[Felvtalk] Wheezing
dlgegg at windstream.net
dlgegg at windstream.net
Tue Jan 20 14:19:59 CST 2015
I HAVE A STETHESCOPE SO I CHECK EVERYONE IF I HEAR SOMETHING UNUSUAL. ANNIE SOUNDS GOOD, BREATHING, HEART. THAT IS WHY I WAS NOT WORIED, BUT NOW MAYBE I SHOULD BE.
---- Marsha <martia at lynxe.com> wrote:
> Milkdud had an occasional episode like that, but of course never at the
> vet's. He always sounded fine at the vet, nothing heard on stethoscope,
> blood work good, so it was just left to observation at home to see if it
> got worse. It was pretty much the same over 4 years, just an occasional
> episode.
>
> Marsha
>
> On 1/20/2015 8:32 AM, Katherine K. wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I wanted to get your thoughts on a video of Krammer wheezing. He is
> > 12, has had FeLV for the past 1.5 years. The wheezing has been a
> > chronic issue for the past year or so, and I've posted about it
> > before, it's usually caused by a case of pneumonia (which my vet tells
> > me is rare in cats, but he gets it a lot). On bad days he has a noisy,
> > gurgly purr, frequent swallowing, and wheezing spells once or twice a
> > day that last for about 30-60 seconds. Eventually the gurgles and
> > swallowing will clear up, and he'll only have an occasional wheezing
> > spell. He had an ultrasound/echocardiogram about 6 months ago, and an
> > xray last month of his lungs which showed the small spot of pneumonia,
> > and he took an antibiotic, which helped some.
> >
> > This weekend his right eye got infected, with green discharge. He's
> > had uveitis (one pupil smaller than the other) before, but not in
> > awhile. I've been giving him Neomycin/Polymyxin gel since Sunday. He
> > gets an LTCI injection (an immune booster) once a month, but I think
> > I'll give him another one today. Does anyone else use LTCI?
> >
> > Going to check with my vet too, but wanted to see what the listserv
> > had to say. Here's the wheezing video:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Od-nCkzyb0
> >
> > He's been sleeping a lot the past 2 days, but still has an appetite.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Katherine
> >
>
>
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