Keiko dog RESULTS ARE IN

[Night Crawler]

Hip, hip, hurrah...The results are in, stitches are out and radar dish is off! Fantastic, great and amazing news! The tumour was mostly just tissue, but did have a small amount cancer, BUT she is now officially cancer free. The vet, who was actually excited to share such good news with me, said that we could not have asked for a better prognosis! (Someone asked what kind of dog Keiko is and I forgot her name - she is a black lab.)

Other good news on this front too. Due to her allergies that cause her skin to feel like it's on fire, she has been on Prednisone her whole life. All previous vets have said this would likely shorten her life by as much as five or more years by shutting down her kidneys and liver. But the only way to make her comfortable is with these steroids. As he is a new doctor, I asked him and he said this isn't always true. He had two other labs with same issues and medication (is very common with labs) and they lived to be 12 and 14. He personally predicts a long life for Keiko. I asked if the cancer could return and he said it was unlikely though not impossible. But that if it did, it would likely return in the same spot making it easier to identify and chop out!

Oh girls, I am SO HAPPY! :yes: :clap: :y: :cheers:

Big thanks to everyone for all their support. I send you all hugs and Keiko sends you big, sloppy kisses! :hug:

[Kekka]

Fabulous NC and Keiko!!! :D

[jillybeanz]

That is indeed excellent news Kekka! I reckon you'll be smiling for days!

[Mad Old Cow]

thats great news for you & your big baby :)

[Stormy]

That is great news, she will probably be a lot happier now she is free of the Elizabethan collar :D

[zen]

happy to hear this!

[lucyloo]

Thats great news NC!!

[Barbara]

Oh that is Fantastic news :clap:

[sandydee]

great news!:)

[redrobyn]

Excellent news hooray for Keiko I bet her mums relieved as well.

[Heather]

Congratulations Keiko....hope you get spoilt while your Boss is so happy :hehe:

[Night Crawler]

Stormy - elizabethen collar - love that description!

Thanks again ladies. Your support really did help keep me calm during this whole thing. Normally I would have fallen completely apart with this kind of threat to the life of one of my babies. And in fact, I have with past such threats, when no one outside Larry, one good friend, and my parents understood. When my last lab was diagnoses and treated for a serious and very agressive cancer, many of the people I worked with were unbelievably callous and thoughtless. At all other times they seemed to be normal and compassionate people, but could not see how I could be so attached to "just a dog" and made some horribly insensitive comments. It made that time in my life a million times harder to cope with. Even my siblings who were raised to be animal lovers made nasty cracks and thought the money we put out to treat her was irresponsible and stupid. (Nor were they shy about telling me so.)

So, one last time girls, thank you so much for all your support and comfort. You will never know how much helped me. As promised, I have passed along all the lovies from all of Keiko's "aunties" and she sends back major hugs and kisses!

:jump: :hug: :yes:

[miss kiki]

that's great news! glad keiko is well and on the mend. :)