[RosieCotton]

Well...managed to get the kitty to the vet and back. Got her shots updated and all that jazz.

Bad news, though. The vet doesn't think it's just a fatty cyst. Still doesn't mean it's malignant or anything, and he said it didn't feel all that connected to underlying tissue...but he was still concerned and wants to remove it ASAP.

I guess I'm going to go that one more step. If they then find that it's cancerous, I'm going to have a difficult decision ahead of me. So...prayers and good wishes are welcome!

She's going in for surgery on the 23rd. They may be able to clean her teeth at the same time, but it will depend on how involved the other surgery ends up being, from what I understand.

[Fedora]

Prayers for the kitty! Hopefully she doesn't mind getting her teeth cleaned as much as mine did! He didn't like the vet at all; and then after I took him there I had a hard time with him for a few days because they gave me some medicine I had to feed him with a spoon, which he did not want to eat. I was amazed how difficult my normally-docile 10-pound kitty could be when he wanted to. I didn't have enough hands to hold him still, force him to hold his mouth open, and spoonfeed him medicine at the same time, so I literally had to sit on him in a wrestling hold between my legs to get him to stay still enough to take his medicine! Man, that was a chore!

[HairOfTheDog]

but he was still concerned and wants to remove it ASAP.

Well, rats! :~\ I hope that unplanned expense doesn't cause ~big~ problems for you! - Have you sealed the fate on the guitar yet? ;~D

Rosie, I hope it all goes OK. Keep us posted.