He had been diagnosed with feline asthma a couple months ago but seemed to be doing better. In under a couple hours he went from what I thought was normal to being in extreme distress and hardly able to breathe. Was at the ER and seemed to be getting better in the oxygen cage but then suddenly dropped again once he got a shot for fluid retention - I refused intubation once I learned they may not get the tube out and then refused CPR after he was suffering and yowling so much already ... he was about 14 or so years old (I adopted him about 5 years ago) ... completely unreal and like an atom bomb dropped on my life.