Bless her heart.
I'm sure if they try to do anything for leukemia it will be a long, costly, and hard experience. That is a hard treatment for a human to go through, much less a small do that doesn't have any understanding of what is going on. Many prayers to you , your friend, and her precious maltese. We may be a yorkie site, but I for one love all dogs and as much as we love our dogs, I know we sympathize with all owners for they love their babies a s much as we do.