I'm very worried

[tinyjo]

Last night I noticed that Cassie had a lump inside her ear which had blood on it. I'd noticed the day before that she seemed to have one of her eyes shut and wondered if she'd been in a fight. I decided to take her to the vets today to check it out. On examination the vet wasn't concerned about the ear or eye but did notice some ulcers round the mouth which I hadn't spotted. He opened up her mouth to find big ulcers inside near the back. Now that doesn't sound like much - it certainly didn't look like much to me - but the vet is very worried, as he repeatedly said. Aparently the two most likely causes are an immune system problem where her antibodies start attacking here or cancer. He kept on saying "I'm very worried". So now I have to take her back on Monday for a biopsy (which she's *not* going to be happy about) and then we'll see what the prognosis is. I want to cry. I love Cassie very much and she's a happy little cat living in Union St (going by the purring). She seems fine but the vets voice keeps coming back to me - "I'm very worried". If it's treatable she's insured so it should be OK. But I'm worried.

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[jinty]

Aww sweetie! I was meaning to ring to thank for the sleeping bag, but turns out I should have rung for a bit of soothing words maybe. Livejournal, eh, finding out about things that you're actually in the same town as, but electronically rather than in real life... I hope everything goes well at the vets -- big hugs for you and for Cassie.