Snuggy Fights Lung Cancer

And so the battle begins....
It's January 30, 2008 and what should have been a routine visit to the vet last week for a tooth extraction has resulted in unexpected and devastating news. Snuggy has been diagnosed with lung cancer. As we embark upon this journey to fight this awful disease, I will chronicle our days in hope that we can help others as they wage the war against cancer to save their dogs lives.



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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Snuggy continues to do well

It's now been7 months since Snuggy's diagnosis of lung cancer and he continues to be symptom free and enjoying life as he always has.

Snuggy received several rounds of vinblastine chemotherapy along with Essiac tea, a high protein natural diet, some chinese herbs, and several other supplements. This had kept the cancer in check until June. The results of his chest x-ray showed that the cancer had grown a bit since his last chest x-ray in May so the vets changed his chemo drug to carboplatin. Snuggy had some minor side effects from this last round of the new chemo (lethargy and loss of appetite for a few days) but is back to his old self again.

Hopefully this new chemo will kill of these ugly cancer cells. Go Snuggy!!

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