Oh Kerry, I am so so sorry to hear about your Zack.
I lost my Roxy to OS.
She was older, but I too, did not opt for that radical surgery. I did not want her last times spent recovering from major surgery, and I could not bear to think of her with 3 legs.
I opted for pain management.
There is a STUDY going on right now, and you need to contact these people and get in on it. IT HAS BEEN VERY PROMISING WITH OSTEOSARCOMA!!!
This is the email that I received, and it is posted here with permission:
FORWARDED:
For everyones information. I have an Rhodesia Ridgeback bitch , CeeCee , diagnosed, 1-16-04 with osteosarcoma. Thanks to a medical doctor puppy client my girl was put on a protocol that stopped the cancer in its tracks. My RR, is in a study of her own at Purdue and is observed every couple months by Dr Jamse Morrison as well as my vet Dr Laura Buscher. Other than the tumour on the bone that is now beginning to break up, there is no cancer anywhere in her body. My RR should not have survived beyond end of April, beginning of May of this year but instead she is eating well and playing with the rest of my RR crew and it is now nearing the end of October
Dr Buscher is working on case studies reguarding this treatment and she needs canine patients that have little or no options left. the only criteria other than cancer is they must be able to eat.........the protocol is of no charge to owners. This treatment may offer more than just hope. Dr Buscher will work with owners personal vets, as long as their vets keep accurate records for study
Please feel free to ask me any questions
Psyche Williams 815 657 7559 myliability@route24.net
Please mention'' CeeCee'' if contacting below
Dr laura Buscher 815 672 2555 buscher@pop.net
Dr James Morrison morrisja@vet.purdue.edu
Dr Daniel Jackson 815 692 3112 dvmdanni@yahoo.com
first doctor to make diagnosis
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Good luck, my heart goes out to you.
My girl lived from her diagnosis on October 8th, to November 11th.
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