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I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I didn't see any better thread. I'm a lurker of these forums, and this is my first time posting. But I guess, I'm looking for... reassurance? Because I'm scared, and I've spent the passed half-hour crying at my mother. I recently adopted a little kitten that I named Priyanka. She's a beautiful little calico and hyper crazy but so loving. She's been a terror to my resident cat, Samantha, who is seven years old and much too distinguished to deal with kitten nonsense. I took Priya to get her vaccinations June 29th. And then again on the 9th of this month. It went fine, no allergic reactions, and she's been her usual bouncy self. Last Wednesday I discovered a small lump at or near the injection site of her most recent vaccination. It felt soft and not really squishy but not hard. A bit moveable under her skin, I think, from what I can tell. I called the vet, set up an appointment to have it looked at, though they said it's probably just a reaction from the injections. I've been mostly okay. Today, I discovered another larger lump, of the same sort of soft and moveable at the site of her first vaccination between her shoulders. I've been doing the google fu that a lot of us do when we're worried, and everything has been pointing towards ISS. And I am... freaking out. I had to put down my thirteen year old dog a while ago from cancer, and I'm so scared that another pet has it. I don't know if I can handle it. She's the sweetest kitten, and I feel like I've let her down some how. I adopted her, and she's supposed to be safe and happy, and if she has cancer, she won't be. I'm calling the vet tomorrow to see if they can get me in earlier, but I'm so scared of what they're going to tell me. Has anyone else dealt with something like this? What did you do? Did it turn out okay?