I hope you won't be upset with me, but I laught out loud with tears!!! Poor Ritzy! Fortunately, here in Moldova you can have the vet visit at home, you just pay a little more. (Our vet's office is just around the corner).
Juni is absolutely terrified when I try to take her out for a walk and although the Central Park (the nicest place) is here just across the street and a lot of people take their pets there, I wouldn't even try to cross the street with her. We walk on our small green territory and that's it. She is not afraid of our outside gang of kitties, but she is afraid of the outside.
Oh, and that sound
mMMMMMMMmmmMMMmmEEEEEERoooooOWWWWWRRRRRLLLLMMMmmme eeeOOOWWWWRRRLLLLLLGGRRRLLLLMERRRRRLLLL!!!
sounds familiar to me too