question: is there a cure for redcough,because i've had a cat who's had it for a total of 13 moons (very proud of him for surviving,considering he got it from a poisoned rabbit at 10 moons) and while he hasnt recovered,he also hasnt died yet. maybe if the cat's redcough is cured,they survive with the raspy lungs condition,or a weaker immune system?
If they're continuing to survive, you may need to make another cat a medicine cat in order to have enough "healing power" available for him to recover? I saw a couple other folk mentioning something similar happening where serious illnesses/injuries wouldn't resolve despite not killing the character until they had more healers.