Yes. I had already decided that a vet trip was in order, and Thursday
was my next day off. If it had been an emergency, I would have gone
sooner, but my favorite vet is 30-45 minutes away depending on traffic,
so a vet trip is a good 2-3 hours, not something I want to do on a work
day if I can avoid it. I am a night owl, so I typically go be bed
around 5 or 6am. And I get up for work at noon.

But I got more worried after a bad dream. I dreamed that I walked into
the laundry room and found her dead on the floor. In the dream, she
looked diry and neglected for a long time. My first reaction in the
dream was to feel horrible that I had not been there with her when she
died, and my second reaction was anger at myself for letting her get
neglected like that. When I woke up, I was relieved to find her on the
bed next to me, clean and content. But I knew that my mind was working
on this problem in my sleep, and it was telling me that the signs are
there. I don't dare ignore them. And that scared me more, wondering if
I was aware of something unconsciously, and that maybe she was worse
than I wanted to believe. So, I was working up some serious fear.

I lost Maynard last May, and he might have lived longer had I done
bloodwork twice a year and caught the spike in the liver values before
his ears turned yellow. He had a long life, but I still feel bad that I
didn't catch that. And Kira is a high stress kitty. My first two cats,
Fiona and Maynard, were both easy going cats. I think that gives them
an advantage health-wise. They both lived to be 18, while the other
cats in the household (dominant with more stress in their lives) lived
to 14-16 years. So, I feel I need to make every effort I can to pad the
odds in her favor in other areas. She's more fragile in some ways.

It was well worth the trip. The close vet (10 minutes away) is
competent, but I know they push for extra tests to bring in more money.
I have to be on my guard more with them, and I can't always trust them.
And they have multiple vets. They all seem nice, but they are always
new to me. My regular vet office has only two vets, so we know them
better.One has been there over 20 years. The second one has been there
8 or 9 years. I know I can trust them.

There are some hairball

Kira's not much into treats. She usually sniffs them and walks away.
Both crunchy and soft. So, I gave up on those. She's a bit strange. She
comes running (and sniffing) anytime I have something with garlic or
bbq sauce. I have to defend my food from her. But she hates most other
things. She will turn away plain roast beef, but go nuts if I bring
home a package with garlic roast beef.

I forgot to ask about the teeth cleaning. Hers were pretty icky, so
when they call with the blood results, I will check into that. I know
they like to do bloodwork before that, so I want to schedule it for
fairly soon, as long as her results are good.  That was the only thing
that turned up in her exam.