Help Save Jackson - Brain Cancer Radiotherapy Fund

 

 

We recently found out our Jackson has a brain tumor. He's only 8 and we love him so much, and if it's not treated he only has two more months. We are not ready to say goodbye to him at such a young age. Attempting to remove a brain tumor with surgery is extremely risky, and chemo, general radiotherapy would make his remaining days very hard. Non-Invasive Stereotactic Radiotherapy is the recommended treatment. Similar cases have gotten great results.  Unfortunately, it's not a cheap procedure, and payments are not made in small increments session by session. The facility requires the total amount to be paid all at once... 

 

Animal Cancer Care Clinic in Fort Lauderdale Florida Oncologist  Dr. Jarrod Lyons told us even though his tumor is large, there's still hope for him.  After mapping his tumor with CT Scan he will have Stereotactic Radiotherapy sessions (up to 3 ) all within the same week. The goal is to stop his tumor from growing and possibly heal over time. If it all goes well he can live another 2 years or so.

 

We understand French bulldogs already have a short life span (around 12 years) and they tend to have health issues, but Jackson's tumor is not the type that will metastasize, and cancer didn't develop in the rest of his body and transfer to his brain. This attempt to save him is not a lost cause. Our little guy has always been strong, and we believe with all your help he can beat this thing. We are willing to try it and we could use some help. So if you can send good thoughts, good energy, or whatever you can spare his way, we would be extremely grateful. Thank you so much.

Our mutual love for french bulldogs was the reason we met, the four of us have been a little family, and while we were preparing to get married in 7 months, Jackson's seizures came out of nowhere. We were hoping it was just epilepsy. Finding out he has been living with a brain tumor and the idea of him leaving us so soon just when we thought we were officially starting our days as a family is so devastating. We've spoken to many of our friends, who had their beloved pets that battled cancer one way or another. Everyone of them had a different scenario. When people hear cancer treatment, we always think it will be poor life quality, and he could suffer but he's one of those rare cases that with this short treatment, and his other organs being healthy, we are very hopeful that he has a fair shot. If he responds to therapy, he would be in good shape, and it wouldn't affect his life quality the way chemo affects other cancer survivors. If that were the case we wouldn't want to put him through all that ourselves either.