Oregon cat first in U.S. to die from swine flu

Summary

One week, Rhonda Rebmann's niece had the flu.  The next, her 10-year-old tabby cat started showing respiratory symptoms.  Buddy Lou died four days after she brought the cat to the family's veterinarian, the first feline H1N1 death in the United States.

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