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

Yay for good poops! Hopefully everyone is getting a handle on this epidemic that has been running wild. I am almost afraid to log on with the mucousy poop explosion!;):D:D:D

Loved the video Trish! It is obvious that my boy Flynny has a far superior intellect than the creators of that toy. To heck with all those stupid little bones. Just get the dang treat the fastest way possible. LOL :D:D That's my boy! Smack it around until the treats fall out. Makes perfect sense to me! ;)

I miss our late night chats, but must go to bed to keep up with all the kidlets. I am not getting any younger after all. ;) xxxx

That's a boy Flynn--you know how to outsmart the doggie casino and hit the jackpot,,just get Mom to pull off the danged little bone so the drawer will open! And not just smarts on the puzzle toy but good poops too!! :D That's what we like to hear. I think Trixie is going okay with that too..this morning all seemed pretty normal.
Yes..how about the wind during the US Open women's final!? That dress of Serena's was really blowing around. Our commentators mentioned that her dress blowing like that cost her a couple of faults...they felt it got in her way on a couple serves.
Well, we are lucky to have yet another cool and breezy day today. The kind of weather where you feel like getting up and out! Trixie had a great time outside this morning and that's good because starting tomorrow we are back to hot, humid summertime conditions! :mad: Hopefully that will be short lived and Fall will creep back in.
Off to try and accomplish something around here...Monday morning chores await. Hope Flynn continues to do fine! :)

Barbara

Trish, what a cute vid! Flynn may not get the bones part, but he sure knows what's in those drawers!

(Have to admit, got a chuckle with the kiwi accent in the news in the background too)

Hope things keep going well, nice to hear Flynn is maintaining a relatively good run - scratchies and poop aside.

Okay, I have to go find the video as I so missed something good:o:o

Hi Trish,
I see your little green light on! Just posted a short update on Jasper, hopefully I can get everything organized to post his treatment and plan after work tonight.

Have to go in to work early today, ugh! But maybe that means I won't have to stay so late!

How is Flynn? Hope he is continuing to do well and the poop issue is stable now.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Tr...141fc.mp4.html Here you are Addy, just for you :D

Flynn is doing pretty good, still itching a lot though. Showered him last night and he a bit better today, rubbed in neotopic tonight sparingly so maybe that has helped as I have not seen him scratch tonight since I put it on.

He is due UPC after his benzapril increase 12 days ago. No drug side effects that I have noticed. Tummy seems settled, normal poop at 3am this morning but I wanted the tummy AND itching settled before redoing UPC, it only costs $45 for the test though. Maybe we will wait a few more days, will reassess and decide in the morning. I have to pop into vets in the morning anyway and pick up his Pentosan which is due now and I do not want his pain from arthritis getting bad again so I am keeping that up monthly.

Thanks for checking in on Flynnikin :D:D

Hi Trish,
It is funny to think of the opposite seasons on each side of the planet. The days are getting shorter already but today you would not know that summer is coming to an end. It is crazy hot with a side of sticky, muggy and humid!! Not a good walking day for Trixie, but after tomorrow we'll get back to some nice cool days. We did a short walk and she didn't seem to mind getting back into the a/c. This is always such a sad day in NYC...but of course people were out and about, the city in motion as usual. We were glad to get back into a cool place.

So poops all cleared up for Flynn...now the itchies must go!! Sounds like whatever you put on him may be doing the trick though? I hope so. Maybe a walk on the beach for him...I always think the salt air can cure anything! I grew up on an island too...never too far from the ocean air. Wish there was a beach I could take Trixie...no dogs allowed at beaches around here! Got to find someone with a private shore, poor Trixie lives so close to the beach but has never gone to one! Just want to see her on the sand at least once! :mad:
Hope you can figure a good time for the UPC test and that the results will be good!! :D

Barbara

Awww Flynn still itchy. Maybe that neotopic did the trick.

So are you waiting or did you schedule a test?

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Trish,
Sorry to hear that the itching has continued. Have you changed any of his food or have him on a new med. Those can cause allergic reactions also. If he has flea allergy dermatitis, that is a bugger to get rid of! Poor Flynny. I hope his itchiness gets under control soon. Hugs to you and smoochies for my boy. Xxxx

Good morning everyone!! Grey, rainy old Saturday here :mad: I held off on the UPC Sharlene. Want to get him totally right before repeating it. Poops seem to be good *touch wood* but I did spot him eating grass this morning which can be an indication of upset tum but they are firm with sometimes only a touch of mucous!

Still the itching goes on periodically. I think it is coming right, then he starts itching for Africa!

No change in food Kathy, we are being stricter with the latest tummy upset. He is up to date with flea treatment, anti itch shampoo, blankets washed weekly, regular vacuuming, chamomile tea spray, loratidine for allergies, neotopic cream. I don't know what else we can do. He is quite itchy around his snout, rubbing it on the carpet. There are only a couple of very minor skin irritations. As I type this he is lying like a little lamb sleeping peacefully on the couch!! So maybe today is the day it totally settles, he is just about driving us mad with his constant backing into us to scratch his back! But I do think it is due to some sort of allergy, flea or environmental of some sort... likely causing an inflammatory cascade that affects IBD and in turn kidneys. Prednisone would be good to settle that down but both vet and I think that could be tricky for Flynn, we do not want to give it if we can get away without it, with just one adrenal gland and there is a little steroid in in the cream already.

Barbara, he gets a ton of sea air :D:D We are only about 200m from the waves, so he only has to step outside to get the benefits of that!! He does not swim in it though, water hating dog that he is :D

He has been extra hungry last few weeks, sometimes crying for food. :eek: But no increase in water or peeing, fur is good but cushings does cross my mind sometimes!

Anyway a bit of an itch is not too much to worry about compared with some on here so we are very lucky he is doing so well, he is now over 9 months post surgery! I think we will have a party when we get to the one year anniversary!! xx