(((HUGS))) It’s so hard watching them grow older. It sounds like overall, he is holding his own and you are taking good care of him. Jolie had LP, and we think Mulder may have had a touch of it, but neither one had severe problems from it - once it came on it remained fairly stable. Jolie did get the hind-end weakness, but was able to keep moving (albeit at a slower pace), manage stairs with a bit of help, etc., until the splenic tumor finally did her in at almost 15. She only had one attack of the choking and wheezing. I had read on the Yahoo LP list at some point that sometimes spraying them with mist from a spray bottle can bring them out of it and it worked for her. Not sure why - startle factor maybe?