I discovered that my cat has an abscess on her back so I booked an appointment with the vet and went to bring her there this morning. I put her in the pet carrier and she just completely freaked out, she was frantically meowing and trying to get out. She got even worse when I put her in the car. My local vet was not open today so I was going to be bringing her to a vet that is about 15 minutes away. My cat just got more and more panicked to the point she actually urinated on herself so I had to turn back. When I let her out of the carrier she just lay down on the floor for a long time and her breathing was really really fast. I’ve booked an appointment for tomorrow for my local vet that is only a two minute drive away but my question is, is there anyway to calm my cat down? She’s 11 years old this year so I don’t like putting this extra stress on her. I tried putting some old clothes belonging to me in the pet carrier and I sprayed it with cat nip which she usually loves but this done nothing, she was still so panicked. I hate seeing her so stressed im afraid she could actually have a heart attack with how panicked she gets.