My asthmatic friend

Susan M wrote:

My friend called last night in tears because her doc has suggested that she
needs to re-home her husband's cat. Smokey is 17 yo and has been with her
DH through thick and thin. My friend moved out here 2.5 years ago to marry
her DH.

My friend has severe asthma. She used to play in the pit for musicals with
an oxygen tank beside her. Last spring, we played a concert together and I
had to take her off stage during the dress rehearsal while she had such a
severe attack that she couldn't lift her arms to give herself her puffer.
We got a doctor in the crowd to watch the stage for us during the concert
and he was ready to go backstage and assist her is she had to leave. We got
her an oxygen tank for the show backstage. It turned out that there were
lilies on backstage for the soloist and that set her off.

So its severe.

I phoned her this AM and she and DH were having a very emotional discussion
about it. DH doesn't think anyone could possibly take good enough care of
Smokey to consider re-homing him. Ugh. He's had a terrible work week with
three 17 hour days at the office and is emotionally maxed out so this is a
bad time for this discussion.

Any good thoughts for them to find a good solution would be much
appreciated.

Thanks,

Susan M
Otis and Chester


I do hope a solution can be found for your friend to feel better and for
the kitty to stay at the same time.
Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-03-14, Bobcat penned:

Finally I went to a specialist, and told him my history. He said I
must be one of those people whose immune system to cat dander slowly
kicks in, and either for that or for some psychosomatic reason, my
cat problem was virtually gone.

I thought allergies were an overreaction of the immune system ...
maybe your immune system slowly calmed down?
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

My medical knowledge is less than that of the sum total of my three cats, so
I'm positive you're correct in this. Whatever happened, I now sleep
peacefully at nights with a clutch of small furry lumps on my bed. And
though I still occasionally resort to an asthma inhaler, I breathe freely -
except in very cold weather in this Canadian climate. But the cats don't
seem to play a part in this, bless 'em.

On 2006-03-14, Bobcat penned:

My medical knowledge is less than that of the sum total of my three
cats, so I'm positive you're correct in this. Whatever happened, I
now sleep peacefully at nights with a clutch of small furry lumps on
my bed. And though I still occasionally resort to an asthma inhaler,
I breathe freely - except in very cold weather in this Canadian
climate. But the cats don't seem to play a part in this, bless 'em.

I've noticed that on very cold days, breathing outdoors causes me to
cough. So this may have nothing to do with asthma; it's just your
insides going "dayum, it's cold!"

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

I've noticed that on very cold days, breathing outdoors causes me to
cough. So this may have nothing to do with asthma; it's just your
insides going "dayum, it's cold!"

That happens to me too! Usual cough remedies have no effect; it seems to
just be a spasm by the muscles responsible for coughing. Only thing I've
found that helps is to put a muffler or something over my mouth, and even
that doesn't help much.