Almost lost Kami, but she's tough!!!

"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message
news:1113258152.d15012429859b1276213b1e8f855e673@t eranews...
Way back when Kami was diagnosed with CRF, her vet said not to get to
upset about it because it's manageable, and he said her heart or
asthma would likely get her first. What a charmer! He does tell it
like he sees it, though, and I appreciated that.

Kami hadn't had any signs of asthma since we moved away, but she had
been having little tiny coughing episodes since we've been back.
After it's over she just continues what she was doing. She's never
had to take medication for it.

Anyway, it was really super dry and windy here Saturday, and it was
one episodes after another and I could see she was getting really
worn out by it and the effort to exhale was getting ore and more. I
took her to the emergency room Saturday night just in time for a
full-on heavy duty asthma attack.
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Did you ever ask your vet if a humidifier would help? If not, please do so.
That helps me a lot when I develop a dry cough (not asthma, though) in the
winter -- it's a sure sign that the room is getting too dry.

MaryL

in article 1113260759.bb6a160e5e008149ea9c057c42d2d1de@terane ws,
Brandy*Alexandre at wrote on 4/11/05 6:05
PM:

MaryL -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

Did you ever ask your vet if a humidifier would help? If not,
please do so. That helps me a lot when I develop a dry cough (not
asthma, though) in the winter -- it's a sure sign that the room is
getting too dry.

MaryL


I tried easing her symptoms a little with some steam. I was actually
sitting on the floor in front of her spot on the sofa, blowing the
steam from boiled water her way. When I called the emergency vet, I
asked if going out to get a humidifier would help rather than bring her
in, but he said not at this point. I agree it might be a good idea
now, just to make it easier. But really, everyone in the S.F. Valley
was having respiratory problems over the weekend.

Do you run one of those stand alone HEPA filters? I guess I'd reallly
consider both that and a humidifier. I'm glad she seems better.

On Mon 11 Apr 2005 06:22:29p, Brandy*Alexandre wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
(news:1113258152.d15012429859b1276213b1e8f855e673@ teranews):

Anyway, it was really super dry and windy here Saturday, and it
was one episodes after another and I could see she was getting
really worn out by it and the effort to exhale was getting ore
and more. I took her to the emergency room Saturday night just
in time for a full-on heavy duty asthma attack. She got hit
with a shot of Brethine and it opened her up right away. Whew!
They let her rest a bit and then they wanted to take x-rays and
get some blood to check her kidney levels. Kami decided that
wasn't going to happen. I could hear them fighting with her
from the other room--banging growling hissing. LOL! Good lungs
there. She felt better and slipped from sweet Jekyl kitty into
100% Mr. Hyde. They had to shoot her with Torbugesic. After
checking the x-rays, she got a small shot of DEX SP (steroid)
and we were given pills of both drugs and $430 later sent on our
way.

[...]

I'm glad you got her there quickly and she's on the mend. What a
pistol she is!

--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields