INPUT ARTICLE: Article: After noticing evidence of blood blisters, you need to make an appointment with your vet. As a trained professional with substantial experience, your vet can properly identify and diagnose blood blisters.  The vet will question you about your cat’s history of blood blisters, possible trauma, or any other symptoms. If you’ve noticed changes in the blood blister, such as bleeding from it, let your vet know. Your vet may need to run tests to find out the cause of blood blisters or to determine if the growth is in fact a blood blister. Without testing, you and your vet will have incomplete data and won’t be able to arrive at a proper diagnosis.  Your vet may take a biopsy of the blister and send it off for a pathological analysis. This analysis will test to see if the bump is a blood blister or if it is some sort of cancer, fungus, or growth. Your vet may order a blood platelet count test to see if your cat has any blood disorders. When diagnosing blood blisters, you need to make sure you rule out other conditions that may show similar symptoms. This is important, as other conditions may pose a much more serious threat to your cat’s health. Be aware that blood blisters are sometimes confused with modular melanoma – a potentially life threatening cancer if left untreated. Blood blisters are caused by a variety of conditions. By thinking about the underlying causes of blood blisters, you’ll be better able to diagnose them and to understand why your cat develops them. Some major causes include:  Excess friction or pressure on a specific part of your cat’s body. For example, your cat may develop a blood blister underneath their collar. Trauma to a part of the body. Blood diseases.

SUMMARY: Make an appointment. Run further tests. Work with your vet to rule out other conditions. Ask your vet about the underlying causes of blood blisters.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You'll need to decide how large you want your ribbon to be. Most simple awareness ribbons that people wear are 1/4" thick. Depending on your method and material, this make take some trial and error.  When using ribbon or fabric and folding it into your shape, you'll want to cut a band between 2.5x and 3x the total length of the completed ribbon. In most cases you will be using scissors, but you can also use various types of precise craft knives. You may want to make sure you cut your desired lines by using a straightedge or ruler and tracing along your cut. Try to make sure that the angles of your cut match each other on each end of the ribbon. You'll need to fold your ribbon. Fold one half over the other half  and leave an "eye" in the middle to form the classic ribbon shape. When complete it will look like a "Figure 8" with one end open.  You can use a tiny bit of craft glue or tape between the two halves to stick them together and preserve the shape.  You can also use needle and thread, but this is more complicated and is best done by those with practice! You can personalize your ribbon or follow more complicated designs by adding other types of fabric, tassels, sequins, and a number of other decorations. You can also use markers or paint, especially on paper and card stock ribbons.

SUMMARY: Size your ribbon. Cut your ribbon. Fold your ribbon. Decorate your ribbon.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you keep a lot of music on your iPad, its likely taking up a sizable chunk of your storage space. iTunes Match is a paid service from Apple that allows you to stream your entire iTunes library to your iPad (or any other Apple device or computer). This can free up tons of space, as you'll no longer need to keep any music files stored on your iPad. Click here for instructions on setting it up.  There are some drawbacks to the service. Besides costing $25 per year, you'll only be able to stream when you have a network location. You can always download any of your songs to your iPad ahead of time if you're anticipating being without a network connection. iTunes Match allows you to upload songs that you didn't purchase through the iTunes Store. You can also use services like Google Play Music to upload and stream your music. If you opt for a streaming service, or make the switch to internet radio, you can delete all of the music files from your iPad at once. Any purchased music will still be downloadable from the iTunes Store.  Open the Settings app. Tap "General" and then select "Usage". Tap "Manage Storage" in the "Storage" section. Tap the Music app. You may have to wait a few moments for it to appear. If your Music app isn't listed, you don't have any music files actually stored on the iPad. Tap the "Edit" button. Tap the "-" next to "All Songs" and then tap "Delete". You can also delete individual songs this way. If you just want to delete certain songs, you can do so from within the Music app. Be aware that depending on your settings, songs may be visible that aren't actually stored on your iPad (iTunes purchases, iTunes Match songs, etc.).  Open the Music app on your iPad. Find the song or album that you want to delete. Songs that are not downloaded to your iPad will have an iCloud icon on the right side of the song. Swipe the song or album to the left to reveal the "Delete" button. If you cannot swipe a song, it means that it is not downloaded to your iPad and therefore not taking up space. If you cannot swipe an album, it means that one or more songs on the album are not downloaded on your iPad. You'll need to delete individual songs from within the album. Tap "Delete". This will delete the song or album from your iPad. If you see the "Remove" button instead of the "Delete" button, it means you are in Playlist view. You must delete songs from the Songs, Albums, or Artists view. If you've downloaded movies, TV shows, or music videos from the iTunes Store, they could be taking up a lot of space. HD videos in particular can be huge. Removing videos after you watch them can make room for a bunch of other things.  Open the Settings app on your iPad, select "General", and then "Usage". Tap "Manage Storage" in the "Storage" section. Select the Videos app. If you have a lot of videos downloaded, it will likely be one of the last apps to appear, and should be located towards the top of the list. Review your videos. You will see each video stored on your iPad, along with the size. TV shows will display the size of all the episodes on the iPad, and you can tap the show to see the size of individual episodes. Tap "Edit" and then tap the "-" next to the video you want to remove. Repeat for any other videos you want to remove from your iPad.

SUMMARY:
Consider signing up for iTunes Match. Delete all of the music on your iPad. Delete individual songs from the Music app. Delete movies and videos.