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HAPPY 4 YEAR AMPUVERSARY CHARLEY!!!   YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!!  WOO HOO!!!  HIP “HOP” HOORAY!!!

Today is Charley’s 4 Year Ampuversary!  I can’t believe that it has been almost a year (11/8/13) since his metastatic OS tumor was removed.  I am so proud of Charley for being the OS Warrior that he is and has been for over 4 years!  I’m so proud of his courage, strength, and resiliency! I’m blessed to have been given an additional 1,461 precious days with Charley since his amputation!  I’m in awe of the lessons that Charley has taught me along this journey.  I pray that he has many many more years of lessons to teach me.  I pray that his mission here on earth consists of many more years of inspiring others with hope as they start or continue on their osteosarcoma journey.  Charley is definitely loving life and living with cancer, not dying of cancer.

As I promised Charley last year when we found out that his cancer returned, we took him to the beach a few weeks ago to celebrate his huge milestone.  My parents, Joe, Charley and I drove down to Cape San Blas in Port St. Joe, FL to spend a week enjoying the powder white sand and blue green waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  We rented a beach cottage directly on the beach and Charley LOVED every minute of it!  The beach at Cape San Blas is completely dog friendly, as are a few restaurants, if anyone is dreaming of a beach getaway!  We had a photographer take our pictures on the beach and they turned out beautiful!

Charley, you are loved more than you will ever know.  You are my hero, my cancer warrior, my love, my Charley…. ♥ ♥ ♥

I’ll post again soon with some pictures and videos of Charley swimming in the ocean since this post is long enough with all of the family pictures.

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to all of you and your furry babies!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

I’m a few days late but Charley’s 47th Month Ampuversary was on 9/28, so Happy Belated Ampuversary!!!   YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!!  WOO HOO!!!   HIP “HOP” HOORAY!!!

We are getting very close to celebrating 4 years on 10/28/14!  To put 4 years into perspective in Charley’s life, he was 2-1/2 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and he just turned 6-1/2 years old on 9/29.  On his 4th ampuversary, he will have spent 66.6% of his life as a Tripawd fighting cancer and it will be 1 year since having his metastatic OS tumor removed.  Pretty amazing indeed!  I can barely remember him having 4 legs.  This is why Charley is and will always be a Bone Cancer Warrior!  ♥

To honor Charley’s AMAZING journey we have a BIG surprise for our boy!  Drum roll please…..

When Charley’s OS came back in October 2013, I promised him that I would take him to see the ocean to swim in the waves and run in the sand (living in St. Louis, MO he has never seen the ocean).  My parents, Joe, Charley and I are renting a mini van and driving 13++ hours to Cape San Blas, FL (It’s an inlet about 1 hr or so east of Panama City with the gulf on one side and St. Joe Bay on the other).  We rented a 2 bdrm house directly on the beach.  Cape San Blas is completely dog friendly with no beach restrictions…YAY!  Charley will be running in the powder white sand and swimming in the green blue gulf water!  He already has his own float coat to wear!  I hired a photographer to take sunset beach pictures of Charley and all of us too!  Long story short…it’s a surprise vacation for Charley!  ♥

Charley LOVES his cow ears!  Every night around 7pm he will start bugging us for one…..if we don’t get him what he wants he will start barking!  Spoiled??  I say so and he deserves to be spoiled rotten!

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to all of you and your furry babies!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

Today is Charley’s 46 Month Ampuversary!!!   YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!!  WOO HOO!!!   HIP “HOP” HOORAY!!!

We are getting very close to celebrating 4 years!  To put 4 years into perspective in Charley’s life, he was 2-1/2 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and he will be 6-1/2 years old the end of next month.  On his 4th ampuversary, he will have spent 66.6% of his life as a Tripawd fighting cancer and it will be 1 year since having his metastatic OS tumor removed.  Pretty amazing indeed!  I can barely remember him having 4 legs.  This is why Charley is and will always be a Bone Cancer Warrior!  ♥

Charley enjoyed his brief photo shoot in the front yard this evening…of course posing for treats!  It’s been very hot and humid here recently, between 105-110 with the heat index, so his outside time has almost been non-existent the past week or so.

Here’s my beautiful boy….

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to all of you and your furry babies!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

Great news!!!   Charley saw his oncologist today for chest x-rays and they were clear!  YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!! WOO HOO!!!

Dr. Buss said that Charley looks great!   He can’t believe it’s been almost 10 months since his OS met was removed!

Our next met check will be on 11/13/14…2 weeks after Charley’s 4 Year Ampuversary!!!

Charley decided to wear a bow tie to impress his oncologist today…I think it worked! 🙂   Here are some pics from today and they are a bit blurry. Charley was a bit anxious today, had difficulty sitting still and was a bit too distracted to pose for pictures.  I don’t blame him at all…he did have his leg amputated there, 5 rounds of Carboplatin, a CT-scan, his OS met removed, 6 rounds of chemo alternating between Doxorubicin and Lomustine, numerous chest x-rays and blood work, countless poking and prodding, 4-1/2 years of oncology visits, etc.   Just a few reasons why Charley is my OS Warrior!

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to all of you and your furry babies!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

I just wanted to share some good news since there has been so many losses lately…

Today is Charley’s 45 Month Ampuversary!!!  It’s also been 10 months since his metastatic OS tumor was removed!  YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!!  WOO HOO!!!  We are now well on our way to celebrating 4 years!

Charley celebrated his special day by eating some grilled salmon (his second dinner) and he just finished devouring a cow’s ear in record time!

I’ve attached a few pics of Charley that I took this evening out in our yard. 🙂

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to all of you and your furry babies!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

Charley wanted to wish everyone a very Happy 4th of July!!!   Have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!  Thank you to those who have served and are serving our country….and God Bless America!

Charley also celebrated his 44th Month Ampuversary this past Saturday on June 28,2014!!!!   YIPPEE!!!  YAY!!!  WOO HOO!!!  We are now rounding the corner to 4 years!

Charley is feeling patriotic so he decided to wear his super cool red, white, and blue stars bow tie today in honor of the holiday weekend!  If you like his shirt collar and bow tie, you can find them at Designer Duds for Dogs.  The collar and tie are both very high quality too!

Here’s what Charley really thinks about his mommy taking all of these pictures!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

I just wanted to share some great news!  Today is Charley’s 43 Month Ampuversay!!!!  YAY!!!  YIPPEE!!!  WOO HOO!!!  Our little Bone Cancer Tripawd Warrior is now celebrating 3-1/2 years + 1 month!  He shows us everyday how resilient our pups are!

Charley was entered in to the Canine Cancer Survivor photo contest by the National Canine Cancer Foundation.  If you vote for Charley, $1 will be donated to the National Canine Cancer Foundation to help fight canine cancer!  Voting is FREE!  The contest ends on 6/1 (I just found out yesterday that he was entered into the contest).

Charley would LOVE if you voted for him!!!  The contest ends at 1000 votes which is $1000 or on 6/1, whichever comes first.  You can vote daily.

Please share the link on Facebook with your friends so we can raise $1000 to help fight canine cancer!  Here’s the link to vote on  this Facebook contest: VOTE FOR CHARLEY    

You have to like the Facebook page for Best Bully Sticks first, and then click the VOTE button at the bottom of Charley’s picture.  It should only take a few seconds to vote!

Charley is in the lead with 87 votes or $87!!!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

Great news….clear chest rads for Charley!!!!  Yay! Yippee! Woo Hoo!!!   Here’s to my 3-1/2 Year Bone Cancer Warrior….cheers to Charley! 

Thank you to everyone that sent positive thoughts and prayers….and a special thank you to all of the angel heroes at Rainbow Bridge that are looking out for Charley!  ♥

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY 3-1/2 YEAR AMPUVERSARY CHARLEY!!!

It’s been 6 months since his metastatic OS tumor was removed that was underneath his amputation scar.  Charley completed his 6th and final chemo on 3/12 and he’s doing awesome!  We go back to the oncologist on May 15 for a follow-up and chest x-rays.

Here are a few pics of my handsome guy from today!  🙂

Charley celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday, 3-29-14!

Happy Happy Happy 6th Birthday Charley!!!

It was a very special birthday for Charley for many reasons!  This was his 4th birthday since being diagnosed with osteosarcoma (he was only 2-1/2 when he was diagnosed)!   It’s  been 5 months since Charley was diagnosed with metastatic OS (the tumor was removed from underneath his amputation scar with clean margins)!  Charley finished his 6 rounds of chemo (alternating between Doxorubicin and Lomustine) on 3-12-14!  Charley celebrated his 41st Month Ampuversary on 3-28-14!  As you can see, we have many reasons to celebrate!

We had a birthday party yesterday for Charley and my dad!  Charley celebrating 6 and my dad celebrating 74 (on April 1).  Both of the birthday boys enjoyed their special birthday meal.  Charley had his famous meat cake and my dad had a filet….and he even shared some of it with his furry grandson, Charley.

The Birthday Boys!

 Yummy!!!  I can hardly wait…but I’m being a good boy, mommy!

Meat Cake:  Before….and….after!

Charley enjoying some fresh air during his pawty!

Mommy, did you say I get a Birthday Cookie?

Here I come!  I love cookies!

Oh my!!!  A Birthday Cookie Bone from Treats Unleashed!  YUM!

My mommy and me!

Thank you for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, hugs, and kisses.  It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough for all of your support!

♥  Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley!  xoxo  ♥