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Sosha was turned in to IDR+ when her owners had to move into an apartment and they could not find an apartment that would take Dobermans, not even sweet little Sosha. They also knew they needed to turn her into a rescue due to her medical issue. Months ago, Sosha’s owner noticed her limping and took her to the vet. The vet did an x-ray, but at that time he could find nothing wrong, and this is quite typical of bone cancer. Over the last few months, the leg began to swell, and although the owner did want to take her back to the vet, they just did not have the money to do so and called IDR+. We took her to the vet immediately thinking the news would not be good due to the size of the tumor. We took an x-ray, and though it did not look like typical Osteosarcoma in the x-ray, our vet was still suspicious due to the size and rapid growth. She is just so young, so the vet was not convinced. We did a chest x-ray as well to see if anything has metastasized, and it had not, so he advised removing the leg since it could not be saved. The only other option would be to humanely euthanize her assuming the prognosis is poor, but we just couldn’t see not giving her a chance. The surgery went well and Sosha is recuperating well. We are waiting on pins and needles for the bone biopsy to come back from the lab. Unfortunately, if it’s osteosarcoma it will spread quickly and give her about a four-month prognosis. We will keep you updated.
Update 1/28/12: Unfortunately, Sosha’s test came back positive for Osteosarcoma, an aggressively spreading form of bone cancer. We are all shocked and saddened at the diagnosis because she is so young, but she is in less pain since her leg was amputated. She will live out her remaining months in a loving foster home. If you are interested in donating toward her care please click below. Sosha is now in a wonderful foster home but if you are interested in adopting her please email Pam at orphandobe@ameritech.net
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HELPING US PAY OFF SOSHA’S MEDICAL BILLS.
DoberDuds: Darla D’Andre appreciates how special Sosha is and is so glad that Sosha is now with IDR+ and able to spend the rest of her time in a loving foster home.
Sponsors: IDR is fortunate to have generous donors. Sponsors like those listed on this page and including these generous souls listed below who have made generous donations to help care for Sosha for whatever time she may have left make it possible for the IDR+ family to help so many orphans including the sick and the seniors.
* Noboru Kamino
* Janet Buzzeli
* Mac Industries
* Jean Zimmerman
* Barb Perry
* Melanie Kern
* Thanks to Lois and Baron for donating lots of yummy treats and toys for her
* Sosha wants to thank her anonymous friend who donated supplements to help with her cancer all the way from Canada
* Beverly Hansen
* Jessie Redmon
* Stephanie Rudich
* Renee Fisher
