Oh Shit

We found a bump on the back of Xenas' head. We had recently (last year) finally lost a battle with cancer with Rama. He was 12 and had had a good long interesting life. Xenas' only 2 and although there is no definitive diagnoses I really don't like how this lump feels. We found a similiar lump on Ramas' leg and after some discussion we found a study at the U of Fla vet school for treating these types of tumours (osteosarcoma) and Rama lived a miraculous 3 years (avg life expectancy is about 4 months from diagnoses). Overall he did really well and wasn't too terribly miserable until near the end. It was a painful time full of joy over small victorys and tears over the ultimate loss. I really don't want to go through that again. Especially with Dollys mom also fighting cancer. What a horrible disease, it takes so many people and animals from us. I hope it's not but I really don't feel good about this...