un-be-liev-able! the king of our feline pride, sam-i-am (named for that walton fellow, as he was born in a walmart), has a huge friggin' sebaceous cyst on his side. it has been there for a good while, slowly growing, and i was worried that it might be something serious. however, we have now been reassured by a bona fide vet that it is nothing but a "sebaceous cyst." little thrills are running through my body every time i brush or pet sammy...
the vet offered to remove it but we declined, as the price was riddikulus. the vet said fine, just leave it alone, it won't bother him -- but bring him in strai)ht away should it become infected. (ooooo! an abscess! wait! i don't want sam-i-am to suffer in any way...)
so i began a subtle campaign for us to remove the thing ourselves...
and i am getting major VETOS and negatories and obnoxiously tame pedestrian attitudes.
of course, i probably should stop squealing: "a zit! a zit! let's pop it! wanna pop it? sure you do! let's pop it! a zit! - etcetera"
it turns out that fred thinks it would constitute ANIMAL CRUELTY were we to go after the sucker. animal cruelty? no, no, it would be adoration of the magi all over again!
the cyst is at least 2 inches in diameter, though "round," it is not. more football shaped.
and if fred has his way... it'll stay there until it outweighs the cat. sammy will need a little red wagon to carry it as he saunters along, or he will tip over.
i am fighting the impulse to poke a hole in it and have a good long squeeze... because then it would probably get infected... it would definitely grow back... and i would be top of the list of suspects.
frustration city...

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