It’s Osteocarcoma..
Hello everyone ~
Our names are Todd & Melissa, we are the proud parents of Gator Skator Mattson, the boy wonder! Gator was born on the 4th of July 2003 and is a chicken when it comes to fireworks:) He is part Sheppard and Greyhound and of course we think the most handsome boy ever:) We have 2 other amazing dogs as well, Charlie is our 12yo chocolate lab and Hurley our 2yo red nose pitty. They are the best of friends!!
Now on to why we are here… Back in late September Gator came into the house after playing in the back yard with Hurley and seemed to be limping a bit, not too unusual because they run like the wind and occasionally collide:) This time Gator continued to limp into the next day and sooner than later refused to walk on it at all. October 3rd Todd & I took him to the vet thinking all along he may have a fractured knee as it had begun to swell a bit. Dr Sherwood looked him over and looked up at me with a look I remembered all to well, you see I had an amazing doberman years ago with Osteosarcoma… Dr Sherwood didn’t even need to speak, I hid my head behind Todd and began to cry… Osteosarcoma… It has been a long road to this point due to some false negatives on some tests but here we are…
Gator’s amputation is taking place as I type and my stomach is in knots!! We know he will be back on all threes in no time due to his amazing spirit… And just to make you smile, I work for a company called Tripod Aluminum and he will be our mascot..
We will update this as often as we can, just wanted to share our story:) Love & Licks:)
“Triod Aluminum” … lol 🙂
Thanks for sharing Gator Skator’s story. We look forward to following his progress.
Thank you for this oppurtunity to share our story)
Hi Todd and Melissa,
Welcome to tripawds. I hope Gator does well with his surgery- amp day is a looooong day!
You might consider posting in the forums if you have questions or want to share more of your experiences, more people frequent the forums. One advantage of the blog is the ability to post lots of pictures…. hint hint hint.
I hope you got a raise or promotion for providing a mascot… talk about dedication to the job 🙂 !!!
Karen and the pugapalooza
Thank you so much for the advise!! I am novice to blogs and forums as is Todd. This site is such a blessing!! Forums here we come!! We just got the word the surgery is over and the race is now on to make the house as comfortable for Gator as we can!! Again thank you for your wishes and advise! Maggie the pugapalooza, gotta love it!!
welcome – get some rest!!! the next two weeks will be tough, but you’ll get through it… pictures, we need pictures!!
charon & gayle
first of all, LOVE the name! welcome to tripawds! as charon says, get some rest. the first 2 weeks are the toughest, but you will get through it- i promise you. you may even doubt yourself, but you made the right decision. we are here for you! oh, and pictures! we need pictures!
jenna and spirit chilidawg