Getting Better- "He's beating Cancer!"

At least that is what my daughter exclaimed the other day. How do you explain that it is not the case? Even I got slightly swept up in the moment of it, and took him for a little walk today to get bagels. He has been limping worse again after our short jaunt. Today brought me back to reality. The pain meds and anti-inflammatory meds are helping, but Gus still has Cancer. I talked to a member of www.rottieaid.org today, and she was wonderful, full of information, answered my questions, but he still has Cancer. He is going to leave us, this is so hard, and not fair. He loves us, and we love him, what are we going to do?

Osteosarcoma- Dog Cancer

Our beloved Gus, a Rottie, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in his shoulder last week. We started him on Grandma Lucy's Dehydrated food last weekend, and we start Raw (not factory farmed) this weekend, we are doing a combo diet. He goes to Colorado State University December 13th, 2010 to discuss our options. He has 6 months to two years. He is only 8. Was it vaccinations? Was it improper kibble diet with factory farmed meat? Was it our fault? Was it just- meant to be?

Gus pictured above with Iggy as a pup!