‘SimonSits’ Creator Isabel Klee Shares Health Update on Beloved Dog Simon After Revealing His C4ncer Diagnosis
Klee revealed that Simon had been diagnosed with cancer in an emotional May 21 video
Isabel Klee is sharing a health update for her dog Simon
After revealing that her beloved, internet famous dog had cancer on May 21, the content creator has shared a few updates on how Simon has been faring
On her social media accounts, Klee documents content about her life fostering dogs
Isabel Klee has an update for fans on her beloved dog Simon, who features heavily on her social media account, after revealing he had cancer in a May 21 video.
In a separate video posted to Instagram on May 27, the content creator and author told her followers that Simon was “doing good” and “walking around on his own.” Though she also mentioned that he was still a “little clumsy.” On May 25, Klee had shared a more in depth update on Simon, previously confirming that he was able to walk on his own and even had a big “appetite.”
“He started playing with his toys, which is just so nice to see,” she added, before revealing the “really good news” that the MRI and CT scans they had done for the dog showed that the cancer had not spread anywhere else in his body besides his liver.
“Still waiting to talk to a few other doctors to see if surgery is even a possibility,” she said. “So we don’t quite know what the next few weeks or months will look like. We’re just going to be taking it day by day. I wanted to make this video to show you a few glimmers of hope that we’ve had over the past few days when Simon was a little bit more like his normal self. Yay!”
Klee, who is known online as @SimonSits online where she documents her life fostering dogs, first sat down in the May 21 Instagram video to share the sad news that Simon, her jindo, miniature pinscher, Portuguese podengo mix, had been diagnosed with cancer, revealing at the time that the pup had been in the ICU for the last few days. She referenced an earlier update on his health, adding that Simon had been suffering seizures — experiencing four in the span of five hours early one morning.
In the video, Klee revealed that, in November, vets had performed an ultrasound on Simon and found a ma.ss on his liver, which they originally believed was caused by his phenobarbital medications for his seizures, so they spent the next few months weaning him off the medication. However, a more recent ultrasound showed that the tumor had gotten bigger.
At the time, Klee maintained that what was most important to her was preserving Simon’s “quality of life.”
“The way that he has been recently is not at all who he really is. And I know that I would rather him have a really good couple of months where he is himself and an extra year or two where he is a zombie like he currently is,” she said.
Isabel Klee with two of her dogs.Isabel KleeKlee reflected on being a dog mom and how Simon and her many fosters have become part of her life.
“I’ve had Simon for seven years… he’s had seizures with dogs, he’s had seizures without dogs,” she said at the time, touching on Simon’s health. “There’s no… it’s just completely random.”
That uncertainty hasn’t stopped her from continuing to foster. “I continue living my life… and fulfilling what fulfills me,” she says. “And honestly, I think it fulfills Simon, too. I think he loves fostering.”
Her memoir Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About was released on April 28 and focuses on her experience rehabilitating rescue dogs to help them get adopted. It also touches on her life, navigating friendships, boyfriends and more. A description of the book calls Simon Klee’s “first true love,” after rescuing him from the meat trade.
