So Much Depends Upon A Read X-ray

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah, the radiologist said it's totally normal for a cat of her age."

"So. She's fine."

"Well, there are still the episodes she had, so there's something going on with her heart. Could be heart disease. Could be vaso-vagal syndrome. A buddy of mine, when he sits back, you know - and he's an easy going guy - anyway, when he gets too relaxed he blacks out. Sometimes animals get that. Bring her back at the first sign of anything else."

"So. She's fine."

"Basically, yeah."

I hung up the phone and realized how goddamn tired I was from all this worrying. And she's fine!

Well, that's a stretch.

She may have some ridiculous ailment that will cause her to keep having seizures/strokes/fainting episodes. She definitely does have a slightly rotated heart with a thickened aortal arch.

Still though. Phew.

And now we're back to the yowling problem. I fed her at 5 am this morning, though instead of sitting at the bottom of the stairs and screaming, she walked politely up to the side of my bed and let out a small meow. But that can't happen every night. I'll give the automatic feeder a try and see how that works.

At any rate, I expect you'll be hearing far less about my cat from now on.