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<i>arrell and Nina Hallett love their dog Comet and have reached deeply into their wallets to prove it.
The couple spent $45,000 on a stem cell transplant for their golden retriever, who is recovering from lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the immune system.
Dr. Edmund Sullivan, a Bellingham veterinarian, performed the transplant last summer, using stem cells from another golden retriever.
Sue Hendrickson, a friend of the Halletts, owns Comet's mother and 11 other dogs. She spent months tracking down 40 of Comet's relatives to donate blood, eventually finding three perfect matches...</i> <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/04/07/dog_gets_stem_cell_transplant">Entire Story Here</A>
<i>arrell and Nina Hallett love their dog Comet and have reached deeply into their wallets to prove it.
The couple spent $45,000 on a stem cell transplant for their golden retriever, who is recovering from lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the immune system.
Dr. Edmund Sullivan, a Bellingham veterinarian, performed the transplant last summer, using stem cells from another golden retriever.
Sue Hendrickson, a friend of the Halletts, owns Comet's mother and 11 other dogs. She spent months tracking down 40 of Comet's relatives to donate blood, eventually finding three perfect matches...</i> <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/04/07/dog_gets_stem_cell_transplant">Entire Story Here</A>