I went to the docs again last night, I could barley breath. He thinks it may be allergy induced asthma. He gave me a couple new meds to try for a couple weeks. And said if there is no improvement then to get some allergy tests done. But pretty sure it is asthma. I also bought a large hepa filteration system & new filter for my vaccum. Meko got a bath & tonight I'm washing everything in my house. I'm hoping this will work as I really do not want to give up kitty (even though doc told me last night it would be a good idea to look for a home for her). I have to give it at least one more shot though.

Unfortunatly if it does not improve at all within a few days or so I may have to give her up. Because when it gets bad (about 2-3 times a day) I can barely breath at all. It is scary & painful. I may have someone that can foster her or find a foster home for her (long term cat-sitting) just to see if it is the cat that is causing it.
He thinks that it may be the cat.

I did some research & got some advice and went over some of this with my doc & the vet & found out Kitten fur has no guard hairs, but it's not the guard hairs that's the reactant, it's the skin & saliva. A kitten has the antibodies of it's mom till it reaches 9 months of age and it's own immune system kicks in, which may be enough of a change inside the cat to alter it's chemical output somewhat (?I'm not a vet, just going by what I found out on the FIV cat list). Meko could have 'shifted' enough to cause a larger reaction in me. The allergens are all in the saliva or coming off the skin. As an adult cat, I can see a possible change in my ability to not fight off the new stuff. OR I reached tolerance overload & it's just the gradual over time reaction from me being around her so long it just got built up.


I'm hoping for the best, execting the worse... what else can I do?

Thanks everyone for all the help & feel free to share any mor info or suggestions if you have it!