“…My beloved Beagle named “Bailey” was diagnosed with spleen cancer in November 2016. She was losing a lot of weight quickly so I took her to her normal veterinarian and he wanted to operate on her. At that time Bailey was over 16 years old. I agreed but after talking to several people, I had second thoughts so I cancelled the operation. When I called the vet it was mentioned to give her the herb “Yunnan Baiyao” and I could get it in the health food store. After trying many stores with no luck I reached out to my good friend Amy that makes essential oils and she recommend Dr. Mary Ellen of Sayre Veterinary Acupuncture… At that time Bailey was only given a few days to a couple of weeks to live. She was that bad.
Dr. Mary Ellen agreed to see Bailey right away. Upon examining her, she felt the tumor and did acupuncture, recommended a high protein diet, gave us the herb to give 2 times a day along with prednisone. Little by little she was starting to gain her weight back and acting more like herself. I took her for routine treatments and Dr. Mary Ellen prescribed other herbs as well as time went on. By Christmas Bailey was acting like a much younger dog!
I continued treatments and instructions from Dr. Mary Ellen and she did very well over the next couple of months. On March 4th she wasn’t acting like herself so I took her to her regular vet and they did an x-ray. Well, the cancer had spread! Not the news I was hoping for! They said we could hold off putting her down and up the prednisone. See if that helped her. I called Dr. Mary Ellen and she told me to keep her comfortable and that I would know when it was time to let her go. I didn’t think it would be but found out on March 5th it was time. This was the hardest thing I have ever had to do! I want to say a special thanks to Dr. Mary Ellen Sayre because she gave me an extra 4 months with the old Bailey and that was a gift that she will never know how much that meant to me! Holistic medicine really turned her life around and she didn’t suffer. I wouldn’t have believed it had I not met Dr. Mary Ellen Sayre. She was so kind and caring to Bailey and made her last months’ worth living.” – Lisa Helbig