All Heart

by carolynholm

Dear Mia,

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Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

Why are you sending me a sideways nose?

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

It’s a heart, silly girl.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

It doesn’t look like a heart. But thank you anyway. Is this because I had to go to see the vet about my heart?

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

Yes! You gave me such a scare. When you started staggering I was horrified! Then you collapsed! I thought you were having a stroke!

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

YOU were horrified, how the heck do you think I felt????????

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

It was a frightening experience for all of us.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

And then you forced me into the carrier. You know I hate the carrier.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

It’s for your own safety, sweetie. And we were in a hurry – I had called the vet and they were all ready to receive you. They were wonderful!

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

And then I recovered. It turned out to be nothing.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

Well, not exactly nothing. It turned out not to be a stroke. But it was a strange episode of vertigo! I didn’t even know cats get vertigo. And even though it passed, it is disturbing that it happened in the first place. And even more serious, during the examination the vet was surprised to find you have a strong heart murmur that wasn’t there at your last examination.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

But I’m fine! I was back to normal in a couple of hours!!!!!

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

Your blood work was great, especially for a 12 year old cat. But the ultrasound showed that you have a slightly thickened heart. So we’ll have to give you a tiny pill every day. It’s a good thing you like Feta cheese, because that makes it easier to get the pill down.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

Well, I’m not going to sit around worrying about it. I’m fine. Now I’m going to sit in the window facing the sidewalk and watch people go by.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

That’s my girl!

Love, Carolyn

 

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