[anniernc]

I'm so sorry for little Cosmo. My Abbey had that same problem but also had an enlarged heart and lung problems. She would seem to get worse during allergy season. At the time I didn't know there was a surgery that could possibly help and my vet didn't tell me about it either. Before we lost her she had been to the emergency vet 4-5 times (she always seemed to have an attack at night or on the weekends). Her attacks came on in a hurry and by the time we got her to the clinic her tongue would be dark purple. They would put her on oxygen, start an IV and give her something to relax her and something to help with her breathing. The night we lost her we had taken her to the emergency vet and they treated her and sent us back home but after a few hours she got worse and was having to tilt her head way up and back just to be able to breathe. We lost my sweet baby that night. After her first episode at 8 yrs old my vet told me she was "not longed for this world". It made me sooo mad because I already had the feeling he didn't like dealing with the senior dogs so I changed vets. They put Abbey on several different medications and she did live until she was 10 1/2. My heart goes out to you and litttle Cosmo but maybe trying the meds and inhalers will help. It might also help to put him on a diet if he is overweight. Abbey was overweight and they said that could make it worse.