Well, I'm not too happy with the way things went at the vet but...I overestimated Kitty. She was actually a lot better than I thought she'd be, probably because she was scared. But no one got hurt!

He said her temperature was normal, that she was a little dehydrated, and she had fleas (well, duh, I knew that). She got her rabies and distemper vaccines, a pill for her fleas, and bloodwork, which will come back tomorrow.

This was $210. And the vet looked at her for less than 5 minutes. He didn't even introduce himself to me. He didn't tell me the kinds of diseases older cats can get. I mean, I guess they'll know more when they get the bloodwork back tomorrow. But they didn't really give me any information. Like, what COULD it be? What are some problems with older cats? The whole thing just felt so rushed, and I didn't feel like I got any information on what could possibly (if anything) be wrong with Kitty.

They also wanted to do a feline leukemia test, but as I'm a broke college student, I didn't have the money on me for them to do that test. What I'm wondering is how exactly they test for that. They took her blood. Wouldn't they find leukemia in normal bloodwork? Or, if not, shouldn't they wait and see if there were any abnormalities in the bloodwork and THEN test for leukemia? I don't know.

Also when they looked in her mouth, I noticed black spots on her gums, and it definitely looked like a tooth was missing in the back. Could she just have some sort of dental problems? They really didn't remark on that, so maybe its not anything, but then again, they only looked at her for so long.

So, I'm not exactly happy with how it went, but Kitty was surprisingly good about it. I get the bloodwork results tomorrow, and I'm hoping so bad there's nothing seriously wrong with her.

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