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

Haha now theres a visual Kathy!!

He seems good this arvo, I picked him up and thought I really must take him for a walk as he did not have one yesterday other than a romp in the garden with my friends pup that we visit most weekends. But I was still in my "going out for Sunday brunch nice clothes (a dress)" but had my jacket and brolly in the car so thought I would brave it up the beach, what a bad idea that was... soon as we got about 5 mins from the car the heavens opened and the wind whipped up, it turned my umbrella inside out so I skuttled back to the car quick smart soaked, serve me right for leaving it so late! Flynn had his jacket on so he was alright and funnily enough he ran straight back to the car when I called him... phew, well least it was refreshing and I walked/ran off the lunch :D :D

Hey Trish,
Now I have another visual popping in my brain. You as a soaked rat and Flynn racing you to the car. LOL:DYou do have some adventures! I'm glad that Flynn felt well enough to romp and play, even if it was a very quick trip.;)
Hugs,
Kathy

Yes it was a race, he never lets me win either! :D

Hi Trish,
Please update us after Flynn's appointment on Tuesday. I'm anxious to hear how his sore little mouth is healing. I hope he is continuing to eat well. After all, he can't have fresh fish every day! Poor little thing has to wait for Thursday. ;):D What a lucky little bugger he is! I get fresh fish maybe once or twice a year.;)
Hugs,
Kathy

Just nipping into to say hello and to wish you luck for your appointment later. Hope the wee mans mouth is healing nicely

Been busy with lots of work. Nothing exciting!

Catch you later

Mel
Xxxxxx

Hope all goes well with the appointment!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Trish!
Just catching up with you guys.You're probably getting ready for your appt since I think its morning there.I hope Flynn's mouth is healing well and he continues to have a great appetite.Good luck with his appt today,keep us posted.Sounds like you had a great weekend.:).
Patty

Hello everyone!

It is late night at the vets so just got home from our appointment.

All is looking good in Flynn's mouth, he said it is still a little swollen but he was very happy with how it is healing! No signs of infection. He has no idea why it had not healed, but he thinks with all Flynn has been through he is not suprised he had an ulcer and it could have happened not that long ago as well. So now we just keep an eye on it and hopefully that is the end of it :D:D

RE tummy issues: we both very happy that in the last month he has only had a few mucousy poops. He does not think he needs to go back on the allergenic diet for now.

When he was off colour with his sore mouth and not eating well he dropped from his usual 13.8kg to 13.6kg.. so I got worried it was his gut playing up and started feeding him extra and today he is 14kg :eek::eek: so I am going to cut back a little on his midday snack!!

He said BP was the best it has ever been while he was under anaesthetic, gastroscopy looked perfect with no sign of ulcers or any other problems in his stomach or throat.

Hmmm think that is it. He had not heard from me since he txt the results last Wednesday, he said he had been checking his emails each morning expecting to hear from me. I had been so pleased I did not have to bother him while he was away :D:D I jokingly said that I should have sent a "he's good" message and he agreed that would have been nice of me! ;) I was trying not to be the crazy pet parent I am, who hassles him too much!! Honestly, I wish I could bottle him and send him to all of you that need a good vet!

We are now 19 months post op liver resection for liver cancer and also 6 1/2 months post op adrenalectomy!! So our plan going forward:

• Continue current meds and supplements: probiotic, vitamin/joint supplement, metamucil, tramadol, benzapril, amlodipine, losec capsule every few days
• Continue current food (venison meat, venison and potato grain free biscuits), keep allergenic biscuits as back up if IBD flares again
• Continue monthly BP checks, if it goes up it can be sign the pheo has returned, but we are hoping that now it is controlled with the Amlodipine and Benzapril the BP problem is one of primary hypertension.
• Monthly UP:CR urine checks to monitor kidneys
• Repeat ultrasound at pet hospital early December which will be the one year mark and he seems to think if the pheo has not come back by then it likely won't! Hurray!!
  
  ENJOY MY DOG AND DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH

So we do not have to go back for one month!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee Flynn is such a good boy! He did have a little fun at the vets, as we were leaving one of my friends who we walk with came in with her dog Dougal a huge golden retriever and they had a fine time bouncing around greeting each other, tangling their leashes and generally disrupting all the whole waiting room :D:D (the cats sitting with their owners were not impressed :eek:) I gave them each a biscuit :D:D (the dogs, not the cats :D:D)

Thanks for all your good wishes for me and the boy!! My boy is happy, so I am happy!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh Trish,that's great news!!I'm so happy-what a relief and so nice when you feels satisfied and the news is good.Keep up the good work!!You're vet sounds wonderful!!Too funny that he was checking and rechecking for a response from the very diligent mom.:).Sounds like you have a good plan for Flynn.Grace too has put on weight and is now on a diet-all those gourmet treats after Fella died caught up with her.

Well,glad to hear good news.Hope you can take a deep breath and ease the worry and as you said,JUST enjoy your boy!!
Patty

Hi Trish,
Your report was awesome! Love it!!!:D Flynn is quite the trooper! He has been through so much! I don't think you can possibly stay away from that honey of a vet for for a whole month!! ;)What in the heck is he thinking!LOL :D Mouth starting to heal, tummy settling, Fresh fish on Thursday, what else is there?? Yes, enjoy that little man. Now that's an order!;)
Hugs,
Kathy

Yes, please clone your vet and send to me pronto:):):)

Happy as can be about the good report, Trish. You deserve some good times now with Flynn, no worries for awhile.

Key lime pies for everyone:D:D:D:D:D:D

Every awesome good news. The mouth just might take a bit longer to heal as it is inside where anything and everything seems to travel through. LOL Can't say Flynn is not adventurous :)

Oh you know that is funny, the vet having anxiety that you hadn't texted him. Usually it is the other way around. We wait and wait to hear from them!!
What a hoot!

Have a good week!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

So glad to hear that Flynn is doing better with his mouth sores, how painful for the little man...and also glad to hear he's happy, what better news could there be? Sendings hugs!!!

Yippeee another good day!! We are on a roll here :D Thanks for your good messages, we all deserve a good day with our doggies and I am going to take them while we can!! I just took Flynny's photo and put it in our album, its a wee bit small but it is him in his winter evening position, right next to me, snuggled under his blankies, he even has a toy with him but its too hard to spot, but I wanted you to see I am not depriving the poor boy :D Thanks for your well wishes my lovelies!! :D:D

that litl man of yours never ceases to amaze me !!! woohoo flynn !!! so happy to read this :) patty(milo)meka xoxox

Oh what a life our Flynny boy has! Loved the photo! :D It's winter there. That is so odd to me! ;) Love those good days. Soak them up, breathe them in, and roll in them if you get the urge! LOL.
Love and hugs to you both.XXXXXXOOOOO
Kathy

Hi all

I just watched the latest episode on Flynn's pet hospital show on TV. Flynny's surgeon was on tonight!! It was a bit weird watching him in the operating theatre that Flynn has been in 3 times now :eek::eek: I did think of Tipper though, it was a 12 year old lab with laryngeal paralysis and it was having trouble breathing and he operated to strengthen the airway. I think a bit different to Tipper though as this dog had trouble breathing all the time and not just at night. But the surgery went well and the doggie went home a happy boy!

A so so day for Flynn, he woke me up at 4am to go out for a poop which was normal. then he did not finish his brekky, leaving meat which was surprising. It might have been because I have run out of his Tramadol drops and I had to sprinkle the capsule Tramadol on his food. He left it and went and jumped on the couch, I took it over and he kinda grudgingly ate it all, but then when I offered him a treat he gobbled that down which made me think it was the taste on the meat that put him off. Anyway he ate fine tonight (it's Thursday, so fresh fish day!!) and it was swordfish tonight! We have never had that kind before, the fish of the day changes each week depending on what they catch. Anyway, we all liked the swordfish. Then tonight he had the first loosish poop for a while, I knew something was up as he went and hid in the bushes to do it. But hopefully it is just a one off. He's perky enough so I will just monitor for now, I know he did get some table scraps last night so that might have set it off. We will have to go back to being super vigilant with no non-dog food!

Have a good day all, Friday tomorrow... boy these weeks roll around fast! xxxxx

I think it so endearing that Flynn hides in the bushes to poo bad poos.:)

The weeks are flying by, it goes too fast. For us Wisconsites, summer goes really fast as it is such a short season for us and this year, we have had such a cold, wet spring, we will be lucky to have two months of good weather.

Fresh fish night sounds yummy good. We have it Friday nights as that is the only week night hubby and I are both home for dinner.

Have a wonderful weekend. Zoe's keeping Flynn company in the poo department, hers were not great the last few days. She probably found bunny poo again:rolleyes::rolleyes:

In the bushes! :p Reminds me of a friend's young son who was potty training. He had learned the diaper wasn't where he was supposed to go but at times he just couldn't help it...so, he would go behind the couch and you would hear this sweet little voice, "Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no." :p:D:p

At least you know what he is up to when he heads for the bushes. :)
I wonder if Flynn is in the bushes saying "oh no, oh no" LOL

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Trish,
Maybe Flynny just wants a little privacy. That's why he runs for the bushes!;) Buddy is exactly like that. He won't poop if anyone is watching. He looks around and makes sure nobody's looking his way first, then he finds the perfect spot to take care of his business. However, he will whiz on anything and not care who's looking!:D
I hope Flynns tummy settle really quickly. No more table scraps for Flynny boy!;)
Hugs,
Kathy

Aww...I think Flynn is quite the gentleman doing the bad kind of poops in the bushes! He doesn't want anyone to see that mess...poor boy. ;) Hope his tummy is settled by now and that he's back to pooping in plain sight. :D

Barbara:)

Haha Leslie.... no, it is me saying "oh no, oh no" every time he has a bad poop :eek: up again at 4am but it was a normal one. Maybe he puts it off it is because it is so cold here at the moment so he won't go in the evening and then can't wait till morning :confused: but little problems compared with others on here! He is itchy again though, so shower time for the boy on the weekend, oh such fun!

Hey Trish

Nipping in to give you a big hug back.

Table scraps and loose poop so our suspicions earlier on this year seem to be on the mark then! At least his 4am poop was a good so you didn't have to get in the bushes!

Its supposed to be summer here and it's pouring so we have the heater on as well, me and Boyce don't do cold, I have to fight him for it!

Hope you are both having a great weekend

Mel
Xxxxx

Hi Mel
Yuck that is nasty summer weather for sure! Poor Boycie will not be liking the rain cutting short his walks!!

Speaking of walks we had a shocker last night, up the beach and it was quite stormy and the waves were exceptionally high shoving driftwood up close to our path. This beach is very unsafe for swimming unfortunately I have had never more than paddled there on calm days as it has a dangeous undertow. Stupid dog (aka Flynn) decided he had to go look in the drifting in driftwood for anything tasty that might have washed in with pounding waves coming up behind him :eek::eek: I was screaming at him to come back, if he got washed out he would have gone to Peru and it would have been curtains. I finally got him back to the path, clipped him on his leash and this HUGE brown lab/nasty dog came charging towards us barking. Stupid owner on a bike pedals past saying ohhh he's just a big softie. I THINK NOT YOU FOOL, he is charging us with a nasty bark!! Swooped Flynn up in my arms and gave a scream and then said quite a few bad words at the stupid boy. Gawd my heart was racing. Never a dull moment!

I watched the Lions play Australia last night, wondered if you liked rugby and were watching!

That is a bit scary, both the waves and the mean dog. I'm terrified of undertows.:o:o:o:o:o mean dogs, I show my teeth and growl back:p:p:p

I'll snuggle up with the heater too Mel with you and Boyce, we were having the same kind of summer but tomorrow it is to be 90 and today was pretty nice. Last week we were switching back and florth from air conditioning to heat, it was crazy weather.

Trish how long do you have winter? Do you just have summer and winter? I stopped at Sur la Table yesterday, they were having a 60% off sale and I saw beautiful placemats made in New Zealand, of course, they were not 60% off:(:(:(:(

But Kate bought a really cute apron for $1.00 could not even believe that and I bought cute ice cream dishes for 99 cents. Better than a yard sale:D:D:D

Have a great Sunday!!!

I just looked at my weather app, you are 20 celcuis and the coldest of all of you North Americans programmed in, Sharlene 2nd coldest at 23 :) but still not too bad at 6pm! Tina is the hottest at 33 in Omaha! I am 10 deg, it is 11am here. Yes we certainly do have winter, we have had a real cold snap this week lots of snow down South Island and also up here in the North, I can see it on the mountains but no snow here. Cold though, have had a few frosts but that is as bad as it gets. I have a visitor here from Australia this week so hope it is nice while she is in town!

Yes I should have growled at mean dog, not squealed like I did :o:p

Trish,
I am a Southern California girl, born and raised. I have never been in weather as cold as 10° before!:eek: I think all of my fingers and toes would just snap off!;) Anything below 60° is parka weather for me!:D No wonder Flynny boy doesn't want to go out to pee! It probably freezes on the way out! Now that's a visual!:D
Buddy and I have been charged like that by a big dog too. We were walking leashed when a large Husky came out of nowhere and jumped up at me grabbing Buddy's leg. I had already snatched him up to my arms when I saw the dog running toward us. It was terrifying! :eek:The owner came jogging behind shortly after,and said, "oh he wouldn't hurt a fly". I became unglued big time!:mad: It was not a pretty sight to behold, or one of my best moments. How the main man today, other than freezing to death!
Hugs,
Kathy

Trish,
Flynn's walk on the beach sounded pretty scary! :eek: Glad both you and Flynn stayed safe!
Barbara

I'm with Addy, undertows scare me to death. I always worry because hubby seems to think he is fearless when he is out in the water.

Gads, what is it with these people who have big dogs that want to go charging at other dogs and owners thinking that is okay? It's not okay. It's scary and many a dog has been hurt because of those owners. grrrrrrr

It's 11pm and 23 C here right now, but very humid. It has rained off and on (mostly on) all day long. Looks like our whole week might end up being rainy and humid. Blech! They said probably cooler and wetter this year than the last 2 summers have been.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Well just to chime in on the weather, we are in winter here too, and yet it is 20C today (with rain) and was 22 and sunny yesterday! Yet last week it was 15 during the day with overnights or 3 and 4C so go figure. Apparently Perth is described as a "Mediterranean" climate, all I know it is get dang hot in summer!

And I know what you mean about charging dogs! I was just out for a walk with my sister (too long and fast for pensioner boys) and her dog the Aussie Shepherd was just charged by a HUGE Alsation! I love dogs, but I don't like Alsations, especially not when they are charging at me. Gave me a bit of a fright I must say, and yet thankfully it was ok. Still, nothing like a morning heart in the throat to get the blood pressure going.

Glad Flynny is going so well, even if the odd poop is not the best.

Take care and enjoy your sunday:D

Hi everyone!!

NIce to hear from you Naomi, glad things are going well... hang in there you are nearly at the holiday part oh annnnnnnnnnd Singapore!

We have had a lovely day, we went walking and visiting friends for a doggy play afternoon and we also went to the Flynn's favourite store, to get his venison and of course to visit the rats (pics of our outing in his album :D:D)

I think I might have confused you with the celcius Kathy, it never gets below freezing here! His pee will never freeze haha. Gosh we all got big charging dog stories, they are scary!! Grrrrrrr big bullies :eek:

Oh Trish, what a scary day at the beach. I am scared of undertows too, and also scared of charging big dogs. Glad everything ended up being ok. There have been couple of times that type of thing happened to Jasper and I also, not recently thankfully. I picked him up real fast too, but it wouldn't have taken much for us to have been knocked down by a jumping big dog. Easy to get off balance while holding him, plus being terrified. A few choice words flew out of my mouth for sure. :mad:

Yep, it is hot here now, it is still 81F at this hour. Not sure what that is in Celsius. Oh wait, I just converted it on my app, it is 27C. It shows you are 50F now. For us that wouldn't be too bad for winter, but sounds like it is cold for you?

How has Flynn's tummy been, still staying pretty settled? Thank you so much for checking in on me and Jasper on our thread, you are a doll. I really need to update his thread, but have so many others that I want to post on. I have been so busy for the past week or two. I have been reading along on everyone, but just haven't had much time to post. Way too much going with work, and drama with my real life family. Sometimes I just wish I could have a break from it all, as I am sure we all do!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Well, maybe I will see you on here it a bit!

Hugs from me and Jasper

Ok, I see your little green light on, I must have been typing when you last posted!! :D :D

I'm here now, we must have been posting on my thread at same time :) Think I would rather have my temp now than yours, thats way hot at this time of night!! Air con would be doing overtime :) Yep this is as cold as it gets here, apart from middle of the night when it gets to just freezing and leaves a frost, so pretty lucky here too. Not as warm as the temps Naomi is getting, that sounds lovely for this time of year.

Tummy pretty good, the odd loose poop, he nearly choked on a biscuit today that gave me bit of fright but just whacked him on the back and he came right! He has been really good overall the last few weeks so we are very lucky :D yes I have been looking for updates on you guys! But it has been very busy here and hard to keep up with everyone :)

Yep, the A/C is working hard!! It is quite humid also, and I think some storms might fire up around dawn. Your seasonal weather sounds lovely Trish, makes me wonder why I live here sometimes! :)

Gosh, that is scary when they choke. Jasper and Shelby both do that from time to time, I think they eat too fast and it goes down the wrong pipe. They seem ok afterwards, so that is always a relief. So glad Flynn is feeling well. Jasper has been doing pretty well for the most part too, so we have been lucky also. So thankful. He has been drinking a bit more over the past 2-3 weeks, but now it is probably due to the heat. I am keeping an eye on it, because its not like his drinking has ever gotten back down to normal. And so of course he pees more too, the other night he got me up for 2 pit stops, which hasn't happened for a while. But I remember that night he drank quite a bit. Hope this is not going to be a trend! :rolleyes:

Gosh I hope your work and family stuff settles down, you sound like you need a holiday. Have you got any coming up?

You are right, we are lucky with our boys, I always try and remember that when I start in imagining little things are big things. Hard to keep perspective sometimes and keep the fears in check. But then we have such good days and he has such fun as per his pics in the album from today and I just appreciate he is still here with me enjoying his doggy life :D

Yes, I could sure use a holiday, which we call vacation! :D I had some time off tentatively scheduled for mid July, but now I am scheduled for 2 days of training during that week. :eek: I work for a social service agency that provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment. The training is related to new state regulations that are going into effect, so I really can't miss it. So will now probably take some vacation time beginning to mid August. My Mom will be planning a visit if she doesn't have any more health problems crop up.

Yes, it is so hard to keep the fears in check. I have to consciously work on that on a daily basis. I just took a look at your pics again, I hadn't seen the one with the rats. Flynn was mesmerized, just as Jasper would have been. :) He is so cute Trish. I laughed all over again at the disemboweled toys and the fluff everywhere. And I love the one where he is tuckered and crashed out amongst all the fluff. Too funny. :D :D

What a challenging job that would be Tina, I admire all who work in mental health. Still August is not too far away so time will fly as it always does :) Be lovely to have your Mom visit, I am lucky having mine so close by! I bet Jasper and Shelby will enjoy having their Nan visit for a bit of spoiling :D:D

The rat photo is hot off the press, it was just taken this afternoon :D Only one rat left now, some people obviously like them as pets :eek:

Yes, I wish my Mom was closer, especially when there are any concerns going on. Fortunately my youngest brother lives in the same city as her, otherwise I would be in a bind. How are things with your Mum and Dad? Have they both been feeling ok?

Thanks Trish, my job can be challenging, but I really do like it most of the time. I am a nurse also, I worked on an inpatient acute care psych unit for many years. At our agency I work more in an administrative capacity, reviewing the charts and medical records to make sure all the clinical documentation, etc is in compliance with state and federal regulations, and other clinical QA type of things. I admire what you do as well, working with patients is very challenging also.

Ok, here is a rat story. When I was in high school, both of my brothers talked my parents into letting them each have a rat as pets. :eek::eek::eek::eek: They stayed in a glass aquarium type of enclosure, with a lid. You know where this is going. Yes, one morning there was only one rat in the enclosure. Everyone looked high and low for days. We never found the darned thing. I couldn't sleep for weeks thinking that the critter was going to somehow show up in my bed!!!! :eek: