Cute Costume Countdown: Breast cancer survivor!
This is Lexie, who belongs to Bekye Eckert and participated in the Westminster Petsmart's Halloween parade and contest last week. She was dressed as herself, a breast cancer survivor.
The 10-year-old Maltese rescue had two surgeries for metastatic mammary cancer; in February her prognosis was six months.
"Of course we're thrilled she's still with us and doing well, and we are grateful for the opportunity to spread the word about cancer in pets because it's surprising how many folks who don't know that pets suffer from many of the same diseases humans do ... diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and unfortunately, cancer," Eckert says.
Lexie was diagnosed with malignant metastatic adenocarcinoma in February after her first surgery and had a second surgery in June.
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