Another Mess

Maggie sniffed Moe's nose and said "Okay, I will leave you alone. Mother likes being left alone too when she is sick."
Moe does not act sick. He had his annual check up at the vets and I was glad he did not give me much of a hassle getting into his crate. 
The vet checked his ears and eyes and said they looked great and he had gained weight and looked really good. THEN she said has he eaten any small animals lately. I told her he constantly brings me presents and I had a flying squirrel on my door step this morning. Next question had he eaten it? 
I could not gather my fog filled brain to understand this line of questioning. UNTIL, she said he has a hard mass in his stomach. It could be a critter or a tumor. If a critter, well it would eventually dissolve but a tumor this size means trouble. The Vet wants me to bring him back in a week to let her check him again. 
There is NO kitty justice hearing such news after being so sick myself.