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Joey Boop

Yesterday I got a frantic all from my wife that Joey, our number two cat, was lying on the floor panting and breathing through his mouth.  I headed home immediately but was intercepted by phone and told to head to the vet instead.

When I got there they were just getting ready to bring Joey to the back and get him stabilized.  We were both pretty freaked out because Joey, while having kidney disease, has been pretty stable and of course you’ve been reading about Sadie and Sophie.

The Vet came out and told us that Joey was in a special oxygen cage and was stabilizing.  She also told us that she wanted to take x-rays to see what was causing the problem.

A couple of years ago Joey had gone through something like this but they stabilize him and sent him home without a diagnosis. This time she came out with the x-rays and told us that it seems that Joey had an asthma attack.  We have no idea what may have triggered the attack.  We are very careful will all of our cleaning products and don’t bring plants into the house.  Now we will be even more careful.

The Vet suggested we get some type of air cleaner and run it where he hangs out the most.  Fortunate we already have one because we market one of the best air treatment systems in the market.  Of course it doesn’t do much sitting unplugged in the office.  That will change very soon.

We brought Joey home and he seems to be doing fine.  The vet gave him a long lasting steroid that should keep him stable but suggested we get a feline inhaler in case of an emergency.  She also suggested we check out a website called Feline Asthma with Fritz the Brave.  She told us there was a lot of information on the site that can help in case of another episode.

This has been a crazy year.  Two cats with kidney disease, one cat with cancer and now one with asthma.  We also got some new information on Sadie, our cat with cancer, which I will share in my next post.

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