Copper has been in remission for one year!

Copper has hit a very big milestone this week in that he has been in remission for one year! I never thought we'd make it to this point! When he was first diagnosed with lymphoma, I thought for sure I would only have him for a very short time based on the conversations I had with many people as well as based on some of the stuff I had read about the disease. I was very lucky in that the oncologists I was sent to were progressive in their approach to medicine. Rather than just trying to make him live a good quality life for the next year, they talked to me about trying to kill the cancer cells.

If you have a dog that has been diagnosed with lymphoma, I highly recommend you read Copper's entire blog (started in March of 2006) to find out what methods we used for his treatment. I wrote about research that I had found on this subject, and I discussed Copper's treatment as well as the cost for that treatment. I knew that it was a gamble to seek treatment for Copper, but I also believed that it was based on research that I found. My hope was to keep Copper in remission for 411 days (he has 45 days to go) and to prolong his life for a minimum of 3 years (which would put him at the age most basset hounds life expectancy).