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

Goodnight Mel and remember to change your clocks :D Hope Boysie leg gets better soon. I better head off too, didn,t realise the time :eek:

As ever great to catch up, enjoy the rest of whats left of the weekend Trish

xx

Night girls, now I have no excuse but to go mow the lawn.. so you can think of that while you are nodding off in your comfy beds!! I hope Boyce feels no pain tomorrow and is bouncing around just fine! Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep Mac, till 9am at least!!! Bye bye, talk soon! xxxxxx

Sorry for disappearing. I have two seniors here. They need things done like yesterday!

I am about 90 miles south of the quake area. There were actually three quakes within one hour. 3.6, 5.1 and 3.6. I didn't feel it. The little ones occur so often, that I am oblivious to them. I've lived here all my life, so I'm desensitized. There have only been a few over the years that have scared me. Yes, there are faults up and down the state. That's why many still believe that someday California was going to fall off into the ocean. It could actually happen, but probably not in my lifetime. Then again, I haven't been too lucky lately.:eek::eek::eek:

I'd love to chat more, but the seniors are calling. Love you guys. Xxxxx

Hi Trish,
Darn, I see I missed out on a good chat last night! Such a busy weekend, I haven't been able to hardly be on the forum. :( I'm finally popping back about Flynn's lab results.

The main thing that I wanted to add was regarding the UPC. My vet said that the ratio fluctuates and if we were to get a sample on a different day, it may be a little lower or higher. I think Mike has said the same thing about it varying, hasn't he? Also, I too am wondering if maybe Flynn's pancreas was a little inflamed since the Lipase was up a bit. We know that can cause elevations in ALT.

So hopefully his UPC will be lower the next time as his situation is different than Jasper's. Unfortunately for Jasper, it sounds like my vet is not really hopeful that his will decrease due to the nature of his illness and the cause of his proteinuria. Our discussion of his labwork was a little discouraging for me, I need to post an update on our thread.

Overall, I had a pretty tough week with Jasper with several issues unrelated to his illness, so haven't had a chance to post yet. Not to mention work has been wicked.

Happy to read that your Mum and Dad are hanging in there. I sure wish your Dad's hip would settle once and for all. I love the pic of Flynn on the new throw. He is so cute. It is the same in my house, all blankets belong to Jasper and Shelby, I am just allowed to use them once in a while! :)

I better get back to bed, have to go in early to work in the morning.

Hugs from me and Jasper, and a scratch for Flynn xo

Hi girls!!

Just a little update on Flynn, he is doing fine. Full of beans, he does not seem to realise the heart failure he puts me through!! Which, I guess, is a good thing :D That's why they have pet Mum's like us, to do the worrying, pay the vet bills and provide the nom nom's!!

Anyway, Mike rang again tonight for a chat. He went over how this rise in ALP/ALT is not unexpected with Prednisone and it could have gone even higher :eek::eek: glad it didn't but god knows what it has gone up to in the past week! I would rather not know. He also said this is not doing his liver any harm being high. He doubts the rise is due to liver nodule growth as we only had scan 6 weeks back. Flynn had his last dose of pred yesterday. We are going to retest him in two weeks and see what is happening. I feel a lot calmer this week about it all after going over the in's and out's of it. He also said the rise in CK, cholesterol etc fits in to the typical picture for this elevation. And Tina, yes he did say that about UPCR being affected too, plus the odd IBD flare has been enough to put that up in the past.

This is a couple of articles I found by googling high ALP in dogs on steroids:

• Glucocorticoids: In dogs, increased total ALP is due mainly to synthesis of the C-ALP isoform. Marked increases are possible (50-100 fold). Total ALP may remain high for three to six weeks, depending on the drug preparation administered (ie, short-acting vs. depot forms). Interestingly, it takes approximately 10 days for C-ALP to be induced by corticosteroids; therefore the initial increases in total ALP with corticosteroid administration is due to increases in the L-ALP, and not the C-ALP, isoform. (Cornell University)
• Typical findings include hepatomegaly, diffusely hyperechoic hepatic parenchyma on ultrasonography, steroid hepatopathy on
  hepatic biopsy, moderate to marked increases in total ALP (3 to 64 times upper limit of normal), mild to moderate increases in ALT and GGT (2 to 6 times upper limit of normal) with little to no increase in AST (< 2-fold increase).

http://www.veterinaryteambrief.com/s...tantoncall.pdf

I have been in touch with the IMS office, I have the 3 days off between Easter and Anzac Day public holidays this year which gives me a nice 10 days off starting on Good Friday 18th April YAY!! But I think most of the NZ working population has the same idea and the IMS is away too. :mad: He said I could take Flynn up that week and he could have his scan and he would call me the following week with results... nope do not like that idea. If I have to drive all the way up there I do want him to actually see and assess Flynny. I have asked if the other IMS who we met during Flynn's surgery and is really good could see him, but with all those public holidays they are expecting emergency cases so he is booked out! :mad: I have pleaded with the receptionist to squeeze us in somewhere and even tried to bribe her with my homemade peanut brownies!! :D:D So I am waiting for her to call me back, if that is not possible I will have to take more time off the following week and go up then.

Flipping heck, I am glad its Friday tomorrow. I am taking Dad to a big rugby match on Saturday, he is doing good and is back to taking Flynny for short walks each day. His renal tests this week and nausea are a lot better after stopping the Co-trimoxazole he was on. Phew!

xxxxxx

Trish,
So not bad news for Flynn. To be expected. Prednisone does a number on people too. Dad was diabetic when he was taking it.

Happy that grandpa can take Flynn for walks again!

Hi Trish-
Just wanted to stop by on your thread to say "Hey!" I'm so glad your Dad is doing so much better. Wow-ten days in a row off. I think I should have worked over there! ;) I haven't seen the picture yet-and I know if I go look now I'll lose this, so I'll go look as soon as I finish.
Cutting grass, eh? Our first cut will happen late next week. I hope to get out today and feed my plants and spray my weeds so that's done before we leave on our cruise. When we return, hopefully everything will be lush and green and the temperatures much warmer. The people around here are telling me it was really a miserable winter.
Belly rub for Flynn! :D
Hugs,
Susan

Hi Trish

So all good news then hip hip hooray. I,m glad your dad is getting out and about and is feeling much better :D

Great that Mike has been in touch and has put your mind at ease. I,m off for 10 days at Easter too I can,t wait, but our company shuts down for the week before Easter to do routine maintance, so I,m off from the 14th :p

Hope to catch up with you at the weekend. :)

Oh man I am so jealous! I'd love to be off anything Like 10 days. Easter for us in Canada is 3 days. Fri, Sat, Sun

Major great that your dad is good enough to get out and walk with the Flynn-man. How cool is that for both of them. Oh wow a match. Your dad will definitely like that!

That local Mike. Every time he says something I think we all give a big sigh of admiration for him. You can just tell him you have a dog group of peeps who thinks he's the bow wow of vets. ROFL!!

Did the begging and bribery work? did you get an appointment? :) :)

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

I agree with Sharlene...Mike should know that all the posters on the forum are crazy for him!! :p I dream of a vet like Mike!! :D If I had someone like him helping with Trixie's treatment, I don't think I would complain about the bills so much!!
Anyway good news there about Flynn and your Dad. You should feel a bit more at ease.
I bet they squeeze you in at the IMS...I think the brownie bribe is going to work. :D :D
Have a great weekend!

Barbara