I think Goblin had a stroke... [View all]

She's a 9 year old generic house panther, other than a skin condition (she had a steroid shot in Feb to clear it up), she's relatively healthy with a few food sensitivities (turkey, shellfish, corn) Occasionally, she has had balance issues since she was around 5, but the vet couldn't find any issues (X-rays). Three months ago, we got guinea pigs, which she's pretty much stayed away from.
She's been bouncing around seemingly okay, looking healthy and using the litter box fine.
Three days ago, she seemed to go blind in one eye, not able to find the litter box or her food dish. She's rapidly getting increasingly disoriented, suddenly looking skinny (though I've watched her eat) stumbling, purring all the time, and just either wanting to stay in a low box I stuffed her favorite blanket in or looking for a place to hide.
When I brought her to the litter box, she started trying to eat the litter.
Ya, take her to the vet as soon as I can (of course, this happened on a rent payday, and I've been working overtime, and not one of the other three adults and two kids at the house who were supposed to be helping care of her and the guinea pigs over continuous 12 hour days thought fit to tell me when she started showing symptoms), but it very much appears she's had a stroke.
I'm upset because it's been three days at least.
Emergency vets around here are expensive and poorly run (we already lost one cat to poor catheter procedure at the ER vet that ended up paralyzing him), and Goblin's trusted vet can't see her until Friday.

And I'm not sure in the condition I've finally been able to observe with her, that there's much that can be done. I've had cats with diabetes, thyroid problems, stroke, and heart conditions before. This is bad.

I'm just looking for hugs and hope...that either it's quick for her, or she can hang on an it's something that can be fixed.
I'm too old to be doing this on my own again.