Splenic Hemangiosarcoma
KEY POINTS:
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Profound Bone Marrow Response!!
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Natural Immunotherapy can be used to strengthen the pre-surgical patient
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Natural Immunotherapy offers another level of patient support often over looked in current veterinary tumor therapy protocols
Patient: Toby
Age/Sex/Breed: Terrier Mix Age: 13 years
Diagnostics:
11 pound spleen mass (33% of total body weight) was successfully removed. Dramatic Bone Marrow Response!!
4/2/10-- RBC 2.97 Million WBC 5.24 thousand PLATELETS 97 thousand
4/22/10 RBC 5.5 Million WBC 7.24 thousand PLATELETS 345 thousand
4/02/10: Toby was presented for examination of a markedly distended abdomen. Radiographs confirmed our suspicion of a spleen tumor. Toby was in a very debilitated condition with significant muscle wasting and difficulty breathing due the size of the abdominal mass.
Therapy:
Veterinary Immune Tabs were started 04/02/10. The therapy goals were to:
1) Improve the red cell and platelet counts
2) Enhance the immune response in a highly stressed patient
3) Potentially shrink or slow tumor growth
4) Support post-surgical healing.
4/22/10: In less than 2 weeks pre-surgical blood work revealed an amazing improvement in the cell counts. An 11 pound spleen mass (33% of total body weight) was successfully removed. Biopsies confirmed a malignant hemangiosarcoma.
6/27/10: Toby is flourishing and has gained back 8 pounds. Post-surgical healing was completely uneventful. His owners are extremely happy and will continue his Veterinary Immune Tabs for preventative purposes.
Update:
Toby survived another 18 months without post-surgical chemotherapy when she succumbed to congestive heart failure.
Attending Veterinarian: Dr. Bob McClung


Marked muscular wasting and severe anemia Started Vet. Immune TabsCurrent Update as of 08/12/10

Toby is thriving and increased her body weight to 34# from a post-op weight of 25#