""MisTricks was my soul dog," Chung tells Scary Mommy. "She was diagnosed with aggressive T-Cell lymphoma very young at the age of 6 and given only a five- to six-month prognosis.""
""I considered cloning, and also cremation, turning her ashes into a diamond, taxidermy, and freeze-dry preservation. I was worried that if her preserved body did not come out perfect, I would have regrets, and ultimately decided on cremation," Chung says."
""After I finally picked up MisTricks several months later and drove to the crematorium, I completely snapped. I looked at her beautiful face sleeping peacefully and then the large metal cremator, and knew I couldn't go through with it," Chung says. I basically ran out of the crematorium with MisTricks in her little coffin in my arms, and drove her straight to Hollywood, where I knew Bischoff's was located.""
Chloe Chung's dog MisTricks was diagnosed with aggressive T-Cell lymphoma at age six and given a five- to six-month prognosis. Chung pursued every treatment possible, including bone marrow transplant, radiation, and chemotherapy, and MisTricks maintained a good quality of life throughout the cancer battle. MisTricks died 16 months after diagnosis. Chung considered cloning, cremation, turning ashes into a diamond, taxidermy, and freeze-dry preservation, ultimately deciding on cremation but later struggling with the idea of ashes. Chung delayed cremation while a veterinarian stored the body, then retrieved MisTricks and brought the coffin to Bischoff's Pet Preservation for taxidermy. Bischoff's co-owner Ace Alexander notes that pet taxidermy can take many forms.
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