The path we’re paving to defy the odds as we fight an incurable cancer.
…Now NINE+ months post-rupture/splenectomy, with no signs of metastasis!
A candid, chronological, retrospective blog to share our story with the
canine cancer community —
& maybe make you laugh a little…even if laughing hurts right now.
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Preface: Cat the Dog
We met by sheer chance, then added her dad. Fast forward: a crushing diagnosis – & why I'm sharing our story.
Treatment Options – #2: Chemo
The only treatment pathway we were presented with at the start
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Treatment Options – #1: Diet (Part I)
The quickest thing I could act on: Transitioning Cat to a cancer-UNfriendly-diet with homemade food
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My Research Begins
I plunge into a relentless, multi-month research effort to understand our options.
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Ain’t to Proud to Beg…
...For Belly Rubs! (WARNING: a bit graphic, but felt it's important to show people who may be going through this with their doggies)
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Her Hind Legs, in Hindsight
A red flag we should have seen but didn't
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Homecoming
Cat returns 12lbs lighter, frail, shaven, & bearing a giant wound + some details about the surgery we hadn't known prior.
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Preface: Cat the Dog
We met by sheer chance, then added her dad. Fast forward: a crushing diagnosis – & why I'm sharing our story.
Read More →