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Ok so I took Kage to the vet on Saturday for a follow up visit and she's put on a half a pound since the infection cleared up so I was starting to think she might actually be on the road to recovery. Alas, during her treatment I'd noticed a lump just above her left front paw so I asked the vet to check that out as well. It didn't seem to be causing her any pain, but better safe than sorry, right?

Well I got the results today and, sadly, the news is quite bad. It turns out it's a malignant soft tissue cancer, and she goes back on Saturday for X-rays to see if it's spread throughout her chest. Apparently the lungs are the most likely location for it to have spread to at this point. On the other hand it would certainly explain the kidney failure, wouldn't it?

*sigh*

So far I'm finding the best way to cope is to allow my OCD cleaning impulses to take over. Of course it doesn't hurt that Pye went on a power vomiting spree today so it gave me lots to focus on. I swear if he were human I'd have his little hinder in a bulimia support group. Seriously, he's turned binging and purging into an art form.

Right, now I've got some vacuuming to do.