Since I'm here, Long Story Coming

If you've been here before, you remember Ms. Sweet. I housesat for her a lot, and her little dog too. Cote looks like a toto, but he's gray. Anyways, Ms. Sweet got dementia, went to a home, and her sister said the home wouldn't let her have Cote anymore. He was my step-dog, so here he came. Longish story short, my Mom has him, and he's old, and dammit. And I still haven't told Mom about cancer, and I really don't want to right now. She may lose Cote soon. I don't want to tell her I'm sick on top of that, especially if I'm gonna be ok. Have to see about radiation, but so far, so good.