Merry Christmas 2011 From Rosie’s Family to Yours
Rosie's 2011 Christmas Photo
Rosie’s Christmas photos came in last week. This is another reminder of how blessed we are to have Rosie with us. It was August 2009 when Rosie was diagnosed, the second time, with Grade II Mast Cell Tumors, with an estimated 2 months to live. Here we are at Christmas 2011 and Rosie is alive , healthy and cancer free! Thank you to the folks at Pfizer who made Palladia, Rosie’s vet and oncologists who have treated her through this disease, and to our friends and family who supported us. Merry Christmas to everyone from Rosie and her family!
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December 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Rosie you look beautiful, Jack is doing well and getting into mischief and stirring up his younger brother, he goes crook on us when we are late with his dinner, it has been one 14 mths that he has had his lymph node cancer and next month it will be 12 mths since he was correctly diagnosed, I still feel angry about his misdiagnosis but am thankful that we have palladia and a great Oncologist and Surgeon.
December 30, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Nicky, congratulations to you and Jack that he is doing so well 14 months later. Trust me, there are many whose dogs were diagnosed at that time that were not nearly as fortunate. Celebrate that Jack is currently healthy and enjoying life! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday and I pray that 2012 brings you and Jack good health and happiness!
January 9, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I am so grateful that you have shared Rosie’s journey and happy she is doing so well! Having a support group is paramount in the treatment. Thank You… My 13/1/2 year old dog Pal, was diagnosed with mesothelioma just this past Nov, 2011. YEAH for Palladia….After 7 doses he is in remission and doing very well despite a bumpy start on Palladia. Pal had a really hard time with GI upset in the beginning of Palladia. Lots of nausea, diarrhea, no appetite and lethargy etc. All the symptom reducing drugs were just not doing much. We reduced his dose by 5 mg and dosing to Monday and Fridays only and introduced low dose (5mg) prednisone on his non Palladia days. Magic prednisone! His appetite is back to piggy status, activity normal, and just an occasional bout of diarrhea. We will go back to the Mon, Wed, Fri Palladia schedule this week and watch. We have an amazing and brilliant oncologist who guided us through this and we are now doing so much better! Funny you talk about BP. Last 2 weeks, Pal was getting very minor nose bleeds in the night, just a few drops. I brought him in and to evaluate and first thing the vet wanted to check was BP. She was spot on and he too is now on low dose BP med. Not sure if this is from Palladia or old age or the fact that he may have Cushings…but whatever the case, he has stopped nose bleeds for now. Palladia is succesfully treating so much more that Mast Cell Tumor and what a gift! I know we all have a limited time with our pets, but we now have options. 13 1/2 is considered old for a large dog but Pal is pretty youthful. Must be all the love and chicken. Please keep us posted and pats to Rosie…Joanie and Pal
January 22, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Hi Rosie’s mom!
What a great shot of Rosie! Congrats on her wonderful health! What a relief and joy it must be for you.
Bow is 9 months cancer free; came off Paladia last April so coming up one year. He will have another major check-up then so fingers crossed, all! He is so happy; you can tell he is off the drugs and being himself again. Yes, thank heavens for the drugs. I switched him to Blue Buffalo dog food; give him a liver flavored pill from the vet clinic for arthritis, and a benedryl every day. He and his brother Rain get the same. I also read The Cancer Diet for Dogs by Dr. Dressler and feed them cooked broccoli, asparagas, and chicken on occasion as treats. I have cut down on the doggie biscuits.
We are so lucky that he went into remission and I hope that nasty Mast Cell Cancer does not come back. Bow will be 10 on August 3rd. Another positive story…thanks for your blog. So happy for you and Rosie!
Nancy, Bow’s mom (Larry and Rain say congrats too!)
January 30, 2012 at 11:15 pm
We have just found out that jack’s tumour has increased by 50% in the last 3 months, palladia has been ceased and a new chemo started, I am finding it hard to keep up faith and hope although he is looking and behaving well. I am trying to think along the lines that we are just back to square one the same as we were a year ago after surgery.
February 2, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Jack has been started on masivet and is doing well with no side effects if anyone knows of any success stories please let me know as it will keep me positive.
February 2, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Nicky, I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner. I am sorry to hear that Jack’s tumor has grown. However, I’m glad they have another option and I pray that the Masivet works. I have heard success stories of dogs who have taken it. If you haven’t already, I recommend joining the yahoo dog cancer group and there is also one specifically for mast cell cancer. I bet you can find some people who have had success with the masivet there.
January 31, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I am SO glad to hear Rosie is doing well. It gives me a lot of hope. Sauly, my 12 year old lab, was just diagnosed today with a recurrence of Mast Cell II high grade tumor in his belly (the same place it was before). We did the surgery and chemo for the first diagnosis and are now opting to use Palladia for this round. I hope it will be enough to save him. He is my soul. Wish him luck!! His first dose is tomorrow.
FIGHT!