Payton's itchy recovery

Payton is doing very well. It's been 9 days since his amputation. Everything's healing well and he's determined to help the healing process by licking himself, constantly. As much as we hated to do it to him, we've had to resort to the elizabeth collar. He just refuses to let it heal on it's own. We also got the post amputation biopsy results back... it was in fact Osterosarcoma , but the good news was... the lymph node in his leg was 'clean' and cancer free. The vet told us that if the cancer had spread, the lymph node would have been the first 'screen' it would have passed though. Therefore, the cancer has not spread. We encourage anyone going through this process to get a second, or even a third opinion if your vet tells you that based on the size of the tumor it has already spread. We were told by our vet that the cancer had most likely spread, he had 2-3 months to live, and it would not be worth it to amputate and start chemo. We were told to give him pain meds and make him comfortable until he passed away. Even when the x-ray of his lungs came back clear, the vet suggested that it was there...even though it didn't show up. Payton is happy to report that he is cancer free and just to make sure, he is starting the first round of chemo this week. Lots of licks, Payton