Great article! Thank you for sharing. When my dad was diagnosed with terminal lung/brain cancer he was given less than a year - he lived for 7 more years! Like my dad, Shelby cares nothing about the statistics that gave her less than 3 months from her diagnosis of hemangiosarcoma - she's 5 months along right now and doing fantastic! Positive thinking, prayer and healing energy has helped Shelby (and definitely helped my dad before he passed). 

Alison and Shelby 

The Lab we had before we got Gus was diagnosed with MCT at age six. Since Cody had two lumps that were so far apart (one on his chest and one in the groin area), the local vet and the pathology lab at the university vet hospital said that he would probably only have six months or so left. We brought him home not knowing how long we would have but determined to love the heck out of him. That many years ago, the options for treatment were very limited, so we just had the lumps removed (clear margins) and kept on keeping on. Cody lived for another six years before he succumbed to a benign brain tumor. I was so very thankful that we didn't take the diagnosis as a death sentence, but went on enjoying life with him.

Kathi