I just got back form the vets with Chloe, my female. She woke up on Saturday with a lump the size of an orange on her left hip and she was limping. She had exrays today and the only thing I know for sure is it's not hip dysplasia(?) on that side. Turns out she has the beginnings of it on the right side and will need surgery for that in the future. The vet did a needle aspersion and all he got was blood out of the lump. He said while I was there that it was a hemotoma and it should go down in a week to ten days on it's own. After I left they ran the blood sample under a microscope and there are round cells in it that shouldn't be there. He thinks it might be cancer. She's only three years old. So I've got her scheduled for surgery to remove the lump on the 23rd of December. They'll send that out to be biopsied and then we'll know for sure. I asked him what if it went down on it's own in the meanwhile. He said then he'd want to draw some more fluid out of it if it should start going down while we're waiting for the surgery. I also asked him about the possibility of it being a bug bite; like maybe a spider or a bee. He didn't think so and said that there would be a different look to the blood sample if it was that. So, I need some prayers for Chloe that this isn't cancer. Thanks for letting me vent; it's been a trying day.