June 1-3

Boy these days went by quick! I’ve been meaning to do two day updates, but given all the circumstances I figured I’d just throw all this into one. Eva had a great few days! Day four n five Eva started getting a lot more energy back, more playful and happy than she was in the couple months leading up to her amputation that is definitely for sure. She really loves our neighbors and everyone always comes to see her when she goes and sits outside (potty breaks that really turn into “but mom lets lay in the sun”) so that definitely perks her up. Everybody loves friends :b

The night of Day 4 we had something scary happen. We were outside and Eva went to step up on a rock and as I tried getting her from stepping up onto it- theyre like, landscaping blocks but i could tell by the way it was angled she wasnt gonna be able to stand on it right- she slipped. She smacked her butt right on the ground, but just barely, because I was right underneath her. I grabbed her almost before she hit the ground, but the very very edge of her butt hit the ground. She fell into an awkward position into my arms as I tried to reposition her so as to save the “good leg,” or what is now the only leg lol. She let out a cry like I’ve never heard before and I was positive we did damage. I was mortified. After all this, a slip and fall is what does us in? I don’t think so.

Super human strength kicked in and I carried her to the front door. Once we got there she wasn’t crying and she was just looking at me with those big “mom, what happened?” eyes. We checked her incision out and everything was perfectly fine. She stood up on her own like a little baby deer and walked into our bedroom. She still begged me for a treat so I knew she was fine, because Eva is VERY finicky as of the last several months and even the littlest thing will make her refuse a treat. By the next day you couldn’t even tell it had happened. PHEW.

Day six gave us our diagnosis. It was an osteosarcoma. But we knew that the whole time, in our minds. Whether we had the biopsy results or not, we knew. So really it doesn’t change anything. We have to call and make an appointment in a couple weeks with the oncologist. Does anyone have advice as to what kinds of questions I should be asking? I guess I still don’t really know what’s happening, I’m just sort of on autopilot.

Her bruising has gone down a lot, but there’s a piece of bandage stuck on her underneath the incision.
I’ve tried baby oil, warm water, etc. It bugs her when I touch it but I know it needs to come off…

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