I try and think about what we will do if the news is bad. Rob is telling me not to give up, but I strongly suspect Jane let him come home with us because she fears the worst. I hope and pray thats not the case. We are unlikely to have any news before mid morning tomorrow, and I'll be praying hard that I will be able to kick myself for being such a worry wart over nothing. We don't know what happened, one moment he was running hard like he always does the next he was holding the leg high and crying in pain, for once Rob had not taken his mobile with him - sods law that - and so my poor Nog and Rob had to struggle home as best they could - including navigating a valley and a stream at the bottom. Nog has been so so good honest to god my dog is bombproof and if anything proved it - then its been tonight, he was in tremendous pain, and I had to extend the leg and hold it while it was examined, he didn't cry, he didn't struggle, god if he'd gone to bite it would have been perfectly understandable, instead he licked my arm and my face and merely whimpered when it got a bit too much when the opiate was given, so much for wimpy greyhounds! Not this one! The hock has a swelling the size of an orange - it looks pretty bad and Jane says she could feel grating so it seems likely there is a fracture at the very least. He didn't fall, and was on the straight, possibly he's put his foot in a hole but we just don't know. Please think don't be osteo thoughts as hard as you can - of all the possible cancers this one is amongst the worst, we will give Nog every chance - he's my soul dog and I can't lose him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpole Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 oh god no poor nog all the positive thoughts in the world from here and to snowball and rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hope you and Nog can manage to get a bit of sleep tonight, and that the news is not as bad as you fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Im so glad he is home with you, where everything is familiar for him. lots of positive thoughts for him untill tomorrow morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billydog Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 My thoughts with Nog and you Can't imagine what you are going through right now. Hoping that tomorrow brings positive news for you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I know it will be a very long night for you all but I am sending all the positive thoughts I can muster. I hope the results tomorrow are not as bad as you fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Oh Tracey I'm so sorry you're all going through this. Sending tons of good thoughts for more positive news tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndwoman Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Poor boy I am wishing and hoping that you have better news than you expect tomorrow I will keep you all in my thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reds Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Very best wishes for Nog and all my pushes to send the fears away. Hero boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb3971 Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Positive thoughts for Nog that it is not osteosarcoma. Wishing you strength. Everything crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I am so so sorry to hear about Nog We are all sending tons of "don't be osteo" thoughts and lots of healing thoughts too and hoping that it's one of the least worst case scenarios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendbert Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Just checking in Sorry Trace, I could hardly hear you when I spoke to you as it was windy as anything on the Downs and I thought you said Nog had been kept in Still thinking all the positive thoughts we can for Nog 's for you and Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Sending loads and loads of "no osteo" thoughts for Nog and a big to you Snow. Nog's a very special boy :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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