Sula and Cancer: A Personal Matter
Sula, Parish Cat at Old Mission and well known author to readers of this blog, has suffered from cancer for many years bow. Her first book, Surviving Cancer, Healing People: One Cat's Story, was meant to provide hope and understanding to people suffering from cancer. From the input received at the publishing office, that goal is being reached on a regular basis.
Sula's skin cancer returned, as detailed in the book, and her ears were removed. After that, she has been free of skin cancer.
However, another cancer appeared. This one was at the injection site for one of her inoculations. It resulted in a cyst, which Sula's vet removed. However, with time, the tumor returned about a year ago. Her vet recommended amputation of her leg and estimated that her remaining life would be about six months if the cancer were not treated.
The parish priest did not want to go to extremes like amputation and decided that it would be best to let Sula live out a normal life even if it would be only a few months more.
However, one of the parishioners suggested a consult with an animal cancer center. This was a good decision. The vet, a cat oncologist, knew of a new approach to break up the tumor without cutting into Sula's leg-- and it has been working for Sula so far.
A little miracle? Yes -- but finding a vet with the right knowledge and skills is an important part of making that miracle happening. Just like with people, choosing the right doctor can be a matter of life and death.
Sula's advice to readers: If you do not like the options your doctor gives you, go for a second or even third opinion. Look for tested specialists. Sula hopes that anyone with cancer reading this blog post will be as fortunate as she has been with the people who are helping her as she goes about helping people.
For more posts about Sula and her books, click HERE.
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