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>> IT'S OFF TO THE VET AGAIN FOR
SIX-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN-LAB
RETRIEVER BELLA.
IT'S NOT A PLACE SHE'S ECSTATIC
TO VISIT, BUT ONE SHE IS
FAMILIAR WITH.
HAVING DEALT WITH COLITIS,
EPILEPSY, AND OTHER HEALTH
ISSUES, BELLA KNOWS ALL ABOUT
DOCTORS, NEUROLOGISTS, AND
SPECIALISTS.
TODAY'S VISIT IS A TOUGH ONE,
THOUGH.
SHE'S GOING FOR CHEMOTHERAPY.
>> THEY CALLED ME IMMEDIATELY,
AND I WAS JUST DEVASTATED.
I'D GET UP EVERY NIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND GO LIE
WITH HER.
LIKE, I WAS JUST -- IT BROKE MY
HEART.
AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WERE
GOING TO DO OR WHAT OUR OPTIONS
WERE WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.
>> Reporter: BELLA HAD BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH BONE CANCER.
SHE HAD HER LEG AMPUTATED
IMMEDIATELY AND THEN BEGAN SIX
TREATMENTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY TO
WARD OFF FURTHER CANCER
DEVELOPMENT.
>> WE'VE KIND OF GONE FROM
ONCOLOGY ON THE VETERINARY SIDE
BEING MAYBE A FRINGE SPECIALTY
TO BEING A FAIRLY COMMON THING.
>> Reporter: THANKFULLY FOR
LIA WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR
HER DOG.
AND SHE DOES A LOT.
ON TOP OF GIVING BELLA A SLEW OF
MEDICATIONS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY,
SHE TAKES HER TO WATER THERAPY
SESSIONS AND NOW CHEMOTHERAPY
TREATMENTS.
>> HOPEFULLY THIS IS IT AND
SHE'LL LIVE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW,
FOUR YEARS OR SIX YEARS OR
LONGER.
WITH NO MORE ILLNESS.
>> Reporter: WITH THE SAME
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS AS USED ON
HUMANS AND COMPARABLE RADIATION
EQUIPMENT, JUST HOW SUCCESSFUL
ARE THESE TREATMENTS ON ANIMALS?
>> FOR SOME TUMOURS TREATED WITH
RADIATION THERAPY WE EXPECT 75
TO 85% CHANCE OF FIVE-YEAR
SURVIVAL.
FOR SOME OTHER CANCERS WE MAY BE
THINKING MORE ON THE LINE OF
NINE TO TWELVE MONTHS.
>> Reporter: WITH FIVE
TREATMENTS DOWN AND ONE TO GO,
BELLA IS TAKING IT ALL IN
STRIDE, AND KENNEDY IS HAPPY FOR
