Okay, so let me start off by saying I have 100% accepted the facts that Cupcake definitively has Osteosarcoma and her life span is lowered significantly due to this. But hear me out please! 

I have been researching and googling myself into a void since Cupcakes first scans back in February. I know so many medical terms and details I would have never known where it’s not even funny how much I know anymore. So let’s get to the nitty-gritty of it, one day I was doing my little searches because I know it’s EXTREMELY rare but my girl hasn’t had any indications or scans showing any type of metastases. It’s odd because that first scan in February was already bulging her bone from the inside out and it’s been 7 months since then with no progression, metastases wise. 

Well, I came across a suggested search “my dog survived osteosarcoma” and me being the skeptical gal I am I was thinking they meant post amputation their dog lived a happy life until they passed. I WAS WRONG, I came across a testimony of this dog named Ranger who had many metastases and couldn’t keep the growths from staying away before they would come back. Their human put them into a clinical trial, please read further before judgement, that a Yale professor developed a cancer vaccine for dogs (only three types of cancer can be included in the trial as of right now). This was back in 2019 and Ranger had a complete reversal and disappearance of any and all traces of osteosarcoma. Back in 2023 he was still alive and thriving with no metastases coming back in any of the yearly follow up scans they did. 

Upon further research this has been so successful in the trials that over 300 dogs have received the vaccine and lived happy and full lives after they did their final booster. I believe it’s 3 shots total but that doesn’t matter much to me. They are currently in the process of having it FDA approved so that it can be something given to all dogs that are diagnosed. It’s still in clinical trial and the closest clinic is a 16 hour drive for us but really I wanted to know if ANYONE has come across this before? What are y’alls thoughts and opinions? One human quoted perfectly in my eyes “dogs don't survive the diagnosis regardless so what did we have to lose by trying this out?” 

I’ve been very back and forth on what the best route would be and will make my decision soon, I have an appointment for her at the beginning of October just to see if theres been any metastases pop up that haven’t been there before so I can be properly prepared. 

Cupcake is thriving and her fur is finally close to being fully grown back lol. You wouldn’t think she lost a leg with how excited she gets to see all of her humans. She finally figured out her balance on her one back leg so she can continue to jump up on us and love us when we’ve been gone for more than a day.