A Chihuahua saved her Owner’s life by detecting her stage three cancer jumping on her stomach and causing a considerable lump to appear.
Tess Robison, 41, would often see pet Lola staring at her as the hairdresser struggled for weeks with back pain and a bloated feeling.
Then, the woman, who thought she had a food intolerance, said: “I know she can be intuitive, which started freaking me out a bit.
Then, “One day, I suffered terrible pain, and she jumped heavily on me.
“The pain was like something else. A big lump came up so I went to get it to check out.”
Eventually, tests found she had ovarian cancer. Tess said: “I was devastated by the diagnosis but it meant I could get the treatment I needed.
“If I’d left it any longer, it would have been too late. Lola saved my life.”
Tess, married to plasterer Paul, 34, has had four-year-old Lola since she was a puppy.
She was diagnosed in January and had thtumor removedved in March in a hysterectomy.
The Diagnosis
She said: “The thumor was nearly five inches, it was quite big. I looked four months pregnant. Being slim, it stuck out quite far.”
The operation was followed by six rounds of chemothera y, and this mnth, she hopes to get the all-clear.
Tess, of South Shields, Tye, and Wear, added: “I’m going to fight this all the way. I’ve got so much I want to do.”
