We just learned that a few days ago it was #worldasthmaday from our dear furriends @mimo_and_kirry (Kirry also has asthma). This video may be a little hard to watch 😿 but it helped us get a diagnosis for Olive so we could treat get her the best treatment. Olive developed #felineasthma last year 🙀💨💨. It looks a lot like she is trying to get up a hairball (which is what we thought for quite some time) when she is in fact having a coughing fit and an asthma attack brought on by her seasonal allergies.🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸 A simple X-ray can show changes in the lung tissue. 💀💀The first Spring after her diagnosis was really bad for pollen (which we think is her main allergen trigger) so we briefly had her on prednisolone along with a bronchodilator and Cerenia (for its anti-inflammatory properties). 💊💉💊💉She is still on the latter two meds on and off throughout the year. We think it is really important that others see what an asthma attack in a cat looks like because most people would think it is "just" a hairball and ignore it. Olive only ever coughed hard enough once to actually vomit anything up. Vomiting isn't normal in cats- even too-frequent hairballs - and you should discuss it with your vet. 💛💛 When Olive has an attack, she usually collects herself and immediately goes and runs off like a maniac and keeps on playing! She doesn't have a rescue inhaler as our vet says she shouldn't as long as she is well-controlled with the oral meds. 💛💊💛💊💛 #felineasthmaawareness #asthma #asthmaticcat
