Cancer survivors can have a lot of support when going through treatment. After all the surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy the survivors are usually stuck in a weird place. We are done treatment but sometimes at that point the fear can really kick in. During treatment and doctor visits we are busy fighting the cancer but after that period is over we are left with just the hope that we will not have a recurrence.

Animals can be very therapeutic. I didn't plan on buying a dog after my treatment ended. It just happened. My husband and I were shopping for clothes and wandered into the pet shop. We saw the cutest dog in the world. We took him home that day in October of 2002. I had just finished up my chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer. I never had a dog before. I looked at him on my lap and thought "what did we just do?" Well, we did the best thing ever!

Steve will be four this month. It's been four years since my treatment ended and Steve has been with me to help me through the hard days. One look at his cute face and I feel better and worry less. I see how he lives for the moment and enjoys his life. He is such a good friend!

"The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a child" - Will Rogers