LEE JACKSON, A LOCAL PAPA DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. NOW CANCER FREE BECAUSE OF A BREAK
FOR CANCER TREATMENT.
>> NOW THIS IS HEADING A 6
YEAR-OLD PIT BULL AND HE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH A MASS CELL
TUMOR ON HIS FRONT LEFT LEG.
NOW HANGS OWNERS WHO ARE ALSO
IS ABOUT IN AREAS WERE ABLE TO
SAVE HIS LIFE. DOCTOR, KATIE
GREEN, THAT AN AREA
INTERCOASTAL WEST VETERINARY
HOSPITAL, YOU ARE THAT
VETERINARIAN WHO IS ALSO
HANKS, WONDERFUL OWNER. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US FOR HAVING US. SO SOMETHING
WE’RE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WAS
ONLY 6 IS ONLY 6 WHEN HE WAS
DIAGNOSED, WHICH JUST FEEL SO
YOUNG. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I
THINK WE’RE SOME OF IT. SO WE
DON’T REALLY KNOW. AND SOME IT
IS GENETICS. I THINK END
>> SO THAT IS OWNERS ARE MUCH
MORE DILIGENT, YOU KNOW, NOW
THAN ME 2050, YEARS AGO. AND
SO WE’VE ARE CATCHING THESE
THINGS IN AND FIND HIM DOING
THE TREATMENTS AND
>> THEN THEY GET TO LIVE A LOT
LONGER. I KNOW WHICH IS WHAT
WE ALL WANT FOR. SURE. SO HOW
FIRST DID YOU FIND OUT? I
MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOUR
VETERINARIAN, BUT I’M SURE
THERE ARE TELLTALE SIGNS THAT
SOMETHING WAS WRONG. YEAH. SO
HE JUST HAD A LUMP ON HIS IT
DIDN’T HURT HIM. I DIDN’T
BOTHER HIM.
>> BUT WE KNOW THAT ANY TIME
WE HAVE A LUMP OR BUMP, WE
ALWAYS WANT TO GET THAT
CHECKED OUT AND TESTED. AND SO
WE WE DID THOSE TESTS AND AND
FOUND LEO CAME BACK YEAH. AND
THEN ED WILL AND I JUST FOR
ANYONE AT HOME WHO MAYBE HAS A
AN ANIMAL BECAUSE AGAIN, 6 TO
ME, I WOULD NEVER THINK CANCER
BECAUSE I HAVE FOR MY DOGS FOR
AND I’M LIKE, OH, YOU GOT A
LONG WAY TO GO. WHAT SHOULD
YOU REALLY BE LA? WHAT EXACTLY
DOES A LUMP LOOK LIKE? ANY
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MONEY ON
THE.
>> THE SKIN WHEN YOU’RE
PETTING YOUR PUPS, IF THERE’S
ANY LITTLE SOMETHING THAT
YOU’VE NEVER FELT BEFORE A
LITTLE SOMETIMES THERE’S HAIR
THERE SOME AND THERE’S NOT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WITH HANKS, IT
WAS COVERED IN FUR, BUT IT WAS
IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD LIKE
SPRAIN HIS WRIST OR SOMETHING
IN HUMAN. YOU THINK THAT SAYS
A LITTLE BIT SWOLLEN AND WE
THOUGHT TO WE THOUGHT, WELL,
MAYBE MAYBE HURT HIMSELF, BUT
SURELY THAT’S SOMETHING TO
WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> IT DEFINITELY WAS. ALL
RIGHT. SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS
TREATMENT. YES, SO IT’S CALLED
SO FUN TO IT IS. IT’S SO
PREVIOUSLY FOR A TUMOR LIKE
BANKS, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT
WAS. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
EITHER REMOVING HIS LEG OR
MAYBE A LONG COURSE OF
RADIATION, BUT THEY’VE
DEVELOPED THIS INJECTION,
INJECTED IT RIGHT INTO THE
SITE OF THE TUMOR. AND THEN IT
BASICALLY IT LIKE ROCKS, THE
TUMOR FROM THE INSIDE IT
BRINGS IN ALL THE GOOD CELLS
IN THE BODY TO HELP BREAK IT
DOWN AND THEN IT JUST IT ROTS.
IT BASICALLY FALLS OFF AND
THEN HEELS JUST LIKE A REGULAR
WIND. IT’S INCREDIBLE. AND IT
DOESN’T HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE
SIDE EFFECTS. THE FIRST COUPLE
DAYS ARE A LITTLE PAINFUL. YOU
KNOW, WE HAD HIM ON QUITE A
BIT OF PAIN MEDICATION ON SOME
CBD PRODUCTS THINGS HOPE TO
KEEP HIM MORE COMFORTABLE
HERE. A LITTLE BIT ONE THING.
BUT AFTER ABOUT THAT 3RD DAY,
HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY ISSUES. IT
LOOKS REALLY BECAUSE IT DOES
KIND OF DROP AND THAT’S
PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART FOR
FOR OWNERS IS WATCHING. THAT
WAS FOR US. YEAH, THAT’S
REALLY SO IT’S JUST SO GROSS.
BUT AFTER THAT, ABOUT 3RD DAY,
HE’S BEEN LIKE NOTHING’S
HAPPENING. SO I MEAN, YOU
THINK ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE
AGAIN? YES, POTENTIALLY TAKING
OFF. SO I RADIATION, WHICH IS
IN ITSELF A HUGE DEAL. IT IS.
YEAH, IT’S A LOT. THAT’S LOT
TIME. A LOT OF MONEY. YOU
KNOW, THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT
THING. THIS TREATMENT WAS A
FRACTION OF THE COST OF THOSE
OTHER IT WAS LESS THAN $1000
TO TREAT HIS CANCER. RADIATION
IS ABOUT 10,000. SO IT EVEN
MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OWNERS TO
WHO MAYBE COULDN’T AFFORD TO
DO THAT TREATMENT? NOW THEY
HAVE OPTIONS TO REALLY SAVE
THEIR LIVES. SO HOW NEW IS
THIS TREATMENT AND HOW DO YOU
KNOW IF YOUR ANIMAL AS A
CANDIDATE? YES, IT’S BEEN
AROUND. I THINK IT’S BEEN
ABOUT A YEAR SO THAT IT’S BEEN
OUT IN, YOU KNOW, MAINSTREAM
VETERINARIANS SO THIS A
CERTAIN TYPE OF CANCER MAST
CELL TUMORS, WHICH ARE ONE OF
THE MORE COMMON SKIN TUMORS
DOGS. AND SO YOUR VETERINARIAN
WILL LOOK DEPENDS ON THE SIZE
AND THE LOCATION ON THE BODY.
AND IF IT’S HAD A NICE SPREAD,
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN USE THE
STUFF ON TO ABOUT THE SOONER
THAT YOU FIND IT AND THE
SMALLER IT IS THE EASIER IT’S
GOING TO BE TO TREAT, YOU
KNOW, WHICHEVER THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AS THIS IS WITHOUT A
DOUBT. A GAME CHANGER. YEAH,
TOTALLY. TOTALLY CHANGE A GAME
AND HE GETS TO KEEP THAT LEG.
HE’S HAPPY. YOU KNOW, THAT’S
ALL WE HAVE TO DO FOR HIM NOW.
AND IT’S ALMOST HEALED. YOU
CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS WHAT’S
ALL THAT AND ALL OF YOU KNOW.
AND SO HIS TUMOR WAS KIND OF
LIKE THIS. OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT’S ALMOST ALL DINE-IN
SPENDING A LITTLE OVER A MONTH
SINCE WE DID THE INDUCTION.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT. SO
HOW DO YOU ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR
THIS IF YOU IF YOU KNOW THAT
YOUR DOG HAS POTENTIALLY
SOMETHING GOING FOR, YOU KNOW,
CHECK THE LUMPS IF YOU COMES
BACK A MASK. SO TUMOR. JUST
ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, IS MY IS
THIS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR SELF
AND, YOU KNOW, HEAT, MOST OF
US NOW HAVE HEARD OF IT GOT
SOME TRAINING. SO THOUGH, OUT
TO HELP YOU OUT OR THEY MAY
SEND YOU OVER TO LIKE THE
ONCOLOGY YOU KNOW, IF IT’S NOT
SOMETHING THAT THEY PROVIDE,
BUT
>>EMILY BOYER: I MEAN, AND
LOOK HOW GOOD HANK IS DOING.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS SO COOL. I
IS SUCH A GREAT TREATMENTS,
SUCH AN OPTION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US. NOW I’M GONNA SEND IT TO