Canine Osteosarcoma

Shar'rai has been limping for the past couple of days. I noticed it yesterday and checked her paw, I looked for a thorn or something but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. By last night she seemed fine, we took the girls out to the pet store to get some food and they both acted fine. This morning when I went out to feed them I noticed Shar'rai limping again. This time I saw the her front right leg was swollen. That was concerning. I had to leave fairly early to go with Daine to a luring event that she wanted to check out. I had Sean take Shar'rai inside, thinking that maybe she was getting a bit of arthritis or something and needed to be in where it's warm. I asked him to watch her for a bit and see if it got better. Then we decided that we should make her an appt to see a vet. The vet had room for her today so he took her in. He called me from the office as soon as the vet looked at her. He wanted to get x-rays right away thinking it was broken. Apparently when the Dr came back after looking at the x-rays, Sean could tell that it was something different. The x-rays showed unusal bone growth that is indicative of cancer. They sent Sean and Shar'rai home with some doggie ibuprofins and said to come back next week for a follow up.