February 17th 2008 10:44 am
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Dear Pup Pals,

I NO LONGER HAVE CANCER; MY LYMPHOMA IS GONE! AND I AM OK.

Since my Mom told you I had lymphoma last September, I had to go to Red Bank Hospital every Saturday for 20 weeks. There I met and made friends with many other doggies and kitties who were also sick.

First, the great doctor there took out the enlarged lymph node on my back right leg. Then they took many other tests, and the doc became a bit confused by the results. I had a "stage 1" lymphoma, meaning I just had the one node, no other nodes enlarged, and my blood work showed no cancer.

Soooooo, my mom and pop agreed to send for another biospy report from a doggie expert far away. That report too came back "probably lymphoma" and caused a very odd expression on the doc's face again. "Thelli is unique!" he said to mom and pop. But geeeee, they already knew that, doc! HA!

He told my people that we should do the "Wisconsin Protocol" of chemotherapy " to make really sure Thelli will be ok; and it was lucky we caught it so early!"

Mom and pop didn't want me to have all those nasty chemicals put into my shiny black lab body, but they also didn't want cancer to surprise us later on.

Now, after 20 weeks of treatment, I am a perfect specimen of block-head health!

AND NOW FOR SOME MORE NEWS!

Guess what?!
I passed my Canine Good Citizen test AND the International Therapy Dog Test, all in one day!

WOW my pop was so proud of me, especially since, he told everybody, "Thelli is home-schooled!" (whatever that means :-)

So Pup Pals, after a long time, your Thelli is back.
XO