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I am looking for similarities
in all individual cases of
Histiocytic diseases.
I wonder if we all tell our
stories we might come up
with some commonality
between the specific
situations in which all of
our pets got this disease.
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overeenkomsten in alle
individuele gevallen van
Histiocytose.
Ik hoop dat wanneer wij
onze Histio verhalen
vertellen, wij overeen-
komsten ontdekken over
de manier waarop onze
huisdieren deze ziekte
hebben opgelopen.
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symptoms, situations
and circumstances
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HISTIOCYTOSIS IN
OTHER LANGUAGES

German - Hund
Maligner Histiozytose
French - Chien
l'Histiocytose Maligne
Italian - Canis
Maligni Histiocytosis
Spanish - Perros
Histiocitosis Maligna
Dutch - Hond
Maligne Histiocytose

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Gus

Systemic Histiocytosis

Chocolate Labrador Retriever
Male
March 2001 - February 2008
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Story told by Nancy C.

Our dog Gus, a 6 year old Chocolate Lab was born March 2001, died Feb 2008 of Systemic Histiocytosis. He was a wonderful dog who accompanied my husband everywhere, from riding in the truck to going aboard his lobsterfishing boat.  

In November 2007 he came down with a bad cough, we took him to the vet and they found an enlarged lymph node by his lung. They sent him home with an antibiotic, he responded well to it but the cough never went away completely. Then at the end of December 2007 a growth appeared on one of his eyelids. After much testing he was diagnosed with the systemic histiocytosis. I had never heard of it before. This was only the second case that my vet had seen and the first dog didn't have a good outcome.  

The growth continued to grow and didn't respond to any of the medications given. The other eye started to grow tumors and then he lost his eyesight. One early morning in February 2008 he had a seizure, we couldn't bear the thought of watching him go through another one so we made the decision to end his life. The vet thought the cancer had gone into his brain. It was hard taking him for that final vet visit, my heart was breaking. My husband couldn't do it. I sat with him with his head in my lap, it was very peaceful and didn't take long.  

This happened in the winter with 2 feet of snow, so we had him cremated. If this had happened when the ground wasn't frozen I think I would have had the vet come to our house to do it and then do a natural burial out back of our house. It has only been a week and half since he's been gone and it still doesn't seem real, everything happened so fast. He was such a joy to us.




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regarding your pet's health and behavior.
No diagnosis can be done without a veterinarian actually seeing and examining the patient.

DOG OWNERS SHOULD REPORT ALL CASES OF HISTIO TO THE BREEDER AND THE BREED CLUB!

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