Our story of our dog and her treatment of the aggressive canine cancer, hemangiosarcoma

canine cancer hemangiosarcoma treatment story
canine cancer hemangiosarcoma treatment story

One dog’s journey to defy the odds of an incurable cancer — & the
insights, research, & hard-won lessons
we’ve gathered to help others face the same fight with clarity & hope.

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.
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Diagnosis

Odds were ~50/50 it was hemangiosarcoma. We lost that coin flip.
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Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: Her Hind Legs, in Hindsight

A red flag for hemangiosarcoma that we should have seen — but didn't
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Recovering in Style

A fancy alternative to post-surgical dog-torture
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On the Mend

On the Mend

Cat's post-splenectomy healing process
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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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Sudden Collapse

The day it all began, & the day we nearly lost her
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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 →