Cat put in oxygen chamber
Josh's cat Fluffball was found panting like a dog, rushed to emergency vet, and placed in an oxygen chamber — the vet found a heart murmur that later disappeared.
Snapshot · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
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Fluffball's Heart Murmur Vanishes & the Heatwave Panic Attack Theory
At 34:30 · chapter starts 34:25
The post-Father's Day resolution: Fluffball went to a heart specialist on Tuesday and the murmur had completely disappeared. The specialist could find nothing wrong with her heart. The working hypothesis is that the heatwave caused Fluffball to have a panic attack — a diagnosis the vets admit they can't fully explain but seems the most plausible cause. Rob is delighted by the idea of a cat having a panic attack and wonders if she's caught it from Josh. It's a neat resolution to the wildest 72-hour pet emergency story the show has ever produced.
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