There was an article posted on Facebook on the Tripawed forum (yep, we are members) about a dog that has beaten osteosarcoma. Here is what the owners of this adorable 3 pawed Golden Retriever had to say:
It
is almost two years to the day that Carter was diagnosed with
osteosarcoma. Over the last two years Carter has had six rounds of chemo
with a follow-up daily metronomic chemo therapy. A few days ago we
called our oncologist to request a refill on his chemo. To our surprise,
they informed us that there was a possibility that Carter may have beat
the rare odds of this horrid disease and directed us
to have complete bloodwork done in addition to a series of xrays. They
said if they were all clear, he is most likely cancer free and today, he
had that bloodwork and those xrays and they were all clear !! We were
told there are no signs of cancer. Now we wait to see if his metronomic
chemo is to continue or not from the university of guelph oncology
department.
I've been reading and reading all of these dog cancer sites and so many say that with chemo, a dog has a 10-20% chance of going into remission. I read those words and I start having visions of Arlie being in that small percentage. I even think ahead to the day that "M" says that Arlie is one of the few that has beaten this awful disease. Unfortunately, I cannot get too excited because I'm trying to be realistic. Will Arlie be like the dog Carter I talked about in this post? Is it possible? Sure. I feel like after our next xray I will have more answers. Right now it's just an awful waiting game.
As I type this, I'm sitting here with a schnoodle on my feet and every so often I take a break from the keyboard to scratch his favorite spot of under his chin. He doesn't seem sick. He's on his meds and is doing relatively well with his chemo treatments. The bloodwork is starting again this week and we know that in the past it is next week that his wbc fall.
Cancer sucks.
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