(All bills, estimates and lab reports are uploaded into updates for transparency)

Yesterday on 9/22/22, We had a consultation with an oncologist and further diagnostics for Timbre. Probably the best news we have received this year is that Timbre does not have any metastatic disease. (The cancer has not spread throughout her body.) We also have a clear picture going forward of what her treatments will be, and how much they will cost. She will receive 5 chemotherapy treatments, every 3 weeks, followed up by bloodwork to monitor her response. She will also receive periodic x-rays to observe if any metastasis occurs. This final cost will be much less than radiation therapy would have been, but it was not recommended. The pricing of each procedure will be broken down as veterinary estimates, in the updates section. We thank all those who have donated or shared our GoFundMe and those who continue to do so.

To be frank, these medical expenses come directly on the heels of us recovering financially and emotionally from an unsolved veterinary emergency in which we lost our beloved cat, Boon, and Tyler, being laid off at the end of August due to his employer being bought out by out of state investors. This is probably the hardest time of our lives.

We are aware of several grants that help with the treatment of cancer in dogs, and we have applied to or are applying to all of them. Upon receiving any of these grants, we will post them here and deduct them from our total goal.

History:

Timbre went to the veterinarian's office in March 2022 and was diagnosed with a lipoma. Due to the growth in the size of the lump on her leg, Tyler and I (Bat) decided to get a second opinion and were informed that she may have mast cell cancer.

That vet and cytologist were sure that Timbre's mass was one or the other form of cancer (mast-cell or sarcoma, respectively). The following specialist we saw couldn't make a specific diagnosis from the previous cytology report nor a second fine needle aspirate that they performed. They determined that the best course of action, given the history of the mass, and its unknown nature, was to remove it immediately surgically.

Timbre's surgery for excision of her mass on 09/02/22 went well, and she is recovering. As of today, she had a bandage change, and the incision is healing. However, we also received the results of her mass histology report today, which were not good. Timbre's mass was a Grade III Sarcoma (Cancer), and she will need further treatment.