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

Yaaaaaaaaay well done Flynn a big high five coming your way. Really pleased for you Trish take care driving or actually you maybe home by now. Pop in later

Hi everyone

We are home, Flynny travelled all that way very well, it was only the last hour or so he got fed up and asked to stop.

IMS Mike got us in for a chat right after his scan. He went through all the scan with me, very happy to see no big lesions, the largest was 2cm and they had got the scans from our old IMS at the Veterinary training school we used to go to and it looks the same. The last scan there was nearly a year ago so that is good news. The report had been emailed by Mike and was here before I got home! But it does say on the report small nodules throughout the liver. But he did say there was no change from last scan. Just reads a bit different to what he told me.

The left adrenal still has nodule at same size, also compared that back to old Pet Hospital scans and is unchanged. I asked how why they think it is benign, he said because of the rate of growth is neglible if it was a nasty one it would have enlarged significantly in that time frame. Also he has no symptoms of pheo recurrence or cushings if it was cortisol producing. So that is going straight to the... do not worry about that anymore pile!

He looked him over, no change in his low grade murmur, everything else on physical exam good. I said we were looking at removing lipomas, he said he would not do it unless it was restricting movement. One on his side is large, he said it would be a big operation and if it was his dog he would not do it. So I am going to have to revisit that with local Mike. Also had some tips on getting cheaper meds which I will look into.

He also thinks Flynns IBD flare, itching, kidney problems with proteinuria/high UPC could all have been connected with the liver problem as now we have that big liver mass out those symptoms have largely subsided. So he definitely does not need to go on the high Pred dose for the time being.

Tina - he said if his UPC gets down to <0.5 on next test we could try halving the Benzapril back to 2.5mg and see how he does. He said Enalopril would do the same and I could look at swapping to that as I could get it cheaper. His meds are currently costing heaps, about $250 each month, half of that is the Benzapril.

So there is the full report, sorry its long! Generally pretty happy with it all, thanks for the support today its been a long one! xxxx

Hi Trish,

I'll read your report through a couple times tomorrow. It always takes at least twice before I start to figure out what the heck you are talking about.;) For now, I'm thrilled you are both home and safe. :) xxxx

Well, well no wonder your putting it in the ......don,t worry pile, all round that is a fab report Trish.

So the largest lesion is 2 cm we can live with that and no change in almost a year yay:D Adrenal staying the same size all sounds sooooo good, and no nasties :D

That would be good if you could cut the price of Flynnys meds as you are paying heaps for it, but as its needed then what can you do.:rolleyes: My vet was the same, he only suggested lipomas were removed if it interfered with movement, Woody was covered in them, with quite a large one under his front leg (armpit) but it didn,t impair his walking so I never got it removed. I know Mike is keen to get them removed so you may need to think about that. WTG on the no pred, he really has bounced back from his last surgery and is doing really well.:D

Go Flynny you Rock !!!!

That is a great report, Trish, and I am very happy to see it! GO FLYNNY!!!! :D

Nice to be here on a weekday morning :D Yay for annual leave, wonder if you are in bed already Tracy as there is no one here to talk to!! :D I had a bit of a sleep-in and Flynn was not complaining either!! In all the rushing about I had forgotten to order his food, so had to dash down the pet store as luckily they stock it too.

I also went and looked into the Silymarin at the health food shop, had a good chat to the herbalist woman in there. She was totally not sure of dog dosages so we agreed on the lowest dose and I am going to read up on the internet about that how much to give him. It is in capsules so if I need to and it is safe to do so I can split it. I cannot get Denamarin here without it costing an arm and a leg!

Yes Tracy, I am going to not worry about those lipomas... I am sure they bother me more than him. IMS Mike said to get Local Mike (:confused:) to make sure he puts a needle into them to check, I know we have done that to most of them so we will just recheck they are all done. He said some can be liposarcoma, but rarely but is worth getting them checked out. x

I,m here :) Yeah I got a needle biopsy done on Woodys, better safe that sorry. I think you both deserve a sleep in after all that driving

Hey, your here! I am feeling good today, bit stiff but no wonder sitting all that way! There was another dog in the waiting room, a tiny little brown pug. His name was Flynn too and his Mum was so worried, his local vet had sent him over for an urgent scan. They were not in the waiting room when I came back out, but the nurses and receptionists were joking about the double Flynn's.

On the way home, I stopped in at a KFC for a snack... I am trying to be good and no chips for me. Coleslaw and potato and gravy (prob as bad as chips anyway!). There was this young Maori boy on the drive through and he was so funny and chatty, then tells me he had accidentally put a bag of chips in for me with this big smile!! LOL and then he asked where I was heading so gave him the story of the long drive and Flynny and then he is like OMG you need sugar, here's a free Mars bar LOL think I will email his store and put in a compliment. I have never had free stuff from any drive through ever!

Oh get you, getting free food from KFG I,m impressed with that cashier :D Not so good for the watching what your eating lol. I am partial to a KFC now and again !!

Oh two Flynns in the same place, I hope the other Flynn got good results too.

When you back at work, I crashed my computer tonight grrrrr its driving me nuts

Not till next Monday now, lovely day already to hot to get out and work outside or take the boy walking! Will take him tonight when it cools down. He is tired too, he gave me a bit of a look this morning as I put him in the car with no breakfast as we had run out... he must have been thinking uh oh, this happened yesterday and I was in the car ALLLLLLLLLLLLL DAAAAAAY!

bugger about the computer, stupid things. That is one thing I still need to fix, the storage space but it is such a big job I keep putting it off!