HI all,

I have posted a few times in the mobility forums about our dog 12 yo pup Boon and his journey with amputation surgery for histiocytic sarcoma (Nov 28, 2018) in his front left joint leg. He took about four weeks to start really coming around and walking, being himself, etc., when he had a fall that gave us all a scare and a major set back--he didn't walk or stand for almost two weeks and we were facing a lot of unknowns. HOWEVER, with a ton of support from a holistic vet, rehab, acupuncture, cbd oil, etc he has started to come around--he even is standing unassisted and hopping a bit on his own. It all looks miraculous. I wish I could upload a video I took yesterday...he had the techs at rehab in tears!

Now we got bad news--there was a small lump on his hind end that was aspirated and found to have cancer cells. The oncologist is taking this as a sign that the cells have migrated from the original joint tumor and have lodged themselves in other parts of his body. He has not had x-rays yet of the chest to see if it has spread internally, but the doc said if the chemo (he has had 2 treatements of CCNU so far) doesn't shrink it, he will be "re-staged": ie., checked for dissemination internally. If nothing found, great, they will just lop off the lump and we continue treatment as scheduled. If something is found...that is where I am terrified and just can't go. I know I have read other things about lung mets that don't exactly mean it signals the end, and I want to stay super positive, even though I know this cancer is notoriously aggressive. 

We are throwing every possible thing we can think of at this to make sure the cancer doesn't have a fighting chance. I'm wondering if anyone else has tried things to shrink tumors (especially with histiocytic sarcoma), and if anything helped? Or if anyone had experienced mets and found a treatment that shrunk those?

Any help and is appreciated, as well as prayers and healing wishes!!

K, W, and Boon