Lucky Dog: A Memoir about Health Care, Canines, and the Other C-Word by Sarah Boston Paperback Book

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Rent Lucky Dog: A Memoir about Health Care, Canines, and the Other C-Word

Author: Sarah Boston

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: House of Anansi Press

Published: Jun 2014

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Medical - General

Retail Price: $14.95

Pages: 288

Synopsis

What happens when a veterinary surgical oncologist (laymen's term: cancer surgery doctor) thinks she has cancer herself? Enter Sarah Boston: a vet who suspects a suspicious growth in her neck is thyroid cancer. From the moment she uses her husband's portable ultrasound machine to investigate her lump - he's a vet, too - it's clear Lucky Dog is not your typical cancer memoir. She takes us on a hysterical and thought-provoking journey through the human healthcare system from the perspective of an animal doctor. Weaving funny and poignant stories of dogs she's treated along the way, this is an insightful memoir about what the human medical world can learn from the way we treat our canine counterparts. Lucky Dog teaches us to trust our instincts, be our own advocates, and laugh while we're doing it.

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