yeah! The cat survived and lived another decade!
But he was missing for three months (he fell out when she wasn't home). Her neighbor spotted him in a nearby wetland and managed to capture him using a can of cat food. He came back very skinny and with every parasite available from all the frogs and mice and rabbits and whatnot that he ate. He needed about a year of medications and the research vet hospital's health to be healthy again.