We just received the most devastating news that our 3 year old dog Kane has lymphoma cancer. Without treatment, his vet said he only has 4-8 weeks left with us (starting from the onset of the disease, and we don’t know exactly when it started). If you don’t know, my husband and I rescued Kane when he was only 2 weeks old. We bottle fed him, kept him warm, saw him take his first steps and watched him grow into the most silly and loving boy that he is today. We have such a special bond with Kane and we are completely heartbroken over his diagnosis and the reality of losing him so young and so soon. On Friday, July 7th, Kane started acting differently. He did not want to eat his breakfast or dinner and that is extremely unlike him. Normally he drools while we prepare his food and finishes the quickest out of his two fur sisters. We thought maybe he had a stomachache and didn’t think too much into it. But that night, while giving Kane his nightly pets, I noticed multiple golf ball sized lumps under his chin and in his neck. They are so big you can now visibly see them. There was no question about it, something was wrong and we had to call the vet first thing in the morning. The next morning, I woke up and came downstairs, and Kane tried to give me his mightiest good morning howl, but instead he started choking and gagging on his howel due to the enormous size of the lumps in his throat. I called the vet the second they opened and they were able to see us within 30 minutes. The vet did a physical exam and found more lumps throughout his body. They had to sedate him to aspirate the lumps and get blood work because he was very frightened. They had to send the samples out to a lab to get the pathology results before giving any diagnosis, but she let us know that she highly suspects lymphoma cancer. She sent us home with prednisone in hopes to reduce the swelling so that he can eat and drink again. Thankfully the prednisone kicked in quickly and ever since being on the prednisone we have our goofy boy back. Unfortunately, prednisone is not a long term treatment and still only buys us the same time as doing nothing, it will just help him be more comfortable until that time comes. On July 13th at 5:30 pm, the vet called us and confirmed the worst. Kane has lymphoma cancer. She recommended that if we want to consider chemo treatment, we need to act fast and make an appointment to see a veterinarian oncologist. She informed us that chemo would cost upwards of 5 thousand dollars. We spent the weekend grieving the news and weighing our options. We wish more than anything that money wasn’t an issue but we just had a beautiful baby girl on July 2nd and I am on a 3 month unpaid maternity leave. We simply do not have the funds to pay for Kane’s treatment. We are not the type of people to request donations or ask for help, but we have also never been in a situation like this, and we would do anything for a member of our family. If you can find it in your heart to donate or to just share this LFEBridge link, we would be forever grateful.
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