Help Nina beat cancer
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I adopted Nina in Feb 2016 to continue the work I do of providing a forever home to old doggies. I currently have 3 doggies including Nina).
Nina is a Jack Russell x and is 10+ yo. Just about everything went wrong with Nina. She was abandoned blind, with 8 mammary tumours and a hernia. When I learned about her story from the doggie rescue organisation I was determined to change her life.
After adopting Nina I took her to the vet and we decided to remove the remaining 5 mammary tumours (the rescue organisation had done 3 already which was great). So we went ahead with the surgery and biopsy of the tumours.
2 out of the 5 tumours were cancer (each tumour was a different type of cancer). We were told Nina would not require chemotheraphy and we were pleasant with the results.
However.... 14 days later I took Nina to the vet to remove the stitches. It was then that the vet found a tumour on her vulva which turn to be a MCT (mast cell tumour).
We then decide to see an oncologist at SASH who recommended immediate removal of the mass. Nina would lose part of the vulva but her urination would remain ok. We also did an ultrasound that revealed no abnormalities in her body (no metastases).
We then did the surgery and Nina recovered really well.
She is a fighter!!!
Yesterday the oncologist told me that the tumour wa grade 2. Nina will require 8 chemo sessions to kill the remaining cancer cells of the MCT. The chemo may also help with the breast cancer but the main focus is indeed the MCT which can be quite agressive.
The problem is that I have spent all my savings in both surgeries and I have no means of paying for the chemo hence this fundraising.
I hope you are inspired by Nina's story as I was when I adopted her. Any amount donated is much appreciated. The chemo sessions will cost anything from 2700 to 3200. If there is any money left from this fundraising I will donate it to Monika's Doggie Rescue.
Thanks for your help.
Beatriz and Nina Hoffmann
Nina is a Jack Russell x and is 10+ yo. Just about everything went wrong with Nina. She was abandoned blind, with 8 mammary tumours and a hernia. When I learned about her story from the doggie rescue organisation I was determined to change her life.
After adopting Nina I took her to the vet and we decided to remove the remaining 5 mammary tumours (the rescue organisation had done 3 already which was great). So we went ahead with the surgery and biopsy of the tumours.
2 out of the 5 tumours were cancer (each tumour was a different type of cancer). We were told Nina would not require chemotheraphy and we were pleasant with the results.
However.... 14 days later I took Nina to the vet to remove the stitches. It was then that the vet found a tumour on her vulva which turn to be a MCT (mast cell tumour).
We then decide to see an oncologist at SASH who recommended immediate removal of the mass. Nina would lose part of the vulva but her urination would remain ok. We also did an ultrasound that revealed no abnormalities in her body (no metastases).
We then did the surgery and Nina recovered really well.
She is a fighter!!!
Yesterday the oncologist told me that the tumour wa grade 2. Nina will require 8 chemo sessions to kill the remaining cancer cells of the MCT. The chemo may also help with the breast cancer but the main focus is indeed the MCT which can be quite agressive.
The problem is that I have spent all my savings in both surgeries and I have no means of paying for the chemo hence this fundraising.
I hope you are inspired by Nina's story as I was when I adopted her. Any amount donated is much appreciated. The chemo sessions will cost anything from 2700 to 3200. If there is any money left from this fundraising I will donate it to Monika's Doggie Rescue.
Thanks for your help.
Beatriz and Nina Hoffmann
Organizer
Bia Adib Hoffmann
Organizer
Auckland