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

Wow Trish, 3 months! Best of luck with Flynn's vet appt today, fingers and paws crossed here for good results!

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi everyone

Hopefully good news from us, just picked up the boy and had a good chat with vet.

His BP has dropped to 148 on average with testing throughout the day. Just to clarify the protocol he uses for BP measurement as there has been a bit of discussion on the forum about this the past few days. He takes 7 recordings one after the other, the machine does one about a minute apart. It is surprising the amount of fluctuation between them. Then he drops the lowest and highest recordings and averages the other 5. He does this process four times through the day. Flynn started out at 170's across the board for the first lot this morning not long after I dropped him off. He was pretty shaky when I took him in and did not want to stay so not surprised they were highish. But they dropped through the day to the low of 148 on the last set.

Last week, they rose through the day to a high of 200. The vet said after the first lot, he actually crawled into the pen with Flynn and did his BP there and he was a lot more relaxed than when they take him out of his cage to do it.

Urine result, still shows high protein, perhaps better than last week as creatinine had come down on in house testing to a recordable level which it wasn't last week. They have also sent the sample to external lab so we will get the formal UPC result tomorrow but on the result today we are expecting it to be lower. YAY!! Will let you know after I hear tomorrow.

While UPC may be lower it will likely still be too high, so we think he should also start on an ace inhibitor to protect his kidneys, so he is going to liase with IMS at pet hospital about that once we get the result tomorrow. Meanwhile continue Amlodipine at current dose. He thinks with his 'white coat syndrome' (even though vet in shorts and top!) that BP will be at lower level so we were pretty pleased.

Thanks for the support everyone it is so so so much appreciated, you all rock!! :D

Trish and a tired Flynny xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear Flynny

I know you had a stink day at the vets today, BP recordings are not your favourite way to spend the day. But I left work early to come pick you up and then when we got home gave you your favourite meal + treats!! You were mad keen for a run having missed your daily walk with Grandad, so off we went up the beach.

I know your hearing is fine, you can hear the fridge door open from outside and come at a run. So why when I warn you to stay away from that manky unidentifiable thing you ate (twice!) you continued to gobble it down before I caught up with you to get it out your mouth. I hope you do not pay for that with a stomach upset later tonight. Whatever it was, it was long since dead.

Much like that nasty seagull you found, again you did not listen to me, at least you did not eat it. BUT did you HAVE to ROLL in it... repeatedely???????????? Oh gawd, you stunk to high heaven. I could smell you 10 steps away, you were rank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't like water remember, you hate the shower... but you are not coming into the house with that stench lingering. So much to your disgust a shower you had, it is no use trying to hide in the garden when you hear the shower running and realise it is for you, we have a small section... I WILL FIND YOU! Then... straight after your all dried and brushed and looking so clean and fluffy did you have to go roll on the lawn, you little shite you were smiling at me :eek::eek:

And finally, if you want to play with a dog up the beach, pick a little one. That big black girl was lovely and she actually seemed to like your dead seagull aroma, but you are not as young as you used to be and she skittled you pretty easily, but you popped up wanting more till I feared for your safety and had to lead you away :eek::eek:

Honestly... I need an early night haha. But really I am just so so pleased you are all frisky and playing like you used to do! I love you Flynnikin and I am so thankful you are still with us... seagull perfume or not.

Love from your tired Mum xxxxx

Hi Trish!
Awesome news from the vet, the BP looks great!!! Interesting to read how many times they check it throughout the day, I like that, and I also love it that your vet got in the cage with Flynn to check it. Any time Jasper has had a BP check, they do only 3 readings and then average those, but he has never been there all day to have it checked.

I am so hoping that the UPC will be lower like you anticipate, especially since the BP has been better. I will be checking in tomorrow waiting to hear the results. :)

Now on to your next post, LOL :D :D
Did he eat the nasty dead unidentified critter AND roll in the dead seagull all tonight on the same walk down the beach??? And then also the row with the big black dog???? Well if so, Flynny sure knows how to get the most bang for his buck. Poor Mum. But yes, so happy to see him playing like his old self, makes it more bearable even through the stench!! :D :D :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D I hope he doesn't end up with an upset tummy.

Well I am laughing now, but wait till our spring, if it ever gets here. After every drenching spring rain, the earthworms come out of the ground in force. And guess who likes to roll on those, dead or alive?? While it is nowhere near the stink of rolling in a dead animal or fish, it does have its own aroma, which also requires an immediate bath! And it has the potential to happen every time he goes out. :eek: :eek: I imagine that Shelby will do this wonderful behavior also when given the chance. Oh, the little darlings. :)

Looking forward to Flynn's results tomorrow.


Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

:D:D:D RESULTS ARE IN :D:D:D

Yes its me again, our vet just emailed the UPC result and it is much better as below:

This is last result on 18th Feb :mad::mad:
FLYNN UTP 6.0 G/L
FLYNN UCCRE 18194 UMOL/L
FLYNN UPRCR 2.92 RATIO (on 26th January it was 1.5 ratio, hence my panic at it nearly doubling in less than one month)

Here is today's result :):)
FLYNN UTP 3.00 G/L
FLYNN UCCRE 13954 UMOL/L
FLYNN UPRCR 1.90 RATIO

Much better, YAY!! Still too high though but at least its going in the right direction. I am wondering what has made it lower so much... it could either be:
1. Stopped Previcox 10 days ago
2. Started Amlodipine one week ago and better BP control
3. Started giving him extra water as thought he might be a bit dry, so I started giving him up to half a cup with meals, but he lowered his usual drinking during rest of day and probably still only totalling 1 1/2 cups, so that was only half a cup extra past 4-5 days.

Hmmmmm, whatever it was I will take it!! Our vet sounded so pleased in the email to finally be giving me some good news, nice of him to be checking late at night and forwarding it on to me asap. We did not recheck bloods today as vet wanted him to be as stress free as possible for BP recordings.

See team, the benefits of a good plan uh huh ;):p;):p :rolleyes::rolleyes::D

It's nearly 10pm and Flynn is outside barking and I don't care if he is being annoying, I feel like going out and barking with him woooohoooo!

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Tina
I nearly missed your post, having slipped it in between my constant posting!

Glad I made you laugh, truly you would have cried if you smelt him though :D:D:D Yes, he did all of those things on the walk tonight, I tell ya he was busy, he didn't row with Miss Big Black Dog they were just romping and having fun... till she bowled him :D I get those worms here too, esp after some rain. He has never rolled in them though so have not come across that smell yet :eek: I am not going to give him any ideas about that one!

With the beach so close and our usual haunt for walks, he has come across many smelly things over the years... the dead penguin was the worst, it was disgusting, he rolled in it twice so I buried it under stones but the smell was so alluring other dogs had dug it back up again!! I had to go pick it up (with a plastic poop bag over my hand!) and deposit it in the rubbish bin. Once we even had a dead whale up there, it was huge... Flynny was mesmerised by it lol but actually did not roll in it. He picked a fight with a seal once, jeepers got him out of there quick smart! Never a dull moment!

I have had to get used to this BP regime, I used to protest that Flynn had to stay so long. But once vet explained it to me I relented and let him stay the day. I think he is being extra careful with his known BP problems, so I appreciate that now. I asked today what Flynn does in his cage all day, he told me that he sleeps some of it now which makes vet think he is more relaxed there and he gets more reliable readings.

Yes these doggies can do disgusting things and get into trouble, but I firmly believe I have to let him be a dog and mingle with his own kind... he loves that sort of stuff so it would be mean of me to restrict him too much (within reason of course!) there is no point having saved him to now put him in bubble wrap!

I am going to pop over to Jasper's thread now and see what he has been up to!

Nighty nite, hope you have a good sleep and the babies are behaving :)

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wow, sounds like you have been a busy girl! And certainly Flynny has been a busy boy :p

Very glad things are heading in the right direction again, it is so nice to see the cheeky naughtiness come out when they feel good, you can't help but let them get away with some things. I know what you mean about the dead bird smell though, Oscar used to have a thing for duck poop at the park, also a pleasant aroma (NOT!) but especially good when spread all over mum! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Take care, hugs to Flynn for us and cheers to a good plan! <clink>

Trish, I'm so glad to read Flynnie's good news, and howling, too, over all his exploits!! :p :) :D :rolleyes:

What a wonderful and very thorough report! ;)

With my two Lab girls, I have a pair of stinkpies, too, when it comes to wallowing in the muck (and Tina, my Peg is an addicted worm-roller like Jasper -- whenever I see her stop and cock her head on a rainy walk, I know she's headed DOWN AND AROUND :eek: :eek:).

Anyway, many smiles for a great report!

Marianne

Awesome, Trish, all of it, every last word:D:D:D:D:D:D

I am so impressed with your clinic and their procedures, WOW:):)
They rock and so do you, girlfriend!!!!

I'll join you in late night barking, we can all even howl at the moon together, neighbors ?? WHO CARES !!!!!

WAAAHOOOOOOOO

Flynnies naughtiness made me smile, thanks for sharing. All pups are such characters and I do love to hear about their antics and quirks.

You just had to mention bath to Tia and she was gone so I smiled about that too

Also pleased for your family to see better results and impressed by your clinic

Xxxxx

Oh Trish, I am thrilled with these results!!! Yes, definitely going in the right direction! Way to go Flynn!! :D :D

I just updated Jasper's thread. I was working on it during my middle of the night potty break/posting session, and something happened and I lost connection with the site. It said "unable to connect to the server". My internet connection was ok, so it maybe the server to the site went down for a while. I couldn't get back on, fortunately I quickly saved my post to notes when I saw it starting to stall, so didn't lose it and finished it this morning. I was still logged in this morning. Weird....

In the meantime Flynn's results came in. Again, I am so happy to read this good news! I am hoping that he will set an example for Jasper. :) ;)

Well, better head to work. I will check in tonight after we get back from the vet's.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

so happy to hear such great news. sounds like your on the right path together to get this all under control!
LOLOLOLOLOLOL oh goodness i loved the letter you wrote. i can clearly see all this happening. LOL
it is amazing isnt it how their hearing picks up on certain things and not others.....LOL

Yay Trish.. so happy to see all the :):):):):):) coming from your way. Glad things are going good with sweet Flynn.

Oh that Flynn! He's a hoot!!! What an adventurous little guy he is. You must have a very aromatic um...life. :) yea, we'll go with life. hahahaha

Results sound good too. hahahaha

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Your green light is on. Zoe is up early so I am making her wait to eat. I looked at pictures of your city the other night, it was so beautiful. I could picture you and Flynn walking along the coast. I laughed so hard at Flynn rolling in dead stuff. Our sea gulls fly away from Lake Michigan and sometimes you will see them sitting in cornfields, its weird because I always associate them with water. Then at night they fly back to Lake Michigan. I remember one time we were in the South of England in Falmouth waiting to take the ferry and a seagull pooed and it landed on hubby's raincoat. The woman standing next to us, said" On now, dont you know, it will bring you good luck!" I thought it funny getting pooed on by a bird was a lucky thing:D:D:D:D

Awww thank you all for celebrating with me, it is so nice to have a good news day for Flynny for once! :D:D

Addy, I had been in bed when you posted. Laptop was off, but I had ipad in bed (as you do haha) and maybe it takes a while to log me off the site once I put its little cover on and go to sleep. It IS good luck to get pooped on by a bird, my Mum tells me that :)

Yes it is lovely here, because of the earthquake back in the 30's the whole city was rebuilt in Art Deco style so its very pretty!!

I am not usually on this time of day, just having a cup of green tea getting ready for work, start an hour later on Thursday so its nice not to rush because I am the world's worst morning person.. takes me ages to wake up!! Just watching the Flynn, I got a lovely throw for the couch for my birthday. It is now 'his', he has burrowed into it and seems to think all the blankies belong to him! I don't mind, he can have them all if it makes him happy and he smells like a coconut after his shower the other night so at least no stink dog smell going on it.... :D:D:D

Have a good day everyone, especially those with appointments!
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flynn is a nester huh!? lol! i love it when the babies nest. how they root about and spin and get it all just so, and then stick their little snout out. how sweet!!!! Shysie is a huge nester, i just love it. Shaddix likes to steal the doggy bed to nest sometimes, and she is a bit to large for it, yet she insists that it isnt to small. cracks me up.

Trish-

I am so happy to hear Flynn's results are better and BP is getting lower. Is it possible to check Flynn's BP in your vehicle? Chey still knew something was going on just being close to the vet, but she shook less than when in office.

Wow, it sounds like Flynn had one heck of an outing to the beach the other night. Lol. I can only imagine how badly he stunk. Little stinker....literally:)). I am happy that you are still able to have these moments with him too. I must say I am envious hearing of your walks on the beach:p. I could really use a walk on the beach about right now. I am so sick of winter!!!

I hope you continue to get good results for Flynn;)))

Hugs,

Ro

Well I do hope the bit about getting pooped on by a bird being good luck is true. Happens to me quite a bit unfortunately :cool:. I'm also wondeing if that's why dogs like rolling in it? May be they are hoping some of the good luck will rub off, or "on" so to speak? :D

And thumbs up for the iPad! Don't know how I lived without mine, and yet my macbook lives on my bedside table too, so I really have no excuse, other than I can lie on my other side with the iPad, don't have to face the same way all the time :D Whoever thought of ebooks though is a genius in my opinion!

Hope Flynn continues to be doing great and that you are enjoying a beautiful weekend!

i went outside several times today and would try and try to run to get under birds as they flew over.....thought about running with shysie in my arms even so we could both get bird pooh on us. No luck. well........if it doesnt rain tomorrow, we will be in yard trying to run to get under the birds as they fly by. lol.....i will set my pee catching ladle down, and put on good running shoes, though they often do not match my jammies i wear. Hair is already pinned on top of head, so that wont get in way, normally have tad bit of night cream still left on face in mornings........hmmmm, you dont suppose i am scaring the birds away do you???? (lol)

Hmmmm highly likely, go look for a 4 leaf clover instead... a lot less messy!! They are funny how they nest, he is not quite as delicate sounding as Shysie, kicks it up and messes it right up after I make it so nicely for him, with a little pillow haha... He is such a boy!

I've had such a busy day, at work for quite a few hrs and it's Sunday grrrrrr! Just got home from supermarket and cooking dinner now haha, it is already 9.30pm Sunday night!

Flynny been a little slow over weekend, just a bit quiet. I guess it could be his BP med. Stumbled a couple of times too. I am ignoring it (unless he passes out!!) Our plan at moment is waiting to hear what IMS says about his decreased UPC and BP last week, whether he needs anymore treatment or just stay as we are on the Amlodipine. So holding pattern here for now.

Naomi, poop rolling is disgusting! Duck poop ick, Flynn will roll in any poop but not cat or dog :) He especially likes horse poop which he will eat, makes me nearly hurl! Little darlings... NOT! So loving the ipad, I don't read books anymore... I just read K9 cushings haha! My new favourite app is "night sky" you point it up at the sky and it shows all the stars and satellites zooming over, very cool :cool:

HI Ro, I see you popped in :D:D I don't think he will do it in the car, vet seems to not want me there as he thinks he is calmer without me :rolleyes: I wish you could come for a walk with me up the beach, we would have such a good chat!! Maybe one day :)

xxxxx

How are things in sunny New Zealand:):)

Stopping by to give Flynnie belly rubs and hugs to you.

Missed ya!

making me laugh...seriously out loud...Shysie and word delicate in same sentence...LOL!!!!! i read it to her and she tooted. LOL
How is Shysies sweet heart flynny feeling this evening? and your waiting on the IMS too? isnt that weird........all of us on such a similar journey and suddenly all of us waiting on IMS.
The blood pressure hasnt gotten to low though right? so far Shysie is not being placed on any, and you got me thinking of searching for bp cuff and stuff to have as well for shysie and learning to do that accurately. have they related the stumbling to anything? It still weighs in my mind how couple of us have encounter near identical journeys or encounters with our clinical findings....know what i mean?
shysie likes to roll in deceased insects. like worms. EWEEEEE
when flynny plays does his tongue change in color at all?
thinking of you and your beautiful walks and flynn runs up ahead and finds such an amazing find....his seagull. lol and you realizing.......lol.......makes me smile. lol. not in a mean way though........he is just soooooo cute, and i see this beautiful sunset, little paw prints in sand, you maybe barefoot with pants cuffed, walking along thinking how beautiful to share this moment with your flynn and then..............lol

HI everyone

I am back, even sorted the internet issues myself without having to drag my younger relatives who are more technologically advanced than me around to sort it out :D Wireless was much easier to install than last time, the nice young guy in the shop was quite right it was 1, 2, 3 steps :D:D

Home now packing for our beach holiday tomorrow, only 3 days but it is going to be so nice to get away for a relaxing time, I will take some pics of Flynny running on the beach, heck I might even take a video :D:D

Hope everyone is doing well, we are good here, not testing this week of any description so nothing to report :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

have a wonderful time trish and your litl flynny !!! don't forget the sunblock :)...patty(milo)meka xoxox

Beach trips are the best. Good that you have had a break from testing and vets as you guys have had more than your fair share

Hope you have a great time and Flynn keeps out of the poop :eek:

Mel
Xxx

Love the beach, Flynn having a fab time with his little mate Madi, home tonight darn it, could stay another week. Have put couple pics up! Hope everyone doing ok will catch up later :) xxxx

Ill check out the pixes after I SHOVEL:mad::mad:

Beach, sigh, heaven, warm, sunshine, warm, water, WOW:p:p

We are home, what a fabulous time we had :) Flynny loved the beach, he was running about like a puppy! Digging, chasing, romping..... think he overdid it on some of his walks, yesterday was so hot up to 35deg, poor boy was pretty lethargic but perked up in the evening, there was no air con in the house so we all suffered :rolleyes:he also had a touch of upset tummy but it seems to have come right. He got a few things out of the ordinary to eat, like a sausage roll from his wee 3 yo buddy Madi. She was so gorgeous with him, petting, brushing, kissing and hugging and feeding him if I did not keep an eagle eye on her she would sneak him her food. She even dug holes in the sand with him haha. Last night I got up in middle of night and he was not in his bed :eek: Found him lying on the floor beside Madi's bed, so cute :)

Today was downright cold, could not believe the weather change but it was still ok to have a play up the beach before we left. I have made an album if you want to take a look... I got them all out of order so go to the last pic first and go backwards :D:D:D Wish I could put a video on here, but not sure how to do that. It was so relaxing and just what we needed, I might even go back later in autumn. :D:D Missed you all and must go catch up on your threads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

awww that is so cute he was lying next to his new friend's bed. Your beach break sounds dreamy, sorry it had to end so soon. I am glad you and Flynn had a great time.

Im off to look at the pictures:D:D:D:D:D:D

Pictures are wonderful. Lets pack up and go Addy. Fooey on this snow stuff!

Sharlene and Molly Muffin

can't agree with you more sharlene...come on spring !!! so over winter here in new york... i want to play in the dirt and get my flowers and garden going .....patty (milo)meka xoxox

I'm with both of you. I'm thinking of putting down some sand in the kiln at work and put a blanket on it and have them crank up the heat and pour me a girlie drink. Think my boss would mind?:D:D:D

Hahaha, sounds like we are All tired of winter this year. Last year spoiled me, it felt like summer at this time. Of course they kindly reminded us of that fact today on the radio as I was driving with the snow coming down on the way to work. (I turned the radio off)

Sharlene (snow bunny) Molly Muffin (white dog, white snow, I'll never find her!)

Oh Trish, I love the beach pix!!! They are wonderful. Everybody looks so happy! :) :) :)

Hi Addy, Sharlene, Pattie, Leslie and Marianne! Your summer is definitely coming as it is noticeably cooler here :p Thx for all the comments on his pics, he does look happy doesn't he :D and when he is happy I am happy!! :D:D

It's Thursday, so that is fisn n chip night here (homemade for the whole family) so we are going to have the lobsters we were given in Mahia. Flynn will have a little bit as he always has some of the fresh fish with us, he loves it (so does Elle the cat!) it seems kinda naughty feeding them lobster, but it is fish night so lobster they will have! :D:D

Have a good day everyone! xxxxx

awe sweet.. I can just picture him with his little buddy. :)

If it's not one thing it's another... or another pet in this case.

Mum and Dad's cheeky Siamese Elle has had an urgent vet visit today. She was off colour last night, not eating... I did not think too much amiss when I checked her over. But this morning she cried in pain when Mum picked her up and was retching but not vomiting. Off to vet she went, bloods showed elevated liver enzymes, ALP, ALT, Bilirubin, some protein, blood, bilirubin and urobilinogen in urine although BUN, creatinine ok :eek::eek: But I am keeping in mind those in house tests have been wrong with Flynn before. They think she may have eaten something toxic or else its a virus. She had a temperature and was given antibiotic and subcut fluids and home she came with antibiotics to continue. They hope it will right itself, but any deterioration back she goes. Will not be good if she come into contact with anything poisonous. They do not know what caused it. Mum and Dad have pulled all the lilies out from their garden today in case it is that.

I went and picked her up from vets after work, she did eat a little tonight, but I thought she looked a bit wobbly and last time I phoned she is curled up in bed with Mum - she is their little buddy along with Flynn so they are very upset. So praying she perks up overnight and does not get any worse as vet said that would not be a good sign. I washed her down in case she had got something poisonous on her fur and licked it off... she was not happy with being cleaned! I will go visit first thing and take her back if I think she is not responding to treatment. Poor wee thing, she is only 3.

Flynn on the other hand is great this week :D:D The office girls and vet nurses saw me and were like oh no... whats up with our Flynny! Oops wrong pet!

Night everyone

Oh, I hope Elle is ok today and no further issues!

Oh no, Trish, hope kitten is better soon. That sounds really scary.