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Former bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky Sharing why her family chose to give her dog radiation treatments, Owen, for cancer.
“Let’s start with this … Owen is a radiation treatment graduate !!!!!” Fedotowsky, 40, wrote through Instagram On Friday, March 21. “I mean … This picture couldn’t be narrower. So proud of it! Now for the back store for why we decided radiation for our sweet puppy!”
Fedotowsky shared that it was not “an easy decision” for “many reasons,” but explained that the choice “would include six backups” veterinarian visits where it would always have to be placed under anesthesia.
“And as you can see, he gets very nervous at the vet,” headed Fedotowsky video of Owen shaking as she hugs it.
Fedotowsky explained that Owen could not make treatments where they are located in Nashville, because the city does not yet have a “radiation oncology unit for dogs.”
“We have heard that they will be as soon as next month, but unfortunately, Owen would not be until next month if we waited,” wrote Fedotowsky, explaining that they had gone to Chattanooga and stayed in a pet -friendly hotel. “I treated him like a king while there! He slept in a big comfortable bed with me… and ate a salmon service and a steak room. He even checked the hotel’s dress lounge with me. Everyone was so sweet for him!”
Fedotowsky noted that the journey was “not easy,” indicating that it was “up several times throughout the night to take it outside to go to the bathroom or just walk off his anxiety.” One night, Fedotowsky slept on the floor with Owen because he “really struggled and broke (her heart).”
“So why did we do it? Owen has a very large brain tumor and without treatment, his neurologist estimated that he had about a month left to live. I couldn’t come up with that thought. I promised to do everything I could to help them,” he wrote. “So after we confirmed a brain tumor with MRI, our neurologist directed us to the radiation facility in Chattanooga. After doing a ton of research and talking to the radiologist, we learned, by making one CT scan and then 5 stereotypical radiation treatment over 5 years, we could (on average) give 1.5 years good!”
Ali Fedotowsky and her husband, Kevin Manno, open for his ongoing cancer struggle. “The crazy thing is that he didn’t have absolutely zero symptoms and his blood work came back perfectly,” wrote Fedotowsky, 40, through Instagram on Wednesday, January 29, referring to her husband’s health before his diagnosis. “So we thought it was important (…)
Fedotowsky noted that dogs must be under anesthesia to keep them “perfectly still” when having Mri, a CT scan or radiation treatments – but the family thought “this short time would be worth it if we had so much more good time with it. Not necessary to just us, but really it!”
“So yes, this was difficult on it, but we would not have made this decision, if we did not think that its short amount of anxiety and discomfort would be worth it in the long run,” headed Fedotowsky slide from her feet including Owen’s socks. “It’s like a few puppies outside this treatment and its seizures, so I know he has a good life left to live! (And yes, I wore my socks with pictures of Owen on them for good luck during his treatments!).”
While Fedotowsky noted that Owen’s brain cancer cannot be improved with radiation, ”he explained that the hope is to” shrink the tumor or simply prevent its growth to give it that extra time. “
“And while he has made his treatments, the side effects can be felt weeks or even months later, so we will continue to watch him closely,” he wrote.
Former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky offered an update on her husband’s thyroid cancer battle Kevin Manno. “The surgery went great and they only had to get in! We went in, without knowing if they would have to take all the thing or half,” wrote Fedotowowsky, 40, via Instagram on Friday, February 28. “Thankfully, he did not (…)
Fedotowowsky Returned home with Owen to Nashville on Friday, sharing that her pooch is “very sleepy” on the driveway and is now “peacefully sleeping in his own home with the people he loves most.”
“We don’t know exactly what the future has for him. He’s almost 12 and Grand Mal’s seizures are part of his life now (just hope to be less often for the time being). He added. “We will never take one second for granted.”
Fedotowsky concluded that the week was “a lot” for their family “logistically, financially and emotionally,” but noted “there’s nothing I will do to this sweet little guy.”
“He! Cancer (Soft Tissue Sarcoma) pulled on his leg, MRI, CT scan, and 5 stereotypical radiation treatment! “Yes, he still has a brain tumor and always will. He will be on medication for the rest of his life to hope to help control his seizures. Sharing what the future looks like for our sweet bud and why we did what we did above. Thank you for all the love. So happy for us to be back home with our family where we belong.”
Fedotowowsky shared on March 14 that Owen was diagnosed with a brain tumor, asking her Instagram Followers to “Keep it in your heart this week.” Weeks before, Fedotowsky shared an update in the middle of a husband Kevin Manno‘S. Papilian thyroid cancer fights. (The pair, who tied the knot in 2017, shares Molly’s daughter, 8, and her son Riley, 6.)
“Happy to report that the thyroid pathology report of this guy has come back negatively! Meaning the cancer has disappeared completely,” wrote Fedotowsky via Instagram on February 28. “ his surgeryThey took the thyroid to be tested to make sure they get all the edges. “
