Thanks 🙂 He has not had the leg amputated as of yet.

So I talked to our oncologist today. We're scheduling another CT scan.

We have two plans, one if he has visible lungmets and one if he doesn't

If he has lungmetastasis they're not going to amputate. Chances are that he has because he is showing some of the symptoms like panting, coughing and there are suspect spots visible on x-ray. We're going to try the metronomic therapy if this is the case. The oncologist said he is willing to try but does not expect anything from it.

If he doesn't have lungmets the leg will be amputated and the regular chemo will continue.

Thanks all.

At the moment he is very tired from the big day he had. We don't expect him to live more than a few weeks now, it's just so agressive..

It's tough, but he's had such a great life, from wandering around in the snow in Austria and his "home country" Switzerland" to our daily walks, I took him with me everywhere I went. I even met my girlfriend during one of our walks, nothing but good memories.

I decided to give our oncologist the opportunity to use the leg with the tumor for research and perhaps find out why the nuclear therapy didn't work. We also participated in DNA research. I hope other dogs will some day benefit from this.

I was also wondering if there is any information out there regarding percentage of osteosarcoma in different breeds, I searched online and asked at our university but little is known..

Thanks, I had seen that. Just submitted our entry.

But I was kind of looking for more academic studies, I guess there are none yet or they're ongoing?

So, final update..

Last thursday was our final day with Yoda. Cancer had entirely filled his lungs and there was nothing more we could do unfortunately. On the last day he had incredibly bad breath, we suspect it was necrosis of lungtissue.

He will be missed. I can only hope our next Saint will such a good and kind dog as well.