As everyone had suspected Drake does have cancer. That's the bad news, the good news is that it hasn't spread to his lungs. The doctors are confident that with radiation, chemotherapy and surgery he will be a cancer survivor. Normally they would do surgery first, but his tumor is so large (the size of a grapefruit) the doctors are afraid that they will do other harm by trying to remove it so they want to shrink it first. The biopsy they took on Saturday is off to Colorado State University so we know exactly what kind of cancer he has.
Since last Tuesday I have learned more than I ever cared to know about cancer in animals. The biggest surprise was that no matter what kind of cancer it may be they all have the same name and make–up as they do in humans. Consequently, they are treated with the same therapies as they are in humans. If there is a good side to all of this, the chemo and radiation do not have the same effect on animals as they do humans. With that, Drake won't be losing his hair - other than that really bad hair cut he got on Saturday, nor should he be sick.
So as we wait to hear the name of his cancer and to begin his treatment, we do so with hope and prayer that within a couple of months this will all be behind us and life gets back to normal.
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