Our Visit to Colorado State University

Let me start by saying that the staff, and volunteers at CSU are WONDERFUL. I have a lot to process, so this post will be short.

Options we have:

1. Medicate for comfort (1-2 months) cheap

2. Palliative- Radiation (1-3 months) @ $1000

3. Amputation (*alone- @4 months) *$2000-3000

4. Allograft - replace parts and fusion (not really an option for moving parts)

5. *Stereotactic Radiosurgery SRS- high doses of irradiation (1 year, or more?) *$5000

*joined with Chemotherapy (50% 1 year, 30% 2 years, and down from there, about 15%) $2000

the ( ) are life expectancy.

CSU staff are positive, informative, caring, the best, I couldn't have asked for better care. They answered all my questions honestly. My thanks, and gratitude goes to them, as well as Planned Pethood in Denver, who originally diagnosed our boy.

This is all I can handle tonight. I am going to snuggle with Gus, and rest.

These are the x-rays. You can see the tumor bursting out of his bone.