Ann
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She's looking more perky! And adjusting to her new purple accessory....
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Sharon7
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Oh yes, this is not nearly as bad as could have been, Ann. Ally's was low grade sarcoma also, and she lived another 4 years, and it never returned. She looks pretty darn good in the new photo! I'm glad you don't have any further treatment necessary. BTW, I don't know what's in the Yunnan Baiyo Brooke is now taking twice daily, but it smells like curry a bit, so probably there is some tumeric in there. She had loose stool so I started mixing it in with some canned pumpkin. Everything went back to normal in about a week and now she's back to normal stools.
Breathing a sigh of relief for you two; sending more good thoughts for quick healing and a return to normalcy.
Breathing a sigh of relief for you two; sending more good thoughts for quick healing and a return to normalcy.
Chris
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Checkers, purple is definitely your color!!!
Ann
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BTW, I don't know what's in the Yunnan Baiyo Brooke is now taking twice daily, but it smells like curry a bit, so probably there is some tumeric in there.
Thanks, Sharon! Where do you get this? Checkers also takes a Chinese herb but it's not Yunnan Baiyo. If she can't take the tumeric I'd be interested in trying this.
trini
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Pretty in Purple...that is Checker's new theme song. Low grade, clean margins and no more treatment...WTG!!!! 
Trini
Trini
Caro
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Gosh, what a change. She's definitely looking more perky. Although I have to say I'm disappointed you went with purple. Remember when Deska had his legs in wraps many years ago and everyone 'signed' his cast. I was hoping Tully and I could sign Checker's cast.
Sharon7
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It was specifically tested by U of Penn vets on Hemangiosarcoma in dogs. it stops the internal bleeding. As you can see below, it is also anti-inflammatory, and interestingly, Brooke's limp which had returned (even with the green lipped mussels) has almost vanished now that she is on this. Most vets in town are familiar with this and carry it, but they just get it on the internet themselves! Crazy, huh?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/5-Boxes-of-Yunnan-Baiyao-Capsules-16-Capsules/887260050
The ingredients listed on the manufacturer’s label in 2011 included: Tienchi ginseng root, Ajuga forrestii Diels plant, Chinese yam root, Dioscoreae nipponica Makino root, Erodium stephanianum and Geranium wilfordii plant, Dioscoreae parvilora ting root, Inula cappa plant.1
The actual mechanisms by which Yunnan Baiyao affects the coagulation system have not been fully elucidated. It has been suggested that enhanced expression of surface glycoproteins on platelets plays a role. 3 Yunnan Baiyao is best known for these aforementioned hemostatic properties. However, this herbal supplement has been used for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. A study in 2014 was performed by Wirth et al., In Vitro effects of Yunnan Baiyao on canine hemangiosarcoma cell lines after treatment with increasing concentrations of Yunnan Baiyao. The conclusion was that this herbal supplement did cause dose and time dependent hemangiosarcoma cell death through initiation of caspase-mediated apoptosis.
A more recent article, by Egger et al., The effect of Yunnan Baiyao on platelet activation, buccal mucosal bleeding time, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, and thromboelastography in healthy dogs: a prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded, crossover study, showed non-significant differences in many clotting parameters, concluded that there was no induction of hypercoagulability. There are some limitations of the study which include that there were only 8 dogs, and they were healthy, not clinically bleeding dogs. The coagulation system in a sick pet is very different than in a healthy one. The dose used was 4 times higher than the dose that we typically use in a sick pet. There were no adverse effects noted in any dogs.
To read the whole article: https://www.mspca.org/angell_services/yunnan-baiyao-to-use-or-not-to-use/
Ann
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That would be tough because it changes every other day, Caro! Today's is blue sparkles. She's Sparkle Sheltie.....
Cindy
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Is she able to move about on her own and go out for potty?
The cast looks rather unwieldly...
The cast looks rather unwieldly...
Ann
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Not really, Cindy. I carry her everywhere. She isn't supposed to use it and we have to be careful of her slipping or falling on our floors where we don't have carpeting. They said that any jarring can keep the skin graft from taking. I carry her out and put her down as close to her "spot" as I can find and she'll hobble a few steps but that's it. She's crated at night or when I'm not in the room.
The good news is that so far, the graft looks good so I'm just keeping this up for as long as I have to. And so far, Checkers has been a really good girl about staying quiet. I think the meds help.