Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-15 Thread wendy
Dee, I don't want to scare you, but two of the kitties from the hyper-T group I belong to were diagnosed with lung cancer. One passed last week and the other was just diagnosed. They both were originally diagnosed with asthma, so you might want to look into this. I hope it's just asthma though.

Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-15 Thread Belinda
Has he been checked for asthma, I know cats get this and breathing problems is usually how it presents? Smokey's breathing issues -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com Fe

Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-14 Thread Carbonel
> Dee & Evan wrote: > > > Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been checking any of our messages > > lately. We are perplexed by Smokey's breathing issues. We have had > > him to the vet 3-4 times in the past month trying to figure out what > > is going on. We did another chest x-ray. There is no flui

RE: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-14 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey Check out Hideyo's posts about the at home oxygen tank. Maybe something like that would help his breathing. Could it be something like asthma, or some sort of allergy? Has he gotten better on since

Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-14 Thread Lernermichelle
Dee,    can you take Smokey to an internist, at a bigger clinic or hospital or referral center? They are usually better at diagnosis that local general practitioner vets.  Cloudiness can mean asthma, I think.  I am not sure if it can be an indication of lymphoma or not, though I would not thi

Re: Cannot Diagnose Breathing Issue with Smokey

2006-09-13 Thread Nina
Check out Hideyo's posts about the at home oxygen tank. Maybe something like that would help his breathing. Could it be something like asthma, or some sort of allergy? Has he gotten better on since you started the Dox? Hemobart is hard to detect. I'm not sure what cloudiness around his lun