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Such great news to read! Thank you for sharing. Reading this before bed and it gives me hope as my 75lb girl goes in for her amputation tomorrow morning. Lacey certainly had a rough beginning but she is doing so well! And she is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you and I'm happy our story gave you hope for tomorrow. Wishing you all the positivity and strength for your big day tomorrow. It's hard but you'll get through it. Please keep me posted on how it all turns out.
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Thank you so much for a detailed account of Lacey's recovery. My 7 year old Great Pyrenees mix (97 pounds), Ellie, heads in for a front leg amputation in about an hour.
Funny enough, she is also going into a clinical trial at CSU for her chemotherapy so I see a lot of similarities. I never heard the slow mover/critical thinker, but I always explained Ellie as a "solid medium energy dog" haha which fits me as I'm a medium energy person 😂
Sending all my best for Ellie's surgery and let me know how it goes. Can I ask what kind of chemo? If there's any help I can provide, I'm here! Yes, Lacey still studies her path for a while before she starts hopping. But, she's always accurate!
Ellie did well in her surgery, she had an upset stomach through the night, though, so may not come home today, but we will see this afternoon!
her chemotherapy will be Vismodegib plus Carboplatin. Vismo is an oral drug currently used for human skin cancer- they have seen results where vismo delays the spread of osteosarcoma and are evaluating the safety and molecular effects of vismo.
There were other trials, but they all would mean delaying her getting her amputation and that just wasn't something I was willing to do and the fact that she will still get carboplatin made me feel better as well.
If you're interested heres a link to the study overview: https://www.csu.....eosarcoma/
What was Lacey's?
YAY Ellie! Congratulations, one hurdle is over!
Oooh Vismo eh? That's a new one to me. I'm so excited you get to try it out. Thanks for sharing the link.
Sending my best on her recovery! I haven't heard about vismo either. You gotta love the crossover cancer work they're doing with canines and humans. Lacey had an immunotherapy inhalant (IL-15 for 14 days) immediately after her amputation. After that it was 4 carboplatin treatments. We sat on that for a while, then I decided to do Torigen for extra measure. But, I pleaded with UCD to get a sample during the amputation that Torigen put on ice until I was ready for them to make it, and they did.
Sounds like you're off to a good start and I hope she's home and recovering soon. Keep us posted.
So much hope🤔 Thanks for helping out inthe research Tyson!!😎 You're a very good boy♥️
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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