Say a prayer for Jazz & update on Gypsy

[Nina]

Well, here we go again, it's a wonder any of us have any fingernails 
left!  Yesterday while petting Jazzy, I felt a strange 'cartilage-like' 
lump on her throat.  It doesn't seem to bother her to touch it and she's 
eating and swallowing fine.  She had a hard lump on her forehead when 
she was little that just went away as she grew.  I'm hoping it's nothing 
to worry about.  I've made an appointment at my vet's for her.  Please 
say a prayer that it turns out to be nothing to be concerned over.  I 
woke up crying this morning thinking about the possibility of losing her 
and the futility of fighting so much disease.  Sometimes I get so tired 
of dealing with illness.  I shouldn't complain, I have had so much 
success and so many blessings.  While I was crying into my husband's 
shoulder, he gently reminded me that, of course, everything dies, how 
we've given them a loving, happy home, and how the odds that they'd 
still be here without us are slim to say the least.  When I'm worried 
about losing my babies, those arguments, while valid, just don't bring 
that much comfort.

On the brighter side, Gypsy is doing so much better!  She still has the 
IBD symptoms, but she's eating better, and she's using the litter box 
less often.  Now, if she'd just firm up those poops and put on some weight!

Thanks for caring,
Nina