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

We had a good night thanks everyone! He never let out a peep! He ran out of our room this morning straight to his toys so he must be feeling pretty good :D:D:D then gobbled his breakfast :D:D:D

Work day for me but feeling comfortable leaving him with Mum and Dad today, no walk for them as it is still pouring rain.

Addy, thanks for that tip on the drug. I will investigate further :)

Sharlene and Patty, thanks for your well wishes, sure does show Mum knows when something is off and I am glad I pushed for this mouth exam under sedation so we could get a better look and now I will have to keep fingers crossed they got it all if it is nasty. No poops I have seen since night before his surgery but he does not like going in the rain!

Mel - you just made Flynny's 1000th post on his thread!!! :eek::eek::eek: Wow what a wild ride it has been the last 18 months! Thanks to you all we keep on getting through things one day at a time and where would Flynn and me be without all your support!?! So thanks a bunch you are all a group of darlings :D:D:D Now off to work.... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Great news you both got a good night!

1000th I should win something :D

Have a great day. Catch you tomorrow morning

Mel
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You win a great big hug ((((((((((((((((((((MEL))))))))))))))))))))) :D

Thanks. Made me smile...

Sending one straight back.

Hope he is a good boy for your mum and dad today xx

wow, what a journey!! Congratulations Mel!!! Distinguished position indeed `1000th!

Oh I'm sure they got it all Trish. Didn't you hear. No partials allowed. :) Lovely, clean edges only. :)

Raining here today too still. Bah humbug. I kept trying to leave the office early and come home and work. (it didn't happen of course) Pffttt I don't like to even get out of bed when it's raining and btw, neither does the muffin. LOL

hope you all had a good day

Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Trish,
Glad to hear Flynn was in good spirits this morning and I'm sure your parents spoiled him all day while you were at work.Gee,1000th visitor huh?-shows just how much you and Flynn are loved and how wonderful this forum is!:).Have a great day.
Patty

How wonderful that he had such a good night last night, GO FLYNNY!! :D :D Now we just have to wait for the path report results - all fingers, paws and tails (well, in our case, stubs) crossed for great results there. :) How did he do at your parents during the day?

Wow Mel, congratulations on the 1000th post. Should have heard bells and whistles go off like at the supermarket line!!

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi everyone

Pretty good post op day for Flynnykin. HIs Grandad did take him for a little walk in between showers of rain and he enjoyed that. He was spoilt Patty, he had the fire lit especially for him and it is not even that cold today, he loves to stretch out by it and Mum said it is soothing for him and reminds him of his wolf heritage being able to stare into the flames?!?! Not sure there is much wolf heritage in a fox terrier :D:D!! But he does love the fire :D:D

He has given a couple of little cries tonight, but maybe he was hungry and he is understandably a little grizzly. So he has had his dinner now and is snuggled up on the couch getting lots of cuddles. Not playing with his toys tonight though. I tried to have a wee look in his mouth to check all was well but he wasn't having that, I did not see the wound area at all and the bits I could see looked a little swollen but I guess that is to be expected. He had an IV antibiotic yesterday that is a long acting one so he will be covered for infection. His mouth does not look red or infected looking so hopefully all is ok in there. I gave him a wee bit extra Tramadol to cover any pain tonight as his 24hr shot of Temgesic will have worn off by now.

Sharlene I could have stayed in bed today too, so tempting when it is raining. Might have an early night as the boy likes to go to bed at 9-10 and he usually happily goes on his own but when he is a bit under the weather he likes to be close to me so better for him if I go early too so he can settle in his own bed which is on the floor right next to mine and he won't get up and down to check where I am. Your right, no positive margins allowed!!!

I hope we are here to get Flynn's 2000th post!! It took 1 year to get to 1000, but we had a few months break from my first posts in June until we ended up back here for adrenalectomy in Dec! Thanks to all of you that have posted to his thread in encouragement :D:D We love you all :D xxxxx

Trish, Hope the path report comes back as great news!
You said Flynn had a GA. May I ask what the stands for?
Thanks

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835779/
at work, sneaking this link in for you

I see you sneaking in, so sending you a clandestine hello via Trish's thread

I am lurking, on my pad though so no one at work knows....

Hope you are both resting well Trish as i type this and I will catch you later

Mel
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Hope the big man's report comes back all clear!:)Here's to the next 1000 posts! Thanks for all of your support Trish :D

Hugs,
Kathy

Hey everyone!

Good news tonight, no SCC in mouth!! Woooo hoooooo :D:D:D

Vet away but he txt me to say it was non specific ulcerative glossitis, probably trauma induced originally and just not healing.

So goodness knows what caused that, probably some manky old fish head he chomped up the beach. Don't know why it is non healing, maybe it got infected or something?? But will talk further with vet when he is back from trip.

But Flynnikin if you have caused this by eating something nasty that cut your mouth then got infected and delayed healing you can pay for the GA (btw thats general anaesthetic Vicki), dental, xrays, gastroscopy, excisional biopsy, histology, antibiotics, pain killers and hospital day stay which I cannot imagine is going to be cheap so its coming out of your toy allowance young man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They did not give me the bill the other day as they just wanted him to get home and get comfortable. So thats going to be a little nasty surprise soon :eek::eek::eek: Oh well, I would pay anything for my little Flynn boy especially when it involves getting good news! :D:D:D

Phew what a relief, thanks so much for all your good wishes everyone, they worked again!!!! Mel, you must hold some power up there with the pet gods!! :D:D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (maybe Tia and Fella put a good word in for Flynn :D:D)

Oh Trish, that is fantastic news!!!! Yay Flynn!!!!! Whew, what a relief. :) That little guy was on my mind all day, so happy to get this good news during Jasper's pit stop. But I must admit that I am a little worried that the poor boy will never see a new toy again if the vet bill comes out of his allowance, Lol. :D :rolleyes: :D How is his tummy doing? Hope that is still going ok.

Just saw a late night preview for the Stanley Cup Finals, game 1 is tomorrow night, so I will be glued to the tube during prime time. Hope I can get back to sleep after seeing that! So excited!!

Big hugs Trish, and lots of smooches for Flynn. Tell him his family up North is so happy with his results. That is the best news ever. :D :D

Tina and Jasper

Isn't it the best news! I am so happy tonight, he just took his two newest toys up on the couch and is have a good old rip up with fluff flying every which way! I just told him he better ration them!!! :p

His tummy is really good, I was getting a little worried about that but I think he was hesitant because of the rain and then first thing this morning he did a huge totally formed normal one. So that's a relief, I am going to keep him on his current grain free venison bicuits and venison mince until we go for his checkup next week and hopefully his mouth will be all healed and we might look at restarting the hydrolysed food again for the trial.

Tell Jasper and Shelby they did a good job keeping their stubby's crossed!! :D:D How they doing? Is testing coming up for Jasper?

Hmmm I am not even sure what the Stanley Cup is? Hockey? I will have to google :D Go Tina's team though :D:D:D

I am so pleased for you. That's the best news. The stress of the last few days must have been intense so it's so good that's the end of it.

Your vets are so great, he actually seems like he cares about Flynn the fact they let you leave without paying is surprising! Flynn clearly doesn't appreciate he is on toy rationing if he's ripping up two tonight :D

It's early here so going back to bed for a snooze before the madness starts

Have a great evening

Mel
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Thanks Mel, back to bed for a snooze sounds like a good idea to me! You are up early!

I think I am very lucky with our vet, he is great and really does care for Flynn he is so kind to him as are all staff in the practice. He also seems to be one of those that knows that dealing with a much loved pet also involves dealing with the owner and I am pretty sure I am high maintenance :eek: but he takes all my preciousness in his stride and what I really really like is that if he does not know something he is more than happy to tell me that and he then goes and researches it and/or consults with IMS and gets back to me.... quickly. Bottom line is I trust him and he knows what I am like with needing a good plan and works with me on that. I wish everyone here could have someone like Mike in their corner. I will bake them a cake when we go for our checkup next week (plus pay the bill!)!

Yes, I am still smiling :D:D:D:D

Now Flynny, go easy on those toys, it might be a while before you see any new ones!! Lol. Happy he is feeling good and wreaking havoc on his toys! I love it when Jasper and Shelby get all radical and shake them like mad. Such ferocious little pups. So funny.

Yes, the Stanley Cup is the Hockey finals. I am torn this year because I love both teams that made it to the finals. So I guess I will just be able to watch for the sheer enjoyment of the game rather than stressing over who I want to win. Well, that's what I say now at least. :D Football (American football) and hockey are my favorites, so the Stanley Cup Finals are quite exciting!! :cool:

Jasper and Shelby are doing pretty well. I need to update Jasper's thread, I saw your post there. Thanks for checking in on us!

He is not scheduled for any testing currently. He had a couple of weeks where he seemed to be not feeling so well, just low energy, not wanting to play, lethargic. It was worrisome. We upped his dexamethasone to a daily dose for about a week and a half. Not sure that really made a big difference. At any rate, he seems to have snapped out of it now for the most part, so I am grateful. Dex back down to every other day, and we are watching him. He is scheduled for his next Percorten injection on 6/18.

Well, better get back to bed for sure this time, the alarm will be going off before I know it. Again, so pleased with Flynn's results. Have a good night Trish!

Tina and Jasper

Awww glad he is doing good Tina, wonder if his next UPC is going to be the same as Flynn's again, that was hsyterical!!

Yep back to bed for you, I am off out as just ordered takeout Thai to celebrate, so I'm going to pick it up.. wish they did delivery, gawd I am lazy :D:D

Glad you had some good news today Trish.

Phew! Good news there thats for sure! How unexpectedly novel to hear good news for a change hey :p then again, Flynny has kind of been on a roll for a while now. Things might crop up, but at least they are not horrible things. That alone has to deserve a new toy or two :D

So great that you have a good vet. Fits right into my name theory. I have a theory that people's personalities are reflected in names quite a lot. Every Michael/Mike I have ever met (at least 30 of them, 1 being my Dad) has been an amazing bloke. Good value, straightforward and worth knowing (actually, they are all pretty smart too :rolleyes:). Seems your vet just adds to that list. I know it's coincidence, but it usually proves true. Weird. Still point is, you're lucky you and Flynn have such a good relationship with him.

Think it must be time for a celebratory champas over there or something! Go Flynn!

Morning

Did you enjoy that Thai?

I should have stayed up as I have so much work to do!

Hoping you both had a restful night, have a good day

Mel
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Okay Flinny, hide those toys now, so mom doesn't ration them!:D
Great news! I'm thrilled it all worked out so well and Flynn's back to his old self again. We worry so when they don't act quite right.

Hugs,
Kathy

What a relief:D:D:D That and a good poo, life cant get much better than that, especially with Thai take out;);) Now I am sitting here craving some for dinner, boneless skinless chicken breasts are not thrilling me.

Now, that Flynn needs a new toy in spite of the vet bills to celebrate so I will lobby for him:D:D

Do you think there will ever be a month we don't have to spend money at the vets or freak out? Me think not.:rolleyes::rolleyes::D

Collection box for Flynn toys!!! ROFL! :D:D

ohhh, suddenly thinking of lemongrass chicken curry. I know a Thai place that makes an Excellent one. *sigh* :p

Really a month without vet bills???!!!! Love it, Dream Big!!!:D:D

huggers
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Yay.. Good news. Glad he is having a good ole time with his toys.

Woohoo!!! So glad it wasn't SSC. Flynn certainly is the million dollar dog. He is so lucky to have such a caring mum like you.

Yes, yay for good news, glad Flynn is doing well!!!

Awww look at all your lovely messages for Flynn! Thank you all very much :D:D Another good day for the boy, he had the whole family around him tonight for dinner and he had a nice meal of fresh snapper :) He seems to be eating fine, poops are fine too so we are happy campers and long may it continue :D:D Today, I am counting my lucky stars and hoping we have a good run for a while, the same as I hope for all of you :):D:):D:)

I just watched a new show on TV here, it is a documentary type show filmed at Flynn's pet hospital! His IMS was on tonight, she was looking after a sick farm dog that had a tumour on its spine. Wonder if his surgeon will be on it at some stage, its a weekly show so I will keep watching. I guess Flynny did not get picked to be a TV star, I don't know why as he has star written all over him :eek::D:eek: no sign of any cameras while we were there anyway.

Have a good day everyone! xxxxxx

so happy to read this trish !!! woohoo you go there flynn !!! just wanted to pop in and say hi and am thinking of you guys...stay well :) patty(milo)meka xoxox

Maybe they have to keep the drama ratings low, either that or they deal with animals with far less case history to get into in a 40 minute show. I think Flynn's case would be more along the lines of a thesis presentation for a panel of experts, or conference. Lets go for quality audience here, not the light fluff :D

Meanwhile, what show is it? We might get it here too? (We get highway patrol so I'm sure we'd get vets :))

No wonder he ate the fresh snapper! He's. smart one you know!:D
So glad he's eating and his report keeps getting better and better!:D
You need to keep Spot's brother going strong as ASAP! ;) Where do we send the toys for Flynny's toy drive? LOL:D:D

Hugs,
Kathy

Snapper! That boy does eat well. :) Got to love that, just no curries! hahahaha

How cool about the vet show. I love shows like that. There is one on here too but I admit that I can't watch it, because I hate it if the pets don't make it and I bawl all over the couch and molly and well everything. It's not all happy endings. I'd probably do much better if they only showed happy ending segments, but then that's not reality or life right.
Oh yea, Naomi is right. Flynn is definitely more the doc or round table sort. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I get fresh fish though a special work deal every Thursday and we cook it up for homemade fish n chips! Flynn and Elle always stations themselves next to the kitchen bench when he chop it up to get all the offcuts. They eat it raw, I think it is good for him to have that one fish meal a week!

He is running around like a pup tonight, so good to see :D:D. A cat must have walked through the yard as he he keeps wanting out and goes zooming around the house on the hunt!! I just convinced him to give me a wee look in his mouth, its looks kinda OK, a couple of whitish areas so I hope it heals ok and no more ulcers. Wish I could give him a warm salty mouthwash to clean it out but I don't think he would tolerate that. His breath is so much better, I have always tied his periodic bad breath in with his tummy problems but maybe it was this mouth thing?? Who knows. He is a hungry and eating biscuits so I am taking that as it is not so sore.

Yay its Friday night and the working week is over! Naomi - the pet hospital show is called "The Animal Files" http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...ocation=stream

Have a good Friday if yours is still going!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Keep on zooming Flynny boy! :D Fresh fish every week! Flynn eats better than I do! ;) Fish and Chips on Thurday. Do you have room for a few hundred guests? ;) LOL. You've already started your weekend. I hope it's smooth sailing!:)

Hugs,
Kathy

Trish:
Tipper said she wants to come over to your house and eat as the fish sounded mighty tasty to her!
Blessings
Patti

I agree with the others. Lets all head to Trish's house! LOL Flynn, boy, you sure do have it made!
hahaha
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

The Animal Files huh? Sounds like a play on the X Files :D Maybe they're saving Flynn up for a final cliff hanger episode or something :D Will search our guides here, see if it is on or coming.

Meanwhile, so glad to hear Flynn is doing so well, sounds like Fraser has competition for the title of Spunky Bum!

You are all most welcome to come and share our fish n chips!! It is cheap as here, where we live is a port so the boats go out and bring it straight back for our dinner so it is lovely and fresh :D:D:D I will buy extra this week for all of you and the doggies :D:D

He looked a bit sore eating his breakfast and I tried to have a look and it does look a bit red and sloughy in places, but not overly infected, I hope it is OK. It is a week tomorrow since his surgery and we have checkup on Tueday when I can get a bit look with vet helping me.

Anyway other than that all good here so we just need his little mouth to heal up :D Vet told me he had tied the sutures upside down ?!?! I guess so they do not poke up and irritate so I presume the knots will be dissolving underneath, not sure how he does that?!? So that would cause some tissue irritation while it heals.

Be back later this arvo to post a bit more on everyone else xxxx

Hi Trish,
I hope your brunch was yummy and Flynn had fun with your folks.;):)
You were wondering how the vet ties the stitches upside down. The answer is obvious, of course! He must hang upside down from the ceiling while he ties them! Now that's a visual!LOL:D I hope Flynn's mouth isn't too sore and checks out okay on Tues. Poor little guy.
Hugs to you both,
Kathy