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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anne and Quincey,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Casey (ATB) was diagnosed with lymphoma back in 2006. He
was passing a mass when he went to the bathroom. The idiot emergency vet
thought he had a prolapsed rectum and treated him for that. He was going
to have surgery to repair the prolapse and during surgery the vet found the
tumor. He was really miffed at the emergency vet. Anyway, the
doctor thought he would be a great candidate for chemo, so we did treat him. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chemo is different for dogs than for people, and they do get
good results with lymphoma. Casey really didn’t get sick, but his WBC
would drop to dangerous levels and we’d have to postpone treatment for a
week. He went every week for six week, and then every other week. He
would be a bit lethargic the day after a treatment, but other than that he
actually did quite well. There were a lot of decisions made prior to
treatment. In our case, we did not want to be constantly cutting him. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chemo isn’t a cure for lymphoma. They aim for a
good, long remission. We had Casey for seven months after his diagnosis. A
lot of the other dogs the vet was treating had been in remission for over a
year and she had one basset that had been cancer-free for five years. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good luck!!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Debbie</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=body><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>"He who is
cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the
heart of a man by his treatment of animals.</span></font></i></span><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> " Immanuel Kant</span></font></i></em></p>
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