Sunny in 1990
Sundance is a 15 year old yellow lab owned by Ursula Melzer. In November of 1998, a
small oral mass was removed during a dental procedure and submitted for histopathology. It
was determined to be a malignant melanoma, one of the most aggressive tumors found in
dogs. Most dogs do not survive more than 3 months.16 months later,
Sundance is still doing fine. He had one previous surgery to remove a portion of the
tumor, and we performed the procedure again 3/1/00. He is still eating fine, tail always
wagging, and feeling great. Mrs. Melzer combines many homeopathic remedies, melatonin and
the chemotherapeutic drug feldene to give Sunny good quality of life inspite of a nasty
oral tumor.
A note: Sundance succumbed to metastasis of the
tumor 5/1/00. Our heart goes out to Mrs. Melzer. |
