[Dailydrool] Rosie has Lymphosarcoma

[Jean Richardson]

Susan,

I'm sorry to hear about Rosie.  Our German Shepherd was diagnosed with 
Lymphosarcoma in Oct and we lost him in January of the next year.  It was 
way too quick.  We opted not to do the Chemo as our vet said it does not 
cure but only prolong and alot of dogs don't make it through the chemo 
treatment.

Probably not what you want to hear but thought I would throw our experience 
out there.

So sorry!
JEan

Jean Richardson
trndk9z at rconnects.com
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Diesel von Herzensfreude RN  (GSD)
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> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:34:25 -0700
> From: Susan Stoker <sue117 at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: [Dailydrool] Rosie has lymphosarcoma
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> We learned yesterday officially that Rosie has lymphosarcoma...cancer of 
> the lymph nodes.
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> Last week (FRI!) we felt a lump in her throat...that is all the warning 
> that we had!
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> She has it in all of her enlarged lymph nodes (backs of the legs, chest, 
> throat) and the vet says that the xrays showed enlarged nodes inside her 
> too.
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> We do not have an "estimate" of how long she has left. We are 
> contemplating chemo, and the vet will get back with us with a cost, but 
> it's a 25 week "treatment"...if she doesn't have that long we are debating 
> on if we want to do it or not.
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> It's hard because Rosie had such a hard life before we got her. She was in 
> the Colorado Springs shelter and CO basset rescue pulled her. She was 
> going to be put down because she was so scared of people. They thought she 
> was a bloodhound/basset mix and we were asked to foster her...yeah, that 
> lasted about 3 days before she was ours! lol
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> She has gotten over her fears and is just the sweetest dog....
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> We took our tank picture last weekend, and I'm guessing that it will most 
> likely be her last :(.
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> But for now she feels fine and is her old self....I hate the cancer 
> diagnosis, but honestly it's better than the way we lost our Blue...fine 
> one day and we were putting her down the next.
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> Keep Rosie in your thoughts...I'll keep the list updated.
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> Susan Stoker and the Tank Hounds.
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> Duke the bloodhound, Ozzie and Rosie.
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