Major Dilemma

[carole]

I certainly understand your worry and concern for your grandaughter Karley, I just wanted to re-assure you, my best friends daughter is asthmatic, and has been in hospital many times, she has three cats. However she continues to be fine, she is older now, and although she has allergies, she pats the cats, and her life is pretty well normal, with no hospital visits these days.

I'm certainly not recommending people with asthma should rush out and get lots of fur-balls, because I do think it is probably detrimental to their well-being in the long run, but I just wanted you to know it can be managed, and with all the things you plan to do I am sure Karley will be just fine, you will just have to monitor the situation, I really think she will still beable to pat the kitties, and not be completely segregated from them.

I have been exceptionally lucky, by accident I obtained my first cat, and well to cut a long story short, somehow I have managed to desensitise myself, by having the two of them, before if I entered my mothers home, even if the cat was not there, I would be sneezing, have swollen eyes, throat , the works, now I live happily with them both, and my little one sleeps on the bed at night time, so you see anything is possible.

However Asthma is more serious, my son has had it all his life, we never had cats until 4 yrs ago, he loves my older cat and always pats him and even has him in his caravan at nights, whether it makes his asthma worse is a question we have to ask ourselves,but as he is an adult now, its his choice.

I really wish you well, and hope everyones suggestions and advice do help.

What I Love to read most about your story , is the wonderful interaction you have with your grandchildren, they are truely blessed.