Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

Hi Tina
Well I just surprised myself and fixed it, something to do with the WLAN hahaha god knows what that is but I kept on clicking things and it is going.. YAY! I usually have to wait for a younger more tech savvy family member to visit and fix things :rolleyes:

I did google SCC and I shouldn't have :eek::eek:. It can invade intot he bone and there are stories of dogs have their jaws excised :eek::eek: Last year when he had his dental his old vet who was a young one out of vet school had commented that he had a couple of ulcers back then. She excised them. They have obviously come back. Still it might not be that, even if it is he said it was superficial and he is confident he got it all :). When my old vet left we got handed to the owner of the practice, he is very experienced and I am very happy to have him. I was actually a little leery of Flynn having a GA, even with his good scan a couple of weeks back if he did have any pheo lurking it could have affected his BP. But he had monitoring and it is commented on discharge summary BP was good. Phew.

So I am not going to worry about it until we get histology back. Last week when he said he would ring me he fell asleep on the couch, so he txt me today to say if I had not heard from him by 9pm I am to txt and wake him up haha so guess I will know more later tonight when I get to speak to him, 9pm is an hour away here!!

Flynny is a pacing about a bit, I fed him but he wanted my dinner too, so I gave him some as it was just an omelette and he looking for more food now. I sent him with a packed lunch which is eaten so he cant be that hungry!! Just crying a little, but then went and chomped on one of his toys so he cannot be that sore in the mouth. GA's do tend to upset him though. Poor Boy.... ok come on phone riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!

Trish, I just did some googling and saw that too. :eek: :eek: I am putting that right out of my mind. It sounds like that can happen when the lesions are not superficial, and the report for Flynn is that it is superficial. So that is what I am going with. Gosh, I would have been worried about the GA also. That is the reason why Jasper hasn't had his teeth cleaned. My vet said that we don't need to add that in the mix now with all that he has going on. Things are going a bit better for him at the moment, but my vet hasn't mentioned anything about a dental, I am sure she doesn't want to rock the boat. :rolleyes:

Lol, you are supposed to text your vet to wake him up! Now that is an awesome vet! :D

Flynny is hungry and chewing on a toy, that is a good sign. I'm sure he is a bit off from the anesthesia. Poor baby.

I am going to have to head back to bed, have to get up for work in just a couple of hours. But I will check in for more information after I get up. Or should I say after I get back up! Great job fixing your laptop, wish I could fix mine. It is lots easier to type on than this iPad!

Nite. xo

Hello

Just catching up, thank goodness he showed you his little mouth was sore and that you picked up on it.

Sorry this is brief (blinking work) but i am right here with you (in between meetings) waiting for that phone to ring...

Big hug
Mel
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OK that was a reassuring phone call! Phew.

He said where it was located it was not real close to the bones, he did an xray and there was no sign on that of any bone involvement either. No swollen lymph nodes evident.

He thinks if could be an SCC because it was a solitary lesion, if dogs have mouth ulcers for other reasons he said he usually see's a few, not just one. Well he does have one other skin tag kinda of thing that is apparently common in dogs and he is not worried about that one at all. The ?SCC is in the area behind his teeth, not on the tongue, he describes it as sublingual. There was a lot of loose tissue around it so he said he was able to get pretty good margin of what he felt normal tissue. He has asked the lab to identify what it is and also to check all the margins in case it is SCC as he wants to make sure there is nothing left behind. If it is SCC and margins not clear he will have to operate again to take more tissue.

I told him I had been googling SCC and saw dogs with their jaws excised and I think I could almost hear him sighing!! Way to scare yourself was the general opinion on that one!!

He is off to some show the next few days, histology takes about 3 working days so should be here by end of the week and he has asked his staff to email him results as soon as they arrive and he will let me know. Stitches are dissolving with the knots upside down so they do not irritate Flynn so thats good. He wants me to txt him in the morning how he is overnight and to see him early next week for a checkup.

Ohhh and then he started talking about the IBD, we not to go back to hydrolysed food until he is over this little episode so will see how he is next week. Then he started talking about putting Flynn on Prednisone ofr 2-3 weeks and he is going to talk about IMS, I expressed a little concern about that considering he only has one adrenal. Other option is sulphasalzyne so we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Poor Flynny is a bit upset, he has had temgesic and that has made him a bit spacey in the past. We have been home 4 hrs and he has not been asleep at all. Crying on and off, vet has said I can give him Tramadol if I need to help him settle. He keeps wanting to go outside but its raining so he runs out with me with the brolly trailing along and then quick pee and straight back inside :) He is hungry as, has eaten and just had a lick of icecream... such spoiling!!

Hmmm there we have tonights novel, off to bed after my cup of tea!

Thanks for the support everyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :)

Well that is all really positive from the sounds of it.

Why does he want to start pred? For inflammation in his mouth??

Hopefully the little man will settle down soon it's disorientating for humans so must be harder for pups as he cant tell you

Hope you both get a restful night and I will catch you later

Mel
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Hi Mel, I am so pleased to have you and Tina to talk my worries to tonight, you are both treasures you know :):D:) Sorry I haven't posted on anyone elses thread, rather self absorbed tonight :confused::rolleyes::(:p but will get to you all soon :)

The pred is for the IBD, the hydrolysed food can only do so much at settling the bowel down he said sometimes you need to go to medication to try and settle the actual deep in the bowel tissue inflammation if that makes sense. He then talked about proteins in the food and even sometimes when you change the food to prevent allergic reactions the inflammation will flare up again once the body has got used to the new food and how they break down the proteins and hmmmmm I kinda lost him there as my brain was focused on the mouth hahaha but he felt the meds would be the way to go if after the hydrolysed food trial we were still seeing flare ups of tummy trouble.

Aww the little man just came wandering out again when I was sure I had him asleep in his bed. Think I will go to bed too and he won't be coming looking for me.

Thanks for being here girls ... I LOVE ALL THE K9C ANGELS!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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A newer corticosteroid showing promise is budesonide (Entocort? EC). This drug is marketed to treat Crohn's disease in people. Budesonide may cause less of the systemic side effects associated with corticosteroid use.

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Could this be a better option then the pred?

Glad to hear Flynn's mouth is better. :):):)

Sorry, so short, gotta run.

Hi Trish, glad to hear that the sore was superficial and they think they got it all. The vet you have now is a real winner. Texting and phoneing results, you have trained him well. :)

Just have to get those bowels settled down. Seems when they decide to go wonky it can be a real pain to get it all sorted out.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Trish
Was thinking of you two all day yesterday-you were right about the dental-a mama knows her baby!:).Praying the path/histology report comes back with good news.You both have been through too much for it to be anything BUT good news!Hope his mouth is feeling a bit better today.Once spoiled,always spoiled.:).

I LOVE your vet!-He really keeps you informed and spends alot of time with the two of you and does a great job.Hope Flynn was able to eat a little something and is more comfortable.Hugs to you both!
Patty

This is where the time difference works in our favour as you are settling down, I am getting up and as I am settling down you are getting up!

So this is my morning post to see how you both slept and if he seems a bit more like himself today....

Big hug, scratches for the wee man

Mel
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