Urgent, Need Help, Medical Adivice
- Thread starter Wailua Boy
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My dog had over a dozen tumors, mostly lymph nodes. Died of natural causes at 15, lab border collie mix. My condolences, but could have been you right, just the luck if the draw. Life's unfair.
About 36hr after the fight, she had 2 lymphs start to swell beneath a seroma ; within 96hr 3 lymphs in neck and one on chest started to swell. Now that she is on meds the tumors are going into remission. The one on her chest disappeared and the ones on her neck are a lot smaller but my vet assures me they will come back. She's in really good spirits and has a huge appetite. We have been feeding her 3-4 times a day home made steak stew with brussel sprouts enriched with fish oil and she gets an avocado or two. My family is practically hysterical with thought of losing Kua. Any advice on what foods are best to have her on(read conflicting reports), we have cut out sugar and any processed food. T Thekid
We used the freshpet line of foods along with a prescription canned food. He would also get a raw egg after every treatment.
There's quite a few people who make their own as well.
You could try reading some of the threads on here as well as this thread-
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/forums/topic/homemade-cancer-diet-supplement-question/
Wailua Boy
There's quite a few people who make their own as well.
You could try reading some of the threads on here as well as this thread-
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/forums/topic/homemade-cancer-diet-supplement-question/
Wailua Boy
She started on prednisone on Saturday(first visit) and the tumors have shrunk a lot, not completely though. My vet didn't recommend chemo because the size of the tumors and number of sites and the speed at which they developed. Its hard to think she is sick because is behaviorally unchanged with high energy and a great appetite. Its been fun cooking for her, boiled salmon/vegetable dish and beef/vegetable and unsalted sardines in water once every week or two. I go back to vet tomorrow and I think he will discuss more treatment options, we really want to push for chemo, unless its really going to prolong suffering, I really do respect my vets opinion and have used him for some time but seeing she's so healthy aside from tumors sites; we want to do all we can. Upon my own research it seems dogs don't respond well to chemo treatments after pred, so I'm little annoyed my vet made that decision without giving me a run down on pred. I'm going to call another clinic and see their treatment options.
T Thekid
T Thekid
So, I've been lurking on this thread since it started.. I'm glad the tumors have shrunk, and I hope they stay that way for you and don't come back. She's being a very tough cookie by the sounds of things. 
Good luck with her and give her a big belly rub for me. 
Good luck with her and give her a big belly rub for me. 