Texas A&M Oncology Team Helps Top Police K-9 Overcome Cancer
Texas DPS handler makes weekly two-hour trips for K-9 partner’s cancer treatment. Police K-9 Athena and her handler Josh Perkins have been an unstoppable pair in their service to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS); since they began working together, the two have broken several records across the state and received multiple awards. While […]
From Feral To Fur-ever: Texas A&M Gives Cat Third Chance After Mammary Cancer Diagnosis
A chance encounter at a Houston loading dock in 2016 set the stage for an incredible journey of survival and transformation for Alice, a feral mother cat. When Tobi Kosanke, a geologist from the Houston area, originally brought Alice home, the kitty was so scared of people that she hid from her rescuers for half […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Oncology Service Receives Petco Love Grant To Financially Assist Pet Owners
The Small Animal Teaching Hospital’s (SATH) Oncology Service at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has received a two-year, $150,000 grant as part of a renewed investment from national nonprofit Petco Love to support lifesaving work for pets seeking cancer treatment in the Brazos Valley. The Petco Love grant is […]
Texas A&M Faculty Member, Former Student Team Up In Fight Against Cancer
Susan Fontaine’s life-long love affair with dogs grew by leaps and bounds when she and her husband, George Corolla, started competing and showing their dogs in the early 1990s. Since then, the couple competed with six different dogs, all with names that started with an “M.” Yet, as is the case with all pets, the […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Oncology Team Helps Blue BTHO Cancer
Blue, a mixed-breed dog, has called multiple academic institutions home as she has traveled the country alongside her owner, Dr. Meriam Saleh. “She has been with me at the University of Tennessee for my undergrad, Virginia Tech for my Ph.D., Oklahoma State for my postdoc, and now she’s an Aggie,” Saleh said. “She’s my little […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Hospital Celebrates Patient Successes With New Cancer Bell
When Henry, a 7-year-old rescue Mastiff, finished his final round of chemotherapy at the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH), he became the first patient to celebrate his achievement with the hospital’s new “BTHO Cancer” bell. The bell, which was installed in April, is used to signify a patient’s completion of either chemotherapy or […]
Texas A&M Alumna Creates VMTH Fund To Support K-9 Heroes
Almost everybody has a cancer story—a story about how the disease has affected their life or the life of somebody they love. For Stacy LeBlanc, cancer played a part in one of the earliest losses of her life; she was just 12 years old when her 47-year-old mother died of cancer. But this isn’t a […]
Texas A&M VMTH, Gary Sinise Foundation Help Veteran’s Dog Beat Cancer
“Lilly is more than just our dog. She’s more than just our family member. She’s changed my child’s life and made it so much better,” said Laura Deming, a physician’s assistant and Navy veteran from Houston. Lilly, a 10-year-old black lab, joined the Deming family in 2011 as a trained assistance dog for Deming’s son, […]
Rallying For Ramsie: VMTH Oncology Service Saves Life Of Team Member’s Dog
Paula Plummer knows firsthand what having a pet with cancer looks like. For the last 14 years, Plummer has been a licensed veterinary technician in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), and for three of those years, she has been a dedicated member of the […]
CVMBS Oncology Service Receives Grant Renewal To Support Pets Fighting Cancer
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles and the Oncology Service at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), have received a second grant of $75,000 from the Petco Foundation that will financially assist owners with their pets’ cancer treatments. The Pet Cancer Treatment grant, supported by […]
