Right now I am at the emergency vet waiting to see Wu. Yesterday she wasn’t feeling well and wasn’t eating; in the middle of the night she vomited. We were hoping she would be better by tonight but when I got home from work she was much worse. She is normally active and talkative, but she has been listless and silent. She vomited again a few minutes after I got home, and she was panting, so I knew she had to be brought in. Unfortunately our vet is a little ways away, and it’s rush hour, so I brought her to the emergency vet a few miles from our home. Based on discussion with the vet, it sounds like it’s an ulcer related to the prednisone she’s been on for six weeks for asthma. Her breathing might be related to a heart problem rather than actually being asthma; our own vet had told us this too but we were crossing our fingers that wasn’t it. Now it seems she might indeed have a heart problem, in which case the prednisone is making her worse. So they are going to keep her for 36 hours and they are going to have her seen by a cardiologist tomorrow. The estimate was $1,836. They whisked her away as soon as I got here, so I have asked to see her briefly before I go and I’m waiting for someone to have time to bring me back there. I’ve already cried a tiny bit when nobody was looking. I hope she’ll be okay. I hope it’s just a blockage or something, or an ulcer that can be fixed, and not something much more serious. I love my kitty. We’ve only had her a little over a year, before that she lived with A’s parents and she was shy whenever we were over there. But she has blossomed so much with us and I love her. I’m scared, I hope they can make her better without it costing too much, because I don’t want to have to make that choice. My poor kitty.