Cancer and Our Animal Friends - Percys Story

Imagine for a moment that you are Percy, a beautiful, creamy long hair 10 pound 8 year old cat. Rescued from a construction site years ago, you have healed now, and you are enjoying your life and good health. You often happily accompany your caretakers, Rita and Bart, as they travel around the country to visit family and friends. You are a very special, unique being with a great deal of wisdom and compassion. You love your human friends very much and they wonder what they did before you came into their lives.

Rita occasionally chats with you through the services of Val, an animal communicator and behaviorist, and you always look forward to these visits. When Rita tells you that Val is calling to chat, you get all excited and run to the phone. During the conversations, you become very animated and expressive, enjoying the fun of sharing your thoughts and feelings with your human friends.

When you first met Val, you were newly rescued and having trouble becoming accustomed to your new home and people. She assisted so that everyone felt more comfortable with each other, and you learned how to understand the needs of your new people and how you could best fit into the family. She helped them understand where you came from, how you felt, and that you were grieving the loss of your former people. Chatting with Val helped ease the transition for everyone so much. And, Val also helped your vet know what you really needed and what was helping you – and what was not helping. That helped you recover your health and well-being very quickly.

When Rita discovered that you were very afraid of thunderstorms, Val spoke with you about this. She helped you understand that the Thunderstorm could not find you if you went into the master bedroom closet and hung out there with your toys, bedding, and snacks. Sure enough, when the next Thunderstorm came, you tested out Val’s suggestion and it worked. You’ve never been afraid of Thunderstorms again because you know what to do now.

This past year you have felt something odd in your head. A sort of pressure, a deep ache, and sometimes it feels like a sharp, stabbing pain. Light now often hurts your eyes and sometimes it hurts to swallow. Food doesn’t smell or taste the same as it used to either. When you told Val and Rita how you feel, Rita took you to the vet for a checkup, but the vet couldn’t find anything wrong. You aren’t sure what to do about this and the pressure keeps getting worse…

Animals are supposed to live long lives and in times past, they normally did. Today, our animals are living shorter lives than ever before and alarming numbers of them are suffering from cancer, autoimmune problems, and other degenerative diseases. It is hard enough to deal with cancer in our own bodies or with our loved human family and friends, but it can be especially difficult to watch our loved animal companions suffer from it too.

I have worked with many cancer patients now, both human and animals, and have a lot to offer to anyone struggling to survive this dreaded illness.

Shortly before Christmas, my client Rita discovered that her beloved cat, Percy, had cancer. For about a year now he had been telling us of a pain and pressure in his head but the vets hadn’t been able to find anything. This time, they could finally see the problem. They found a tumor growing in his sinus cavities. They decided to try to remove it but when they went into the surgery, they discovered that it had invaded much of his head and was too large to risk trying to remove it.

The only real choices they had were 1) do nothing and treasure the last few weeks he had to live, or 2) go to a special clinic in Wyoming and undertake a specialized treatment protocol that included chemo and radiation in an intensive daily method for several weeks. This option would include driving to another city over 3 hours away, staying in a hotel for over a month, and would definitely get worse before it got better.

What Rita had to know before making any decision was if Percy wanted to go through with the treatment, if he wanted to survive and fight. Or, if he simply was too tired and wanted to let go and die. Rita was willing to honor his decision whatever it was, even though the thought of losing him was breaking her heart.

After carefully explaining the protocol process and all the options, Percy told us he did want to fight and that he was not ready to die. We discussed the travel, the daily treatments, and prepared him as well as possible by telling him what to expect. We even gave him visualization tips that would help him understand and cooperate with the process.

We scheduled weekly visits with him so we could monitor how he was doing, to help us adjust the pain medication appropriately based on his actual pain levels, and to give him a voice to express himself. Some days were better than others, and some days he was very tired. But, every week he reaffirmed that he wanted to keep fighting.

Everyone who is ill and going through this kind of trauma needs a way to tell their loved ones what is happening with them and how they are feeling. Just expressing ourselves and being heard often goes a very long way in managing pain. This is especially true of our animal friends.

When it was time to insert his feeding tube (his throat became too raw and swollen for him to eat normally), we discussed it before they did it so he wouldn’t be alarmed or surprised. And the insertion went very well with him adjusting to it almost immediately.

One day Rita called in a panic saying that something was wrong with the feeding tube. That Percy wouldn’t let her feed him and seemed uncomfortable. When I tuned in, he told me it felt like something was blocking it and I could see where there was a lump of what looked like flesh in the way.

As I scanned the area, I could tell that the tube was not dislodged or leaking, and that there didn’t seem to be any indication of infection or inflammation. He also told us that it didn’t hurt which was a great relief to both of us. When Rita took him to the vet to be checked, they found a lump of his food had blocked the tube itself. When it dissolved, things were flowing smoothly again.

I was also able to offer coaching and healing work for the whole family that helped them all be as resilient and strong as possible. And the energetic healing work helped Percy heal and recover as quickly as possible.

I’m very happy to report that Rita has now taken Percy home and he is in recovery. His vets told Rita they had never seen an animal go through the process with as much patience, cooperation and willingness as Percy, and that they were truly amazed at how well he was doing. They wished that all their patients were so easy to work with!

Rita told her vets about our sessions and how much of a difference they had made, both for Percy and herself. They said they wished all their patients had this kind of support as it had made such an obvious difference in his treatment.

They had originally given him a poor prognosis but his calm and determined spirit made them very hopeful that he would beat this cancer and be well again, and the subsequent tests have indicated that he is doing very well. And we continue our weekly checkups to support the process.

If you are going through an illness, please ask for the support you need. If your animals are going through this, please give them the gift of an animal communicator so they can have a voice in what happens to them.

To help you get started, I have a Free Report on The 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring An Animal Communicator. Just go to my website and ask for it, ok? http://www.valheart.com

If you are ready for personal coaching and to experience the difference animal communication can make with your animal friends, or to get the help you need to work through training and behavior problems, performance issues, and health challenges, then schedule a private session so we can resolve the problems now. It doesn’t help you or your animal to just keep putting up with problems, because neither of you are happy and are just causing yourselves more stress. I work with animals but I help you regain your sanity, balance and well-being!

Do you have a question or need help with your animal friends? Call me or just go to my website to submit a question. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. And if you enjoyed this article and want to read more, look for the Articles page on my site while you’re there.