Well, the girls went to the doctor today. Cheyenne had her blood work done, after it comes in we will schedule surgery if all looks well. I was so worried about her ear that I failed to mention the tumor on the end of her tail. She will lose her ear and the end of her tail. The good news is the tumor is growing outwards , not inwards and it seems to be not far into her ear. We don't know what kind of cancer it is, so we don't know how it may spread if all isn't taken out. One thing that scared me was her glucose came back at 58, but the vet said that was normal on his particular machine. Cheyenne's surgery total will be $333.50, this is office visit, blood work, the ear and tail surgery. As for Juliet , it doesn't look good. The mass inside her right side is larger in just one week. he feels that I should not do the surgery. He gave me 3 options. 1) Leave her alone, make her as comfortable as possible until it is time to let her go. 2) Go for the exploratory surgery, see if it is something he can take out, take it out, but he feels that even with surgery she may not live but a few months. 3) go for the surgery, and of course if it is something inoperable, don't wake her up. This is the hard part, making a decision and praying that it is the right one. I would like your opinions on this one. If I do the surgery , it will be $200.00. This amount includes office visit, bloodwork and the surgery. Juliet is approximately 5-6 years old. In March of 2000 she had her right adrenal gland removed and one nodule on the pancreas, leaving one very small one behind. The mass she has is on the right side, it is pushing on other organs and is growing fast. I wish I had a crystal ball and could see inside her to see what it is. Please let me know what you would do if you had these choices. Take care and hug those fuzzies you have. Sue [Posted in FML issue 3296]