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

oh my god! 800 pages! good lord that is going to be a marathon to get through. Well, let me know what everyone thinks of the story, I'm definitely gearing up to read it but might need to do it while on vacation as I can see it taking a long time just trying to read at night after work. (during which I Always fall asleep even with the most engaging of books, plus if it's good, I hate to put it down)

Oh that traitor! Lassie dog must have been convincing. Funny herding Flynn. Flynn I think could only be herded if He decided it was a good idea and where he wanted to go anyway.

Oh good, a one off then for sure with the leg. Molly can get off balance in grass sometimes. I think it might be because she tries to jump it if it is higher than her liking. She never does on solid concrete or in the house though, so I don't worry about it either.

Oh joyful week of freedom! enjoy!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Hi Trish,
I just wanted to pop in real quick to wish the best for Flynn's checkup tomorrow, and especially the UPC, labs and BP. I realized and checked back in my thread to confirm, that I never posted Jasper's last UPC that he had done on 8/31 along with the follow up urine culture after his UTI in August. This was when the poor appetite and other issues were rearing their ugly heads, and with all of that going on I forgot to post the good news about those results.

The urine culture was negative of course, and his UPC was 0.6!! That was almost within the normal range! I remember I was thrilled, and shocked, and couldn't believe it had decreased so much; and my vet was pretty happy also that the treatment was working. Unfortunately we just had a few days of joy over that because then he went in to the Addison's crisis and ended up in the hospital a few days later. :eek: But I wanted to make sure I let you know about the UPC so hopefully Flynny will follow suit!! :) :p They have been so close with their results on past tests, I think it is only right that it should be that way now too!

Glorious that you have 10 days off Trish, you deserve it. Enjoy your time and just relax with your boy. I will be watching for the lab results. Go Flynn go!! :)

Love and hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Mantra still being said. Positive thoughts only. Come on Flynn, Jasper did it, we know you can too:):):):):)

Zoe goes in November, I have another month to wait.

Enjoy your day, Trish. When I am home with the pups, I just love being a stay at home mom.:D:D:D:D:D

Hi everyone

Thanks for sending the happy thoughts and the mantra!!

Flynny is at the vets as we speak, he has lost weight from 13.6 to 12.8kg in the last two months :eek::eek: Must be this new z/d food he does not like. Still, he is meant to be in the 12 range so I am not too upset about that.

Our vet walked through the waiting room and spotted Flynn chatting up a little girlie dog and came over for a quick chat. Mainly fleas... he mentioned a product Prednil that is 5mg Prednisone + antihistamine and he thought we could use it for 10 days safely. His other thought is a product called Comfortis which is an organic chewable flea tablet, has anyone used this as I have not heard of it before? I was just googling and there are side effects associated with it as all drugs. It is given monthly. I will talk with our vet more when I go pick up Flynny at 3.30pm. Fingers crossed for good BP and test results... Come on boy, you can do it!!

OH, and I have put some lavender stems and citrus leaves under his mattress :D:D

I've used Comfortis and found it to be highly effective. The first time I used it was with a Bichon I was fostering who came right out of the shelter, nasty, matted and covered in fleas. One pill and in minutes they were falling off that baby dead as a door knob. In 30 minutes I couldn't find another one on her and she didn't have to take another pill in the months she was with us. I have given Squirt one, Brick one and Trinket one - and one only. They do not have fleas. ;)

That is good to hear Leslie, thanks for that feedback. :)

Hi all - it turned into a busy day after my lounging around this morning! Loving these lazy days!

Flynn's report so far is good, office blood tests not showing anything different. ALP still off the charts, but has been like that all along as their machine only goes up to 1200.

UPC on office test also lower than last time, but we have to wait for the external lab tests results to come in.

BP was good, 130-150 range so we are very pleased with that as I had a sneaking suspicion it was going back up again. The vet nurse is lovely she gets down beside him and said she has it figured out how to keep him as calm as possible in quiet bit of the surgery and she rubs his tummy, she said one of them he was just about asleep!

We are giving the Comfortis a go, he was due his Frontline now anyway so will just give him the pill in the morning with food as instructed. Vet said he had no dogs exhibit any side effects so reckons it is safe with liver problems etc.

The exterminator guy is coming to see me Thursday morning to assess whether external spraying will do any good with the flea problem.

I have to give Flynn more food, so he will be pleased about that. Have not been giving him enough, hence the weight loss. Poor boy was telling me he was starving too! But at least he has got down into his "good" range!

So there we are, hopefully get the official results in the next day or two. xxx

Hi Trish!
So happy to read about Flynn's results so far, the BP looks good! That is great that your vet's office can check an in house UPC to get an idea of a result. My vet's office doesn't have that capability, it always has to be sent out. I am so hoping that his UPC is much improved like Jasper's was last time, that would be such a relief.

I hope the Comfortis does the trick with those nasty fleas and Flynn gets some relief from the itching. I talked to my vet today (well technically yesterday now) because Jasper was sick over the weekend with bad poos again :( , and I talked to her about how he is scratching at his face so much. She said fleas are extremely bad here now also, and recommended that I Frontline him if I haven't recently.

I have been lax about the Frontline over the summer even though she has reassured me numerous times that it is safe to treat him even with all his issues. I meant to get that done before we went to bed, but will need to do it after work tomorrow now. I thought of you right away when she said that! I don't think he has fleas, but I am not sure I would know for sure unless he had a lot of them. Can you always see them on their body?

Well, back to bed we go after our pit stop. I will be watching for the official results and we are keeping all fingers and paws crossed here for all good results and lower UPC for our boy. :)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Hi Tina.. darn I missed you as I popped out to pick up some dinner!

Oh no, poor Jasper having a poopy weekend.. hope that has settled right back down again.

I told Flynny about Jasper's latest UPC result and told him he had to match it again :D wow I bet you were ecstatic with that result, that is amazing:D I want that!!

I can sometimes see a flea if I part his fur and run through it with a comb, or else I see an odd one or two wash off when I shower him. There are hardly any, but it seems he only needs one little bite to get the reaction and itch like mad. He also itches his face, rubs his nose up and down on the carpet as well :eek: Most of the time when I see one it is around his tail area, the two I spotted in the shower on the weekend washed off his neck area though. Tricky little buggers! I hope they all go tomorrow when he has this new pill!

Thanks for popping in to check on us Tina, hope the rest of your week goes ok and Jasper is all recovered. xx