
02/05/2025
😍Everyone Meet Maggie!😍
Maggie is a long term visitor to Northwest Veterinary Specialists!! Maggie first came to us in June 2022 which led to a diagnosis of renal dysplasia and chronic kidney disease, which has been beautifully managed by her super mum and dad along with our Internal Medicine department.
But in November 2024 a mass was discovered on her left hind leg, which following investigations was diagnosed as a mast cell tumour.
Maggie was then referred to our Soft Tissue department in December 2024 where she had the mass removed.
Due to the high grade nature of the mast cell tumour a follow up chemotherapy protocol was initiated in January 2025.
This involved eight injections of vinblastine over a 12 week course. Due to her kidney disease, the dose of the vinblastine was reduced to avoid toxicity or worsening her renal disease.
We had a few stop and starts with her treatment, this was due to her not feeling 100% on some chemo days, and we absolutely do not want to impact her quality of life as she's the happiest little boxer in the world.
🥳So finally this week Maggie completed her chemotherapy course.🎉
Here she is showing off her certificate 😎🥳
The ongoing plan for Miss Maggie is to return to NWVS in about one month for further investigations to assess the response to chemotherapy and to hopefully make sure there has been no metastasis (spread of the cancer).
We love you Maggie!😍