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

How is the kitty doing today? Hope all is well.

Oh no I hope Elle responds to treatment. Would they put her on IV fluids if she doesn't seem better? I'm sure your parents are very upset. Poor wee thing.
Funny about then thinking it was something was up with Flynn just by seeing you. You're going to have to start doing drop-ins for no reason. :)

Let us know whats up with Elle okay. We'll all worry for her.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Leslie, Addy, Amy and Sharlene - thanks for your good wishes for Elle.

She was a little better today, we got some chicken and a few biscuits into her. She was not having any of the low fat GI food they wanted her to have thanks very much. Struggling to get her to drink though so I squirted some water in the side of her mouth with an eye dropper and showed Mum how to do it. Mum and Dad stuggle to get pills into her so I did the honours tonight with her antibiotic so that will be a twice a day job for a week! I swear her fangs are like a sabre tooth tiger, really long AND sharp!! :eek::eek:

She is on house arrest and wants to go outside so is pacing about a bit, a little wobbly on her feet. She has not pooped, and hard to tell if she peed or not. She has not vomited or had diarrhea which would be expected with poisoning so maybe its not that. I think she is sore in her tummy though, but not crying just looking very sorry for herself. For an hour or so this morning her eyes were streaming, not sure what that was about. We can do without another mystery pet in the family!! :eek::eek:

I put a couple of photos of her up in Flynny's album. He is not being very sympathetic, I have tried so many little snacks to tempt her to eat and drink and I have to hold him back from stealing her food, little rotter! When he was sick, she gently went up behind him and put her paw on his back. She really would like to snuggle with him but he won't have a bar of any cat canoodling!!

Hope she is much better tomorrow or I will take her back to vet as do not think we getting enough fluids in her, though she does not seem too dry at this stage.

xx

Trish,

Our Daisy and Gracie act the same way:-)
Gracie (cat) meets Dixie Daisy at the door after we're outside. She rests her arm around Daisy as if to hug her. Daisy shrugs her off. Poor rejected Kitty.

Hope she feels better soon!



Same situation with food too. Aren't our furlets a trip:-)

Oh do hope Elle is better today. You're right, she might need some fluids. If her tummy hurts, I wonder if she didn't eat something, or what about kidneys? etc. do they do ultrasounds on cats? :) You can tell our minds all go in the same direction on here.

Oh that Flynny. Sure and doesn't he know what he is missing with cat canoodles?!! I had a cat and dog that grew up together and were best buddies and even passed in the same year. I think sometimes though that the dog liked the cat better than the cat like the dog, except (there is always an exception with the cats) when the cat decided that he wanted to like the dog more. LOL It was crazy.

Crossing fingers and paws for Elle!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

She is better, thanks Val and Sharlene! I was so worried that her kidneys were packing up but today she is mad keen to get outside and is running around with her loud RAAAAWORLL let me out cry!! She has been seen eating of her own accord, but not drinking much yet so still getting Mum and Dad to give her extra fluids via eye dropper but we all feel much more relaxed about her recovery now. Don't know what caused it and I will have to ask vet whether we should recheck her bloods to see if LFTs have stabilised.

I have had such a lazy day, snoozed on the couch in the sun with Flynn this afternoon, he is bored out his brain so must get him up the beach soon for a decent walk. We had got Elle some fresh chicken and he ate some yesterday. He is never up in the night (I know all the cush parents probably hating me right now!) but he woke me 2ish to go outside and had quite a loose BM, I really do think he is sensitive to chicken these days. Back to the possum for him!!

I too wish they would have a bit of cuddle time Sharlene, but no go. On Friday we were out at a friends house for dinner, another girl had brought her 15 yo Jack Russel Digby. He is a very sedate old man! Flynny immediately installed himself as "boss dog" and started herding poor Digby about and even tried to hump him!! Crikey, that was lovely dinner party entertainment... NOT!! Bad Dog!!

Hope everyone is having a chilled out time with their pups this weekend and enjoying the moment :) so hard when you are so worried about your babies.

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Trish!!
Oh, your beach trip sounds like it was absolutely wonderful, and it looks like Flynn enjoyed himself. I love your pics. What a sweet boy. I look in his eyes and just want to hug him!!! And how sweet that he slept by his little friend, these pups have such precious ways. Jasper has been known to go in and sleep with his Grandma when my Mom visits, so sweet. So glad you both had a great time. Also very relieved to read that your parents kitty is feeling better. What a scare. I wonder what it was, she is pretty young. I have very limited experience with cats, but gosh, it is hard to give them pills, and I would imagine also hard to give water by an eye dropper. How lucky that you are there to help your folks.

I have been such a slacker with posting lately and I feel so bad. I try to read some every night but am far from caught up with everyone, I am going to work on that some more tomorrow. I haven't updated on Jasper for a while, everyone is probably wondering what the heck is going on. I have just been so tired, abnormally so. Yes, I have been quite busy, but way tired every night. If it wasn't winter, I would be worried about West Nile virus or something!

Speaking of winter, guess who is in another winter storm warning? You guessed it! Hopefully will stay less than 4 inches, I DO NOT want to shovel again!! Snowing and blowing now, was just out with Jasper.

I have to say that I loved hearing about your dinner entertainment. :D Flynny is such a character, so happy to see him feeling good. Hope you are having a good weekend. I see that you were on when I started typing this. I have missed our late night chats also! :)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

OH YAY there you are!!! I have now finished spamming the board. I was feeling guilty for not posting much this week to so have had a bit of a catchup :D But don't feel bad Tina, we do what we can and that is always enough!! Wonder why you are feeling so tired, are you sleeping OK... obviously not as you are up now!! Maybe its catching up with you, all the stress of late plus broken sleep. So you keep on that couch in the evenings to have a catch up. I slept most of the afternoon today, probably will be awake till 3am now!!

Have been so pleased with Flynn this week and then last night loose poop and after his walk this afternoon where he was a little slow he puked up. Was still hungry for his dinner afterwards so hopefully it is just due to the chicken he ate (stole) yesterday, which does seem to upset him now or maybe he ate something manky up the beach. So back to basics with his diet again.

Oh gawd, another storm. I hope that is the last of them. Don't shovel, surely it will melt away if you leave it :D:D Hmmm maybe you need to shovel to get out your driveway?? In that case you might have too... it's cooler here too but still getting the odd hot day, I love this time of year when it is still warm but not boiling hot. We could do with the rain though, so very dry still. But it is sooo much darker in the morning, I hate it especially noticed it on Friday morning when I have to be at work by 7.30 :eek: it was positively dark when the alarm went off. Soon daylight savings will end and BANG its winter :( i really will not have to much to complain about after hearing all the stories on here of snow storms and freezing temps! I just looked you up on my weather app, exactly 3am, snow (think you know that!:D) and -2 deg, sorry not sure what that is in farenheit... darn cold I say, below freezing! But I am pleased to tell you the sun comes out on Tuesday and by Thursday it is 14deg :D:D:D that's better!!
Trish xxx

Yes, I just saw that you have been quite "active" on the board, Lol. :D You know, my sleep is disrupted, but not near like it was when Jazzy had to go out every couple of hours during the night, or even 2-3 times a night. Most of the time now, we are good with only one middle of the night pit stop, so things are better. I have adjusted to that quite a bit. But I am a night owl by nature, so on the weekends, I tend to stay up quite late! :eek: Crazy, I know. I have always been the night owl type, and have never really needed 8 hrs of sleep, but 5 hrs uninterrupted would be divine! :D

Gosh, I hope Flynn's tummy settles down. It sure doesn't take much for their system to get upset. Jasper is very sensitive also. I don't think he tolerates chicken well either for some reason. I was so sad, no treats or anything special for him on his birthday, I didn't want to chance things getting upset since he was still on the antibiotic to treat the last bout of colitis. I didn't give him a crumb out of the ordinary. :( But I took the day off to spend with him so we had some quality time.

I always check to see how your weather is also! :) It shows 9:35 pm and 66 degrees F. That is nice. Here it is 28 degrees F, so that must be -2 Celsius. Yes, below freezing by 4 deg here. :) I shouldn't have to shovel thankfully, maybe just the sidewalks. Things are looking better later in the week, just like you said! Our DST started a couple of weeks ago. I think I am still adjusting to that little one hour shift.

Well, I guess I better head to bed, otherwise I won't get much sleep in before Jasper has to go out again. Or Shelby might try to get in on the act. She always acts so neglected when I don't take her out in the middle of the night! Poor little thing. :) Nite Trish. Give Flynn a belly rub for me.

Tina

So glad the kitty is doing better. CoCo does not do well on chicken either or the pumpkin that we are supposed to give for the diarrhea or constipation. Maybe I just do not have enough patience to wait for it to help. My vet said give him Pepto or Imodium and that is usually what I do and feed him less. I think the Vetoryl or the Cushings just causes the diarrhea. We do poop patrol every time he goes out, trying to catch the diarrhea before it gets too bad. He had it so bad once, I had to take him to the vet wrapped in a big towel. Yikes. Oh well, what we do for these furbabies is amazing and I really don't mind it, except the nighttime wakeups, which are very seldom, but he usually gets up at 3:00 a.m. for food, but my husband usually gets up by 4:00 so we just go to bed early when we can. Hope Flynn has no more poop problems. Beach sounds wonderful. Cold and raining in Nashville, TN. Just waiting for Spring to get here. Love, JoAnne.

Glad to hear Elle is up and about.:) I wonder what it was all about? we almost considered getting Zoe a kitten, a friend of mine babysat for her a long time ago and she had a blind cat. Well, Zoe loved that cat and shared her bed with him the whole week. The blind cat loved Zoe too. Was weird how they both bonded for a week.

Your beach vacation was incredible, I loved the coast line and everyone looked so happy. Ther perfect adventure.:) Your pictures were awesome.


Lazy nap days can do wonders for us:):):) I had a bit of a nap yesterday afternoon myself after a lot of running around in the morning and trying to figure out mom's taxes:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I hope you have a great week.

Hey Trish

Thanks for checking in, still really tough but that's to be expected. 5 weeks today since I lost her.

How are you and Flynn, any more rolling in poop tales? Hope everything is great with you

Big hug

Mel
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Hey girlfriend, can you believe it, our snow is melting:D:D:D:D

I hope you and Flynnie have a long weekend planned. Luckily, I had the day off:):) Pups are happy and so am I so I am hoping you had a great day as well, maybe a walk along the beach:)

Wishing Flynn good luck on the ninth, Zoe goes in not that long after that. Our vet took off for vacation next week, did not matter for us though.;) :rolleyes: Cant talk to her anyway:mad:

love ya and thanks for checking on us

Hi everyone!!

Thanks for popping in, I swear I posted on here yesterday. Ever since I turned 50 I seem to be having WAY MORE senior moments :D:D

Not much news really this week, apart from a little loose poops. Don't know what causes them he was good in this department for a few weeks and is not real bad now, but his toots yesterday were foul and sure enough on his walk last night out it came, like a cow pat! Appetite fine though. His poops have been a bit off since our beach trip when I know he got a fair bit of food he shouldn't have.

Back pain a bit of an issue, I need to talk to vet about this as well. He finished his introductory course of Pentosan. I have him off the Previcox now which is good for kidneys and he is not as bad as he used to be but still stiff and slow walking up the step into house.

But these are little things, he is perky, and enjoying life so that is the main thing :D:D

We do have a long weekend for Easter, four days off for everyone YAY!!! Except I will go in a few hours today for a catchup on some paperwork. Think I will have the family around for an Easter Feast tomorrow. We are not particularly religious, but we do like chocolate easter eggs and hot x buns!! :eek::eek::eek::D:D:D

Hope you all have a nice weekend with whatever you are doing and any pups under the weather are feeling better xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Glad Flynn is doing well:)). Hopefully, the belly is better now.

Glad Flynn is enjoying life and doing well. Keep it up, Flynn!!!

Hi Trish!
Happy to hear Flynn is feeling well and enjoying himself. Just wanted to pop in and wish you Happy Easter. I hope the Easter Bunny was good to Flynn! :D

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. We had 3 days off here and I loved it! Today was very hard to get back into the grind of things again. ugh.
Flynn is such a funny guy. He's just sticking to the plan. What a good boy. :) :) :)
Have a good week!!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hope Flynn's tummy is getting better! Sending healing hugs!

Hi all

Apologies for not being around much lately, lots going on here with one thing and another.

Thought it was about time I did an update on Mr Flynn for you all though :) His tummy has been giving trouble on and off for since we went on our little beach holiday. He has had loose poops, some cow pat consistency :eek: not watery, normal colour, bit mucousy. He has now vomited x4 over that time frame, once eating too much grass, I have been putting extra water with his meals to up his fluids and he vomited twice after drinking about a cupful plus his dry food floating in it. But on the weekend he had normal poops and I thought he had come right. With all that going on he has not lost his appetite and been pretty perky.

He was scheduled to go in today for his monthly checkup, BP, UPC, Bloods and clipping his nails. He woke me at 4am this morning (I am not used to this cush Mom's, I don't know how you do it!) he wanted out, did a big soft but formed poop. Then up till 6am he wanted out another 3x till the poops were cow pat again :confused::confused: He had to fast for his bloods today (cholesterol plus others) so had no breakfast, just as we were leaving he vomited, partially digested food. My brother is up visiting my parents at the moment, so Mum had cooked a big lamb roast with all the trimmings for dinner last night and he had a fair few table scraps including pumpkin which i though would help! So dunno if that is what set him off. They said he has been good at the vets today, hungry, no more pooping so hopefully it will settle down again. Vet thought he looked good, no weight loss. He said if it has not come right in next two days he is going on Metronidazole in case he has picked something up. I took in a poop sample for testing :eek: plus a pee sample :eek:

Soooo onto testing today, one problem was when he puked he probably brought up his BP pill. Hard to tell really, but did not want to give it again in case he hadn't and his BP was up, 170-180. One at 215 :eek::eek: which vet discounted. Vet thought most likely due to him being unwell earlier in day plus possibly no Amlodipine on board. He had his toenails clipped and I checked and he had a bit of dried blood on one so they must have gone wee bit short, so bet that put his BP up too!!! So vet wants to recheck BP in couple of weeks. Plus he is emailing IMS again for feedback.

Urine similar to last time on their in house testing, 3+ protein (actually was 4+ last time so maybe bit better) UPC has been sent to external lab so awaiting that result.

These bloods are all inhouse too and have been sent to external lab too. I never really trust the in house ones.
Renal function good, BUN 5.12 (3.6-10.4), Cr 73 (53-141)
Liver high still ALP >1200, ALT 433 (10-120) highest its been, choleseterol >10.3 which is high as their machine goes. Protein, albumin, glucose all normal.

So mixed bag really, he is contacting me tomorrow with confirmed lab results and ongoing plans. Wish his tummy would settle down. Wish his BP would settle more, that worries me pheo is back.

It's all complicated by me flying to Australia for a conference in two days time, not back till the 22nd April. Flynn is off to Mum and Dads, so hope he will be ok. Vet happy for them to take him in any time if they are worried and I will be on the phone every day. Plus poor Dad has just been diagnoised with a probable renal tumour and abdominal aneurysm so awaiting CT for him to look at what can be done. I was going to cancel my trip but they all said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo so I am going, least it is only a 3 hr flight back if anything turns to custard with Dad or Flynny.

So will keep you posted with any updates, hope your all doing well and if not I am sending loads of hugs. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh Trish, you have definitely had your hands full lately and lots of worries too. That's rough.

Hopefully Flynn's tummy will settle down. I think the +3 from a +4 protein is good. Always better to go down with that. Yea, those in house ones, while nice for a quickee picture just don't give you as much of a definite idea of what is going on it seems. Hard to tell with the BP though with everything from the pill coming up to getting a clip of the nails done. I'd say to definitely redo that at a later point.

Gosh I do hope something can be done to fix your dad up. Him and Flynn are a pair.

Have a good trip, hoping for no worries while you are away.

Hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Sharlene

Well UPC was up to 3.57 :eek: last one in early March 1.9. So that is quite a jump.

Happily his ALP dropped from 1137 to 817 (13-87) and ALT dropped from 369 to 308 (23-88), Bilirubin normal, first results here were two months ago. I think maybe stopping the Previcox has helped his liver, he has not had any liver supplements, we were going to consider starting SAMe but with this improvement we won't. These results are in a dog with a history of having a good third of his liver resected 17 months ago for liver cancer. He also has two liver nodules that have stayed around, biopsied twice but just benign that could be the cause of continued elevations.

Vet just called me, he thinks the fact Flynn was sick yesterday could have skewed UPC, plus it has been up and down a bit the last few months and also the fact his blood renal tests (BUN and Creatinine) are all normal and albumin has not dropped at all but is high end normal is confusing and not the typical picture they see with renal failure. He said if he was consistently losing all that protein in his urine then the blood albumin level drops which Flynn's has not done. So he is not convinced by this UPC and we will repeat it soon. He is contacting IMS again as he thinks it is time for an ace inhibitor ie Enalopril. Which would also help the BP situation.

I am off to Australia tomorrow, he is going to contact me before I fly out with feedback from IMS, I am a little hesitant starting a new drug with Mum and Dad watching him and me away for 10 days!!! :eek::eek: Will see what he says in the morning.

Flynn is due his 6 monthly ultrasound next month so we will be heading down to see IMS ourselves then.

Hope everyone had a good day.

Nighty nite xx

ps tummy on the mend, normal poop this morning and no vomiting YAY

Goodness, Trish! You suddenly have a lot on your plate, sweetie! I so hope your dad is ok, that this is not a tumor or anything nasty, and he is soon back on his feet strong as ever. I'm a Daddy's Girl and it was so incredibly hard to watch my dad be sick...I wouldn't wish that on anyone. My dad was a tough old coot and if your dad is like you seem to be, he is the same and that character trait can take him very far.

And Flynn not well on top of that! :( Hopefully some of those lab results are like the vet thinks and off because he just wasn't feeling well at the time. It must be comforting to know that your folks and his vet work well together. I hope both your men are soon feeling fine again.

Safe travels!
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Good point, the UPC could be off because of Flynn having an unwell day. Can this all wait for the med changes until you get back?

Have a good trip btw. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I hope you have a good trip. I know you are worried with so much going on. :(
I will send out the good vibes & prayers for Flynn.

have a safe trip!!!!!!

Oh Trish, (((hugs)))). I am just getting caught up on Flynn, and am sorry to read that he has been having tummy troubles and also about the latest UPC. I need to go back and look, but I think that is exactly what Jasper's UPC was the last time!! :eek: Now, I realize that he and Jasper want to be best friends, but tell Flynny that this is going a bit too far. :rolleyes:

I am also sorry to read the latest about your Dad and hope he is doing ok. With the time difference, I imagine you are already in Australia. I have to go in early to work, but will post more after I get home from work tonight. I just wanted to pop in and let you know I am thinking about you and Flynn.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Thinking of you and Flynn and Dad and sending love and hugs.

Just wanted to pop in to say hi, hoping everything is going ok at home and on your trip

Sending prayers and positive vibes for Flynn and your Pops

Big hug

Mel
Xxxxxx

Hey Trish, just doing a cursory check up and so sorry to hear that you have had your hands so full! I do hope your Dad's ok and Flynn gets his act together again. He's had his turn! Only smooth sailing allowed. Maybe you need to buy him the big print book, apparently he can't cope with reading the rules in small print anymore.

Anyway, I'll be waving across the Nullabor at you, hope the flights were smooth and if you do take a detour on the way home, be sure to drop in for that cuppa.

Take care, and try not to worry too much while you are away.

Oh Trish, I am just catching up. I am so sorry to hear about your Dad - thoughts and prayers coming his way!!!

And little Flynn - you have your hands full for sure. Thinking of you both.

Safe travels and fingers crossed nothing happens while you are away.
Terry

stopping by checking in on you and your baby and your dad. hope your doing okay on your trip

Hi all, just a quick checkin, Melbourne has been great, conference went well, did my presentation bit nerve wracking but it went ok. Flying to Sydney this arvo to stay with friends till Monday. Sounds like all going well at home. Dad having CT today so we will know more when I get back next week. Flynny is behaving, I am getting daily photo! Not got time to answer all the threads but know I am sending my love to you all and loads of cuddles for the pups xxxx

Fingers crossed for Pops' CT

Love the daily photo, glad he is ok and behaving!

Good you have the presentation out of the way, hope you enjoy the rest of your trip

Mel
Xxxxxx

Yay Trish, happy to hear from you. Have fun with your friends. Glad Flynn is doing okay.
Hoping for the best from Dad's CT.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Sharlene and Mel :) just posted a photo of me in our Melbourne apartment, pretty cool view! Gotta fly, talk soon xx

Quote:

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Suicidal Mojita,

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Girlfriend, you are in Melbourne, with a to die for city view drinking Suicdal Mojitas? LOL, I thought it was a business trip:D:D:D:D:D

At this point I need bushy black eyebrows and a mustache, smoking a cigar so I can tap on it and say "what kind of business, I'll never know"!!! (think Marx brothers):p:p:p:p:p:p

and I'm at the factory trying to explain to the guys that a pair of beds is a total of 4 beds, 2 beds in a pair means two pair equal 4 beds and they just look at me like 'Huh'? meanwhile my client is asking where the h---- is my other pair of beds:p:p:p:p:p


Pass me about ten of those Suicdal Mojitas

ROFL Addy!!

I'll have a suicidal mojitas. It sounds adventurous. Our newest leader in decadence. Gee and we wonder where Flynn gets it flair from. Don't have to look too far.

A pair = two ROFL you're killing me!

Sharlene

Hi Trish, Happy Flynn is managing while your away, Sounds like a little bit of fun mixed in not that your presentation is done. Sending prayers for you dad.

Take care, Sharon, Norman and Millie

good to hear from you!!!!! guess its good to have the drinks after presentation if i had drinks prior folks might get presentation they would never forget. lol
makes me think of that Big Bang Theory Episode where Sheldon has drinks and gets up and speaks. lol