Pet Therapy Can Really Help During Cancer Treatmen...
Pet Therapy Can Really Help During Cancer Treatment: “It Takes Me Out of My World”
A little quality time with a sweet dog can go a long way when you’re undergoing cancer treatment, just ask Richard Marks. Richard has bone marrow cancer, he has to go to Mount Sinai for chemotherapy five days a month and spends several hours at the hospital each visit. The pooches of The Good Dog Foundation help make those hours spent getting chemo a whole lot easier, and a lot cuter too.
“When I’m doing chemotherapy, I’m waiting and times going by. Maybe I’m worrying about my numbers or how treatment is going. And all of the sudden a cute little dog goes by, then I’m not thinking about those things,” Richard says. “I’m only thinking about that dog.”
Richard is seen in the above video spending time with Bowie, a rescue dog whose owner, Sarah Conroy, is certified to visit hospitals through the Good Dog Foundation. Sarah says that while the visits are great for people in the hospital, they are also great for Bowie. “He gets excited … for him it’s more about getting pet messages.”
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A little quality time with a sweet dog can go a long way when you’re undergoing cancer treatment, just ask Richard Marks. Richard has bone marrow cancer, he has to go to Mount Sinai for chemotherapy five days a month and spends several hours at the hospital each visit. The pooches of The Good Dog Foundation help make those hours spent getting chemo a whole lot easier, and a lot cuter too.
“When I’m doing chemotherapy, I’m waiting and times going by. Maybe I’m worrying about my numbers or how treatment is going. And all of the sudden a cute little dog goes by, then I’m not thinking about those things,” Richard says. “I’m only thinking about that dog.”
Richard is seen in the above video spending time with Bowie, a rescue dog whose owner, Sarah Conroy, is certified to visit hospitals through the Good Dog Foundation. Sarah says that while the visits are great for people in the hospital, they are also great for Bowie. “He gets excited … for him it’s more about getting pet messages.”
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.