My poor Kitty is sick. . . Why you should take your kitty for a checkup

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I just had one of the worst days of my life. I took my kitties in for a yearly checkup--yes I am crazy like that--I really love my cats. Since my old vet closed, I took them to a Cat only vet--the idea being they would know more about cats and their illness and there "catch" more problems early enough to treat. Well, miss Ashley, the pretty kitty who is my avatar, wheezes a bit, and she was making an awful noise breathing the other day--sort of what got the gears going for this vet visit. I told the vet that she was not breathing well, and the vet thought she might has asthma. If you take a X-ray of a kitty there is a pattern in the lungs that shows up if they have asthma. So my poor little kitty has to go through some process that involved a tank, to get the x-ray. They read the x-ray and here comes those words you never want to hear as a loved one or a pet owner--the vet/doctor wants to show you something on an X-ray. Thats always bad. Seems my kitty has an enlarged heart--and she is so young to have a condition like that. I have been worried/depressed/crying all day. She is my little baby. Anyways we are going to a pet cardiologist (heart doctor) tomorrow taking blood test results and the x-ray with us. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a pet cardiologist before now. So if you would, pray for my little kitty to get well. And to make this a real discussion. Did you know about pet specialists? There are eye doctors, skin doctors, just all sorts of pet health specialists. And do you take your pets for a yearly check up? PS Carlye is fit as a fiddle unless something weird shows up in her blood tests.