Hey, Ronnie. Last spring we found a similar lump under Alexander's armpit. It was pink and irregularly shaped and he was scratching it like crazy. It turned out to be a benign mass-cell (mast-cell? I'm a psychologist, not a physiologist) tumor. Routine removal, and Alexander was soon back to his lovable self. He never even scratched the incision. Our fingers are crossed that Norm will be so lucky. John & Rebekah Alexander & Moxie (the power behind the throne) [Posted in FML issue 1312]