Apparently Duchess had a stroke

[cjsmith]

She acted totally normal in front of the vet. Of course. Goober. After asking me whether the head was TILTED or just TURNED as in a car turning on a road (I confirmed her ears had been level), and after asking me about eye movement (I confirmed no nystagmus), the vet said she'd probably had a small stroke and she had recovered.

They're taking her blood pressure now, to see if she needs meds for it, but basically the answer is "take her home and hope it doesn't happen again".

edit: and now she's on blood pressure meds.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It turns out she does indeed have high blood pressure, even though last month when she went in for teeth cleaning it was fine. So now she gets a pill once a day. This is in addition to insulin twice a day, a special diet, and Little Girl getting a DIFFERENT special diet and a pill twice a day. Having old cats is quite different from having young ones!