It’s a lazy Sunday (delayed post) here at the Ruano Ranch. Our ride back to Raleigh from PA was mostly uneventful other than some heavy traffic between D.C. and Richmond, VA. It’s a good thing I replaced the radiator cooling fan on the Jeep before we left for PA on Monday; things would have gotten […]
We’re back in Philly, well, Parkesburg, PA for the night, but Philadelphia tomorrow for Sasha’s second treatment in the Mason Bone Cancer Study at the University of Pennsylvania. We drove up to Pennsylvania from Raleigh, NC today, and we are spending the night at my parent’s home. We’ll head to UPenn tomorrow at about 7AM […]
About a week has passed since we returned to Raleigh from Philadelphia, where Sasha received her first treatment in the Mason Bone Cancer Study. She is doing extremely well! Take a look at this video: We took Sasha to our local vet on Wednesday to have blood drawn and sent to Dr. Mason at UPenn. […]
History was made on July, 10, 2012, when Sasha underwent her first round of treatment in the Mason Bone Cancer Study at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine. The study takes a novel approach to fighting cancer using a recombinant L. monocytogenes vaccine to, hopefully, cause anti-tumor activity of the body’s immune […]
It has been a while since on this post (tat the end), I said I’d be back with a video of Sasha and Argus swimming. It took me longer than I wanted, but here is the video of Sasha and Argus going swimming:
Several weeks have passed since I last posted here about my dog, Sasha. My husband and I brought Sasha to our local veterinarian on March 6 because she was showing lameness in her right arm. X-Rays revealed that Sasha had a growth on her humerus bone. Our veterinarian explained to us that the growth was […]
For my girl Sasha. Because every day, no matter where I am, or what I’m doing, she is on my mind. Even if I’m just in the kitchen baking or cooking, and she is in the next room, I know she is waiting for me to go in there and be with her. Maybe I […]
After long and thoughtful consideration about our next steps in treating Sasha’s caner, Carlos and I decided to proceed with Chemo. Thursday, March 29, was our consult with Dr. Waddle, and turned out to be Sasha’s first Chemo treatment. Per our vet’s recommendation, we went to Veterinary Specialty Hospital here in Raleigh, and spoke with […]
Even tough Sasha looked good in Pink, the bandages had to come off. On March 21st, seven days after the surgery, Dr. N. removed Sasha’s bandages and checked the incision; it looked great. He and the rest of the staff said Dr. Clary, the surgeon, did a great job and they all seemed really surprised […]
On Thursday, March 15th, we brought Sasha home after her amputation. Even though I could not wait to bring her home, I was nervous and concerned. I didn’t want anything to go wrong. Leaving the vet’s office was not a problem, she didn’t seem to even need help; however, we used a towel as a […]