think good thoughts, please

Have to take Rowan (kitty in icon) to emergency vet center. It sounds like she is majorly congested, having wheezing fits and seems to be having trouble swallowing (which might have to do with not being able to breathe through her nose). We are hoping it's something not too major--we're worried enough about getting her into the carrier, which freaks her out under the best of circumstances. =(

Thank you

...to all who thought good things. They took x-rays to make sure it wasn't the beginnings of heart failure (she's an old kitty, 14, with a heart murmur). Thankfully they saw no evidence of that.

So Rowan's home, on antibiotics, and tomorrow we'll get a prescription for a bronchial dilator (in pill form). The first thing she did after we dosed her was polish off all of the remaining turkey wet food in the bowls. I think she's feeling better.