Upper St. Clair Woman Credits Dog For Detecting Her Cancer
A mammogram detected Susan Castriota's breast cancer, but she believes one of her dogs was trying to send her a message long before her diagnosis.
Susan Castriota, of Upper St. Clair, is recovering from breast cancer. A mammogram in October revealed she had stage 2 invasive lobular carcinoma. Soon after her diagnosis she said she realized one of her dogs knew she was sick long before she knew she was. "After receiving the news of my illness, I realized that Bella, one of my beloved Havanese dogs, had been paying an inordinate amount of attention to, and sniffing, my breast when I would get up in the morning," Susan said. Susan gave little thought at that time as Bella had always been a sniffer—smelling for every little morsel of dog food left behind by Kiki and Wilson, her other two dogs. But now she thinks Bella was trying to tell her something. "I believe that Bella detected my …
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Oren Spiegler
5:59 am on Saturday, January 5, 2013
Thank you for being willing to share this extraordinary and inspiring story with readers, Susan. You are wished a swift and complete recovery by your legion of friends and admirers. Godspeed.... more ›