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

Oh that was a funny episode! Now I'm having all kinds of funny thoughts of what Trish Could have done and said. ROFL
Love Big Bang Theory

hugs,
Sharlene

Blardy he'll I am at Melbourne airport waiting for urgent flight home in 3 hrs. Mum the healthy one has gone to hospital in ambulance with little collapse ? Heart attack!!!! I cannot believe it everyone is falling apart at same time!! iI was at airport anyway all checked in about to get on plane to go to Sydney when Dad called. So have had a marathon amazing race sort of run around the airport to change my flight to Auckland. They couldn't offload my bag so that's gone to Sydney, but hopefully will be back before I leave. My dear travel agent friend has sorted it all out. Get to Auckland at midnight so have to sleepover there with friends and home in morning by 9.30am. I spoke to dr in ED and mum she doing ok but I gotta get HOME! Have mobilised my brother to get up there as he lives 4hrs away so least he be there tonight to look after Dad, heck I going to bar for another suicidal Mojita!!! Mum told Dad not to call me as she knew I would drop everything and come home, too bloody right I would. Jeez drama I can do without, poor Mum.

Trish, when it rains it pours it seems!
Having seen my mother battle with Parkinsons for seven years, and my father undergoing treatment for stage 3B cancer - I fully understand your freaking out and wanting to be with them.

I'm so glad that your brother is near enough to assist!

Prayers all around and safe travels!

Trish

Sorry to hear this news. Thinking of you all

Big hug

Mel
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I pray your mom is ok, Trish, and you are home safe and sound very soon.

thoughts and prayers with you Trish

Sending positive thoughts your way Trish. Hope mum is okay. Did your brother make it over to take care of your dad? Hope so. I'm sure that your nerves are shot.
Hugs, Sharlene

Just checking in, hope everything is ok

Big hug

Mel
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Hi everyone
Thanks for your well wishes, I am home now. Phew what a trip. Just slept for 12 hrs :eek::eek: Mum is still in hospital, stable, they do not think she has had heart attack but she is having an echocardiogram this morning, has been on telemetry which has been fine. They think maybe arrythmia caused collapse, but no sign of anything like since she has been in hosptial thank goodness. She maybe allowed home this afternoon if all well. My brother did get up here Sharlene, so it has been good to have the whole family here as we are also still awaiting Dad's CT results. My brother and I literally ran into Dad's physician at the hospital yesterday, first thing he said was "Why aren't you in Australia??" haha so we filled him in on Mum, crikey. He said he had seen Dad's CT and could see kidney mass but did not have formal radiologists report yet and will get back to me soon with it. Then he proceeded to tell me all about a patient he wanted to refer to me and when would I be back at work!! No rest for the wicked :)

Anyway, onto Mr Flynn. Mum and Dad said he has been good, but I thought he a little puffed yesterday, maybe all of the excitement seeing me again as he was jumping for joy!! He seems alright today, apart form a little slightly wheezy and sneezing a lot. No word from our vet yet as to IMS recommendations for increased proteinuria so I have emailed him again but have a sneaking suspicion he is off till next week.

So now problem number 1524... haha, the airline has lost my bag!! It went to Sydney the other day, but that airline rang me to say it had got back to Melbourne before I left and would be on my Air New Zealand flight... yay I thought. But it never popped out in Auckland :mad::mad: they rang yesterday to say it was still not there and they looking into it. The worst tihng is my chargers for my phone and ipad both in there and they have both died now, I feel so cut off. I am so not going to any more conferences, 3 years ago it was in Perth, I had to cancel the whole trip the week before when Dad had a little CVA after routine hip surgery. 2 years ago it was in Christchurch, that was the blardy massive earthquake when I ended up a refugee and had to get airlifted out in the army plane and my bags were stuck there for 3 months. Last year relatively uneventful in Darwin, now this year all of this happens and Mum in hospital and bag lost again. Honestly, someone has hexed me and I am not going again!!!

So I am still off work till next Wednesday, so hopefully some normalcy will return by then. Will have to catch up with everyone over next couple of days but wishing you all the best and loads of snuggles for all the pups!!
Love
Trish and Flynn xxxxxx

Trish, you do have the most interesting and sometimes inconvenient vacations (errrr working vacations). :)

I'm so glad that it wasn't a heart attack and that your mum is doing well. Hope that the radiologist report is a good one. Various degrees I know, but good is still good. :)
Oh Flynn I am sure was very excited to see you home again! Give him a day or so to settle down from that.
Hope they find your luggage soon! Need those chargers pronto! Got a friend with an extra?

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Haha Sharlene, yes very inconvenient but as long as everyone is alive and relatively well I can live with a little inconvenience!!

Since I posted I rang my work helpdesk as it is a work phone and they have a spare so I will pick it up when I go back to hospital to hopefully see Mum and bring her home. Stupid Apple though has changed the plug and my ipad is the new version so the charger is different to my iphone which is not the 5... I so nearly bought one duty free too. doh!

On my phone so crappy typing. There is an adapter you can get for the old plug to new plug for apple. Not sure how much they would be there or if easy to find :(.

Sharlene

Good news tonight, Mum is home, feeling tired after a couple of restless nights in hospital but doing great. Bag arrived this afternoon YAY!

Flynny seems better today too, breathing good and I have not noticed him panting too much. He has a couple of hot spots around his tail so is scratching quite a bit. I don't have a flea treatment so will call into the vet tomorrow and pick one up. I have put neotopic cream on it to calm them down. I cannot see any fleas but something must have bit him to cause that reaction, he has had this before.

I took him for a run up the beach which he enjoyed and did a pretty good poop, I was a little worried his tummy was upset again but thinks he just needs to get back in his normal routine. Nothing from vet so my suspicion he is on days off appears to be right. He is the owner of the vet practice and works 10 days on 4 days off. So guess I will not hear anything till Monday. He seems stable at moment, so I will not worry about the protenuria until next week!

I am actually pleased to be back here with my boy and family! Not even missing my holiday in Sydney a bit :D

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Happy that everyone is doing better!

Oh, I'm so glad to hear your mom is home! :cool: I hope she remains strong and well for a long time to come.

And good to hear that Flynn is better, too. He just wanted his mommy home with him. ;) He's telling you that from now on he goes on vacation with you! :D

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Glad your mom is home! You have been going thru some rough stuff lately. I hope things will start smoothing out for you soon.

I am glad you are getting to enjoy time with Flynn & your family.;)

Trish, I am soooo glad your mom is home. Maybe just all the stress for Flynnie and his tummy will be just fine now that you are home, mum is home and things are not so stressful. They pick up on all of it.

hi Trish, so glad to hear that your mum is home and recovering.
Wow and they found your bag, this is a good day for you. Ah, Flynn, he just keeps finding things to keep your attention engaged. :)

Have a good weekend.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Shit a brick! Never rains but pours hey? Well I'm glad it's relatively good news on the Mum front at least. But please, warn me if they hold the conference in Perth and you come over for it hey? I'll need just enough time to get out of town :D

Well, enjoy your days off at home, I'm sure Flynn will love having you to himself for a bit. I've got two weeks now with my boys too, really looking forward to that!

Take care, give your family our best and good luck with Dad's CT results!

Hi all

Thanks for your messages! I am going to post a good thing today as I always seem to be posting doom and gloom of late :(

I am watching Flynny play on the floor with his toys on this rainy Sunday morning, I just took a photo for you and posted it!

He is not a player with toys, he is a destroyer... in seconds. His main aim is to get the squeaker out as soon as possible! He is so happy when he gets it, but unfortunately they are plastic and I don't let him chew them much to his disgust. I had just taken the squeaker off him in that pic and got one of his treats and stuffed it back inside with the wooly stuff... what a great game for him ripping it up again to search for his prize!! I have restuffed that toy three times already, he finds his treats then brings the stuffed toy back for me to fill it up again!! Thinks he is on to something the little fox!

I looked in the pet store yesterday for the puzzle game Addy, they do not have it so I will have a hunt online and see if I can find one for him one. There was a young teenage couple in there trying doggy clothes on a wee dog that looks a bit like Zoe, they were laughing and enjoying themselves with their pet, was so sweet. Later on the young guy was standing being funny with a big bone about 10 times the size of their dog who he was holding in his arms, Flynn was watching and the kid looked straight at Flynn and said "Sit Boy", Flynn sat down like a rocket (thought he was going to get the bone I think!) The teen crouched down beside Flynn and gave him a big kiss and told him what a good boy he was, Flynn took the opportunity of jumping up and giving the wee Zoe lookalike a quick kiss hahaha I cracked up, was so cute.

Love to all xxxxx

awwwww, Zoe likes to try to remove the squeaker too. I am sad you cannot find a puzzle toy. I would send you one, I could parcel post it I bet. I have an extra one in a box I would love Flynnie to have:D:D:D:D I can picture him banging it on the floor like Zoe:D:D
Probably, he will solve it without throwing it around.:D:D
He is a good boy, our Flynn.:):):):):)


sometimes it sure does rain and pour though, literally. We finally saw the sun today, at least I think it was the sun, hard to remember wha it looks like:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

I hope your mum and dad are okay. How is Flynn's tummy?

HI Addy
Mum and Dad doing OK, I went around yesterday and spent a bit of time with them. Mum has to have a holter monitor at some stage to check her heart rates, we will probably get Dad's CT results this week. I am debating whether to go into work tomorrow, I am not officially due back until Wednesday, but seems a waste to take the extra two days leave when I won't be doing anything. We have a public holiday on Thursday anyway for ANZAC day, it is a holiday I guess like your remembrance day for Australia and New Zealand troops. So it will be a short week anyway. So think I will go in.

Flynny's tummy not too bad, soft poop yesterday. He is doing the lip smacking a bit, bows his head sometimes. I have given him a losec this morning as they seem to help. It is kinda weird, he will be fine for a few weeks then it seems to bother him for a couple of weeks. He has not vomited since before I went away so a good couple of weeks. Eating and drinking fine. I had put him back on GI biscuits before I went away but it has not totally settled yet.

He caught a mouse yesterday, well I think it must have been him. I found a dead one in the rain! He has been hunting about in the bushes a lot lately, as we have been in drought I had heard mice were getting closer to houses looking for water :eek::eek::eek: I need to get a cat!!! But Flynn seems to be up for the job :D:D:D Hopefully this rain will make them move back away from the house back to the fields that are close by. Certainly do not want to put any mouse killing bait about as that lethal for pets.

Hope Zoe's skin problems settle pronto... has she had any antibiotics lately that could set it off? I was wondering about the metronidazole causing it?

She's been on metronidazole for 2.5 years and it never caused yeast before but who knows. ;);) She has been so out of whack the last few months. She gets a probiotic every day.

The iodine did take alot of it off, so I'll do it again tomorrow and give her a bath.

Mouse catcher Flynn, ha I bet he would give a kitty a run for the money catching mice. We get them in the winter, the cold drives them inside. Right now we must have a lot of bunnies even though I dont seem them much because I am forever seeing bunny poo and the dogs think they are cocktail peanuts:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Hey Trish,

Glad Mum and Dad are doing ok at least and than Flynn is getting some walks up the beach still. Weather here is cooling down finally, we've even had rain in the last week for the first time in what seems like months! So I'm guessing the beaches over there will start to get a bit wild and woolly before too long.

As for the squeaky toys, you'll have to time him for me :D Fraser gave up his destructive days years ago (thank god) so now has an overflowing laundry basket full of toys, but my sister's dog, a Lhagotto can kill a squeaky in under 5 seconds flat! A new tennis ball might last 2-3 minutes before splitting in two, and a stuffed toy will become snow in about the same amount of time :eek: Needless to say, she has beautifully strong teeth though. little terror! She's two! Some long expensive years of dog toys ahead there! I'd forgotten how easy my boys were until she came along :D

Dear God, thats disgusting.. cocktail peanuts :D:D!! Flynn has never been a poop eater, unless he gets some horse poop, he liked that, he gobbled it, nearly made me throw up. But he sure is a poop roller.... ugh!

http://lagotto.co.nz/

HI Naomi

I had never heard of your sister's dog breed before, so I googled them. Is that what they look like, how cute!!! I want one :D

I am going to force myself to get dressed soon and take him for a walk up the beach, the surf is high as I can hear it from here. Has been for the past few days. It is flooding up north, actually I just thought it is where Angela lives, so hope her and Flynn are ok and not getting soggy!

Yep that's them! Super cute. They are Italian Truffle Dogs - noses on them like someone just got a blob of clay and threw it. They are huge, but super cute. They have wool, so no shedding, no known susceptibility to particular diseases or defects either and way to smart for their own good. And as you may guess, not particularly common over here. Though fairly well known in Europe apparently.

Trish, I am just getting caught up on things, and am so sorry to read about your Mom, having to cut your trip short, your lost bag, etc. How stressful!!! :eek: But I am very relieved to read that your Mom is home and that both your parents and Flynn are doing ok for the time being. Gosh, I feel like we are kindred spirits or something, as both my Mom and Grandmother ended up in the hospital in the past couple of weeks! That is why I haven't been on the forum as much lately. My Mom lives out of state so that was pretty stressful, but thankfully my brother lives near her. And I was not away on a conference like you were so didn't have to deal with all of that!!

Ok, I have to mention that Jasper thinks that rabbit poo is a delicacy. :eek: :eek: :eek: So incredibly disgusting. I have the yard barricaded to the hilt, so it keeps the critters out for the most part, but occasionally a little one will squeeze through and of course has to leave some pellets. He can zero in on them at 100 yards, I swear!! I have had to be pretty creative with my barricading to keep the bunnies out. Jasper has ended up with a parasite twice in the past due to this little snack. I worry about it lots more now that he has all these other issues, so will need to inspect all my barricades soon.

Just trying to get caught up on everyone, sheesh, there is a lot to read! I will need to update on Jasper's thread in the morning, gonna head to bed now. Thanks for checking in on my boy.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Molly thinks rabbit poop is a pretty good thing too and I have to double check the yard before I let her near it if I know the rabbits have been out and about. At least in winter you can see the little buggers and I can get to them before she does, but when they are hidden in the grass, ugh, it's a time of it. The race is between me and her as to who will find them first! A funny sight for the neighbors I'm sure, as her and both go around searching through grass and dirt. :D:D
I am enternally thankful that there isn't any horse poop in my back yard. Molly would either roll in it or eat it I'm sure. :eek:

They do keep us on our toes don't they!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hey there nice to see you too :D

How is everyone at home? Flynny behaving himself?

Big hug

Mel
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Hi Tina and Sharlene - that whole rabbit poop thing cracks me up... are they just hopping about the suburbs on the loose?? We have them out in the country but not in town. BUT I live next to a school, which is handy for taking Flynn for walks on the weekend and one weekend I swear it was close to Easter, and hopping about was one of those big fluffy white bunnies. It was the Easter bunny for sure! Flynn took off after him at a great rate of knots and I had to catch Flynn and tie him up and then went and caught the bunny and took it to SPCA, Flynn was miffed as he thought he had dinner in his sights. Alas, there were NO chocolate eggs to be seen!!

Hi Mel
Things ticking along here, I have heard from our vet today via email, he is still chasing the IMS about her recommendations for proteinuria (2 weeks this has taken :mad:), but he got an email from her today, but all he said was he had written back to her with more questions and will be in touch with me soon. So waiting again. Flynn is pretty good, bit slower, few tummy issues... hard to tell really. But I would really like to either repeat the BP and UPC tests as he was sick when done last a couple of weeks ago, vomited that morning and had diarrhea through the night which could have skewed results. OR if we need to get him started on some treatment lets get going! So hopefully we will get definite answer tomorrow. Hope your Monday is going well... nearly bedtime here but I am a night owl and a grumpy morning type person :D Hugs for you, pat for Boyce and a wink for Tia who is one of the shiniest stars up there! :) xx

The vets drive me wild. I think they forget they have us parents waiting for updates. We pay so much for it all you think it would be better!

Do you think any of the meds he is already on could be giving him the tummy troubles? I know it's money but I would be inclined to repeat the tests cause when they are sick like you said, could skew results

Supposed to be working! Joys of having an iPad, can nip in here without work knowing ;)

I am also night owl grumpy morning person :D

Mel
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He is only on Amlodipine for his BP and he was having occasional tummy trouble before that started. He was on joint supplement, so stopped that. Put him on natural food too. It just crops up every now and then, I notice poop covered in mucous on occasion. I think he may have an ulcer or something like that. I have started him back on Losec to see if that settles down the lip smacking/swallowing that I think is nausea. When it flares, he also has bad breath. I did take a poop specimento vet a couple of weeks back but do not have result, I asked again in the email I sent back to vet tonight. he is not losing weight, he has had these symptoms on and off for coming up two years so if it was anything really nasty I guess it would have declared itself by now!

He must have heard me typing about him as he has come out to the lounge from his bed for a back scratch. He is such a little shite, he is not a snuggler like Tia, the thing he does is back his butt into the most ideal scratching position and if I go to pet him up by his head he moves forward so that the butt/tail area is back under my hand :D:D Wish he would cuddle, but nope thats not his thing :cool:

I love my new ipad too, don't know how I lived without one haha

I wonder sometimes if there bellies get more sensitive to things as they get older. Boyce doesn't do well with chicken anymore yet as a pup he was fine

I have started him on an overall supplement which includes a probiotics and omegas amongst other things, maybe something all round might help. It so difficult with the food as you can sometimes cause them problems!

Must be a boy thing as Boyce gives you his bum too. Not on at all

Haha, typical men... wanting the good hard scratch but not into the snuggles :D:D

Nice to chat Mel, but I better get to bed or else I will be a super grump in the morning! Have a good day and hope your working day causes NO STRESS!! :)

Talk soon xx

Dunno bout the boy thing. Fraser is a real snuggle bug, especially likes his chest and tummy rubbed, but 9 times out of 10 must be touching you at night. Especially likes to snuggle into the curve of your stomache or back. My sister's dog Gracie (the lagotto) is a reall butt-scratcher though. If you sit at the park, she will back straight up to you and present her butt for a scratch! Base of the tail is the right spot apparently :D I tend to think that it's the spunky dogs that like the butt scratch and the flowers that like the tummy rubs. Fraser sure is a flower, thats for sure!

Sweet dreams. Catch you later :D

Mel
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ha.. I can just imagine you & Flynn catching the Easter Bunny. :p
You are such a good person for taking the bunny to the SPCA.

Just checking in on you and Flynn, such funny stories about all the bums !

HI all - love reading all your stories too!

I heard back from my vet today about his email to IMS.... re BP/UPC

"I have asked whether we should try phenoxybenzamine again as if pheo is back that would control BP better whereas amlodepine is more directed at primary HT"

He thinks most likely pheo that is putting up his BP... made my blood run cold when I read that little gem at work today. So back to googling again tonight, I read that 20% of humans that have adrenalectomy for pheo can still have high BP which is not due to recurrence, so hoping Flynn is in a similar doggy group! I almost do not want to take him for a scan next month, be too scared of what they will find this time.... 2011... liver tumour 2012.... adrenal tumour.... 2013.... ?????? eek!!