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

Evening, had a nice day? I fell asleep!

Woke up at 6 though to get cracking!

The photos are. Beautiful Trish. I love the one with Flynny on the couch. He looks so much like my little brother. Your beach is gorgeous! :) I am having a really hard night. Thank you so much for the photos, they really help. Love ya babe! How are we going to survive without Mel?

Just fine, cause you all have each other :) I am a newbie in comparison to some xxx

I know Kathy, I miss her already... but I bet she is sitting in some lovely garden at an English pub with Boycie at her feet having a lovely dinner and a nice long cool drink unwinding from her hellish last day!! I hope so anyway, she is a treasure our Mel and deserves this break!!!

Flynn found a toy last night, it was a bunny stuffed behind the couch. He was so pleased with himself, carried it out and started chewing straight away!! :eek: Felt so mean taking it off him. One of my guests mentioned this app on the ipad it is meant to be for cats to play with (who knew there are apps for cats!!) Anyway we downloaded it, the idea is this little mouse runs around the screen and when the pet touches the screen it paints!!! Showed it to Flynn and he went crazy, the mouse squeaks while it runs around and Flynn took to the ipad :eek::eek: scrabbling to get that damn mouse, he tipped it upside down to try and find it.... it was hysterical we were rolling around laughing. He loved it but I feared for my ipad :eek::D:eek::D:eek:

You can save the pic he paints with his paw so I have just posted it to his photo album so you can go see how talented he is, Picasso he ain't... we don't think we are going to make any money from my painting dog!!! I don't think he is going to be allowed to play with it again as he was so rough but it might be a bit of fun for some of our more gentler dogs!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh my gosh, I had never heard of an app for a cat or dog, as it seems that Flynn is just as enamored with it.
Well, now I don't know. I heard of a horse that paints and he seems to do pretty well. Who is to say that Flynn isn't just as good. :)

Hope you are having a lovely, day, evening, tomorrow? Oh gosh I do get confused, is it morning there? Sunday?

LOL just call me baffled as usual
hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

10.45 Sunday morning!!

I will have to get Flynny to work on his autograph :D

What a talented little man you have there Trish, and a painter at that, love to hear the stories, and the ipad thing was hilarious, thanks really needed that today!!!

Hey Trish!
Was up for the pit stop and decided to stay up for a bit, hadn't been on the site all day Friday or Saturday, so busy. I have to say I love Flynn's painting!!! It looks really cool I think. Weren't you afraid he would scratch your iPad? Yikes, I am pretty sure that Jasper or Shelby would. I love the pic of Flynn on the couch. It is so cute how they always try to find something soft to snuggle with.

So it sounds like you got all your housework done, good for you. I unfortunately will be spending most of my Sunday doing chores. I have had a headache since Friday and was so busy so I didn't get much done. :rolleyes:

How is Flynn's mouth doing?

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi Tina, sorry I was just in the kitchen cleaning up!! Yes I was worried he would scratch it! it does have a protective film over the glass though!! Still, I don't think he will be playing it again :)

His mouth is better thanks, had a good look in their tonight. He is good at the moment, back to crunching his biscuits in the morning so that's a good sign! Bit itchy still but that seems to be improving :) Hope your two are doing well and the drinking has not increased xxx

Thrilled to hear that Flynny's mouth is finally healing. YAY? When is he going to get his toys back?:D

Oh good, glad the mouth looks better. Maybe it actually is the toys irritating things, you think? I have a protective film on my iPad too, but I would still be a bit worried I think. I sure love the painting though, I really think the little man might have some talent!

Well, I am going to try to get a couple of hours of sleep before I start tackling the chores. Probably about time for you to go to bed I'm thinking. Have a good night! Extra belly rub for Flynn please. :D

Thanks Tina, I think it may be the toys! If not allergy, maybe he chews them too hard causing trauma which is what his histology suggested rather than allergy. Yes I am getting to bed soon... early night tonight! have a nice Sunday! Hope its not too hot for Jasper and Shelby xxxxx

Hey girlfriend, I hope Monday is not too awful. I'm back to work tomorrow:mad: I could have used another week.:p:p

Maybe the material the toys are made of bother Flynn's mouth. Gosh, I wish they could just tell us.

I am off to check out your album of Flynn's paintings. Funny, I am reading a book about the private lives of the impressionists. Maybe one day I will read a book about Flynn.:D:D:D

Hi Trish,
Please update us on Flynny's vet visit. Did the vet get the demon cat to take her pill? LOL:D xxxxxxxx

Home from the vet, Flynn has spent the day there. He is so much better now he is used to the place and I think he almost likes them now. The vet nurse wanted to keep him :)

Mouth ulcers much better, so he thinks it is due to trauma and we will stay off the toys for now. Specifically the ones he can rip up. He does not think it is an allergy.

He had a chest xray, no problems with lungs apart from slight changes in bronchioles that he commonly sees in older dogs. Nothing to worry about there. He took me out the back and showed me the films on the monitor, you can see the staples from his adrenalectomy. He has a digital xray setup and it gives such clear pictures. Can see arthritic changes in lower back. Vet said Flynn lay beautifully still on his back for the xrays and mouth check and did not need sedation, such a good boy.

His urine test showed lower proteinuria but it is not as specific as the one sent to external lab so will wait and see what that result shows.

Renal tests and electrolytes good, full blood count also good no anaemia or raised/low white cells. Liver tests, ALP/ALT still high but appear stable, again wait for external lab results. Calcium high end of normal, so keeping an eye on that.

BP was perfect at 130/140! So again YAY!! He is fairly sure his proteinuria was due to his hypertension and now we have BP under good control we are seeing stable kidneys. Double YAY!

He finished up with a manicure :D and Pentosan injection for his arthritis.

So good report for Flynnikin and hopefully the labs when they come in will also show improvement. So we continue as we are with his medications as he is doing so good on them. Keep him going on grain-free biscuits and venison diet as no diarrhea/mucous for ages!

Thanks for checking in on us, I am so pleased with this good report xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PS demon cat got the pill, she sat there like a little lamb swallowed and it was gone in a flash :mad::mad: I said, watch out she will spit it out and he said NOPE she won't!!! As apparently after she swallowed it, she licked her nose with the tip of her tongue and he said that is a surefire way of knowing it is gone!! Who knew!! :D

Hi Trish,
Glad to hear that Flynny checked out so well with the docs. That is great news! It is a bummer about the toys though.:( Poor Flynny, he may never get them back. I think Elle, the demon cat is playing you! That is hilarious! LOL :D

Trish, this is a great report, so happy to read this! You know, I was wondering about the toys and if the stuffing or fabric was causing physical irritation to his mouth, especially with how "enthusiastically" he tears them up. :D Jasper will chew on a nylabone obsessively sometimes to the point where his mouth will bleed, and I have to take it away from him. Shelby really goes to town on them also, yesterday I had to confiscate all nylabone toys, they just wouldn't stop!

It sounds like all the labwork is great as well, way to go Flynn!! This is a big relief for me also because we know that Flynn has been setting the example for Jasper to follow. ;) Is it another UPC that was sent out to the external lab?

Too funny about the kitty, LOL.

Big hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Thanks Kathy and Tina :D:D

Yes we do think physical irritation from toys, he said I could try getting a childs toys and cutting off any eyes or loose bits as they could be gentler. But I could still see Flynn shredding them and the same thing would happen. I have only noticed a few times where he has gone to look in his toybox. On Sunday night, I gave him a venison brisket bone because I thought he needed something to chew but last night he pooped little hard bits of bone, like finger nail size so that can't be good for him, he just does not chew them up properly. He did a normal poop this morning, but ??little bit of blood on it so I packed it up and took the whole poop to the vet :confused: but he did not think it was blood and even if it was he put it down to the bones passing out the other end :eek::eek: normal one tonight and looks fine to me so will keep an eye on it! Anyway, that was my long winded explanation of giving him something tasty to chew so not going to get any more bones@!! :rolleyes:

The vet tests his blood and urine on his own in house equipment which are these results today, but he also sends to external laboratory for more accurate results... so that is what we are waiting for. Oops just realised I did not get a copy :eek: very unlike me haha.. but rest assured that will be remedied so I can update my spreadsheet!

Ever since Jasper got colitis a few times years ago (way before Cushings), I don't give any real bones, rawhide, etc. He doesn't chew them up properly either and swallows big chunks which of course cause intestinal irritation. So we use nylabones for chewing, they are hard and only little shavings come off, so if he swallows them they go right through with no problems.

My vet does those in house labs also to get quick results, and then sends it out too. The external lab results are always more accurate here too. And they can't do a UPC in the office, that is always sent out.

I told Jasper about Flynn's good report. He is snoozing on the couch and didn't seem too impressed. I told him he better pay attention because we know that Flynn sets the example!

Gosh, I better get back to bed. I had to check in on Kathy and the pup that is having surgery in the morning. Sending so many prayers and positive vibes to that little guy. I have to go in to work an hour early in the morning so not much more time for sleep now. Ugh, I am so not a morning person! A quick thunderstorm just rolled through, but it is over now. Jasper and Shelby are already fast asleep again. :) Belly rubs for the little man. Hopefully see you tomorrow in the wee hours. Nite.

Yay such good news for Flynn! He is such a great guy for the vet now. Guess he knows them all by name. LOL
It does sound good. Maybe there is Something that he can shred the heck out of to play with. gads, these guys are tough sometimes.

Elle, *sigh* Yep, you have been played! She rules! hahahaa

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

yay.. happy 7 months to you & Flynn. It is so nice to pop on here & see good news. Glad his mouth is feeling better. I know sometimes those toys can hurt. Boriss & Pearl are full of determination to win when they play with each other. I always have to take the tug things away or they bloody up their mouths trying to hold on. :eek:

Hi Trish
I missed your message last night somehow.I was off but Grace started vomiting about 11pm.She vomited HUGE amounts of undigested food.My poor baby was so sick!Poor thing was just retching and vomiting throughout the night-mostly undigested food then just bile looking material.(just wanted to give you a visual:)),She is never sick so I was getting worried.It was so nice and cool out so I was taking her out every hour or so since she seemed to be better when she was out in the fresh air and sitting out on the cool floor of the outside deck.I was just debating on whether I was going have to bring her into the 24hr ER Vet when she began to settle down and than thankfully fell into a deep sleep.She must have gotton into something though I don't recall her lunging after anything on our walk.Anyhow,she is much better today and completely back to her piggy self!I wish I could say the same for the nice rug I just bought.Unfortunately,that is rolled up and all set for trash day.But,anything is disposable when we have our little babies and that's fine by me.Sorry I missed you last night-I miss our late night chats!

I was reading Flynn's great report-you must be very pleased.I wish I had a vet like yours-I am so impressed with him-he sounds absolutely wonderful.I'm sure you had to "train" him a bit,but nevertheless,he still sounds fantastic and really seems to take a lot of time explaining things and checking in with you.That's one thing I need to find here.The two very best here are Tufts and Angell.Bad experience at Angell and lets just say I wont be returning to Tufts anytime soon.It's like pulling teeth to get any info from them.Good call on the toys causing the irritation but poor Flynn!For the most part,I stopped buying toys for Grace because she literally has them torn apart in 5 minutes!She's a huge fan of tennis balls which I'm not so sure are great either.Perhaps you can find a toy that may be more gentle on his teeth somewhere online.I was so used to Kelsey who had her toys her whole life!She would kiss them,give them a bath and greet me at the door with the same one for 10years!She was nothing like this savage!:D.

Well,sorry I missed the all night party last night.I do have a new cell so if work is slow this week,I may sneak on and say hello.Romeo is doing fantastic-he is a cutie pie!He has the squeakiest bark ever and Grace is teaching him all her bad habits!He hates when I leave him and he starts to cry.Each time I took Grace out last night,Romeo would frantically jump up to the window ledge to look out and start wimpering and barking-poor baby!.Hugs to you and Flynn and so pleased at his good report card!
Love,
Patty

Hey Trish, so glad to hear that Flynn had a good report, sending hugs and prayers for good news yay!

Hi Trish, just popping in while we are up for a pit stop, and also checking in on little Rudy. Whew, what a day on the forum! How is Flynn today? I fell asleep on the couch after I got home late from work, and now need to finish cleaning up the kitchen. Ugh! Be back in a bit.

Ha, I am chasing you around thread to thread! I have only been home an hour or so... went to Rudy's thread to check for any news too... fingers crossed the little pup is sleeping and gaining strength overnight.

Man we are in the midst of a huge rain storm, it is pelting down.... Flynn is too scared to go outside. He had a look out the door and I could read his little mind.. it said "NO WAY JOSE AM I GOING OUT IN THAT!!" :D:D He better have a good bladder tonight, or else I will put his raincoat on him and push him out the door :D:D and bugger poop patrol tonight :eek: :) I am such a mean mother :D

But he is great thanks, snoozing on the couch under his blankies as I type. I have not received any results yet today... sometimes he emails them late so will keep an eye on my inbox.

Eek, it's not housework night is it?? I seem to have a mad clean a couple of times a week, but with just me here it never gets real bad. I often get a meal with Mum and Dad when I pick Flynn up as it is usually conveniently for me dinner time when I arrive :D So my kitchen does not get too messed up during the week, apart from all Flynn's plates!

I see on my weather app that you are having thunderstorms, and 50F. :) How did we survive without all these apps? Jasper and Shelby are not too keen on going out in the pouring rain either. But with Jasper anymore he usually has to go urgently and can't really hold it, so he has become more brave about dashing out, and then back in. But before he had all these issues, forget about it, he would not go out and would just hold it!

Both are currently snoring next to me on the couch also. Don't you just love it when they are so peaceful? Nope, not cleaning night, just had to get dishes finished. You know, it is just me here too and I don't know how things get so messed up all the time. It seems like something always needs to be cleaned around here.

I have to go in early to work again as my manager is on vacation this week. So that means I have to be up in about 2 hrs, so I better get to bed. I don't know how I function on this crazy sleep pattern, but I seem to manage somehow.

I will be watching for Flynn's lab results, and also monitoring Rudy's thread. Praying so hard for that little guy. Nite Trish. Smooches for Flynn. xo

Night Tina, yes we should cherish these peaceful nights with our little mates!! We had a break in the rain, so I sent him out to do his business unsupervised!! Such a brave boy, had the towels all ready when he came sliding back in the door!! Haven't heard any thunder yet, maybe on its way.

Love my weather app, you are 24Celcius... dunno what that is in farenheit but it pretty warm for 4am!! Have a good last couple of hours Tina, talk soon!! Nighty nite to the Jasper and Shelby too, xxxxxx

You two are so cute Tina. You and Trish chasing around on the forum. Now that makes me laugh!

24C is pretty warm for 4am. Welcome to the US midwest! Bloody cold in the winters and hot in the summers. Oh yea, we are like that too. Fooey.

Lordy Tina, I don't know how you manage on that kind of sleep. I get 5 hours of sleep and I'm a grump! Since I went back to work I know I need at minimum 6 uninterrupted and prefer 7-8. Yea that really works with cush pups doesn't it. NOT. They seem to have some weird hours too. Molly at least is decent and loves her sleep unless we have storms.
(I sent our storm Trish's way it seems) LOL

Okay, you two both have good days!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Poor Flynny, I wouldn't want to go out in those torrential rainstorms either!:eek: First the toys, then the blankets, and now rainstorms! Flynny boy is going to be looking for an another place to live! LOL:D xxxxx

Hi Trish, I see you are on now! Gosh, I just wanted to pop on the forum real quick because it is so late here, and I see that we have lost Murphy. So sad. :( And it seems like every day there is someone else whose pup is having Addison's issues. :( :( I feel like I need to try to keep track of those pups after all that Jasper went through.

Have you received Flynn's lab report? Looking forward to those results.

Sharlene, I don't know how I manage on this lack of sleep either!! I need to stop checking on the forum when I am up for Jasper's pit stops, but I can't help myself. And now I see a few threads that I want to post on, so it will be a bit before I go back to bed. :rolleyes:
I haven't had a full night sleep since last May or June I think. :eek: And by that I mean 5-6 hours consecutive. But I really can't full on complain, I am just glad my little sweet wakes me up when he needs to go. He is such a good little boy.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi Tina
I am still here, just watching a rugby game... YAY it's Friday night, sleep in for me tomorrow and I need it after such a busy week at work.

No I have not got the results yet, my vet has forgotten us!! No doubt just busy so I have not hassled him as the other ones were OK. I have to pop into the surgery to pick up supplement they ordered for me over the weekend so I will ask then if he is on. I kinda feel I should give him a break especially as Flynn is so good now! No recurrence of mouth issues, so really do think it was trauma from his toys!

How does Jasper wake you up? If Flynn wants out during the night, he goes and sits by the front door which is just outside my bedroom and does a quiet little "eeeeahyah" kinda squeak which is just enough to wake me up. Sometimes if he hears something outside he suddenly barks like a banshee which scares the bejeezus out of me :eek::eek: and certainly gets me leaping out of bed!!

Yay, Friday night for you!! And I will just be starting my Friday. And then the weekend!! My plan is to try to leave work a bit early if I can after this busy week. And yay, no more mouth issues for Flynn!! I will be watching for the labs when you get them.

Jasper wakes me up by jumping down off the bed. That will usually do the trick, and then I hear him kind of pacing a bit, so know he is restless because he has to go. If I don't wake up right away when he jumps down, then he will stand up with his front paws on the bed near my face and bump my face with his nose, and sometimes quietly whimper. If I ignore that and don't get up fast enough, he will let out a quick yip to let me know "Mom, this is urgent here!" And then I get up in a flash!

Well, I think I am going to lay back down for few minutes since my alarm will be going off in about a half hour. :eek: :rolleyes: Yikes, I should probably just stay up, but need to rest my eyes for just a few minutes! Glad it's Friday so I will be able to make it through in my zombie state. I talked to my vet yesterday so need to post a bit of a update on Jasper, but that will have to wait. See ya tomorrow night!

Hugs from me and Jasper, and smooches for Flynn.

Well hope you get at least 40 winks in that half hr!! I have to start early at 7.30 every Friday and I was sleep walking this morning when the alarm went off, Flynn did not want to get up either, he stayed in bed while I showered etc and only got up when he heard the fridge door!! I only just run into the meeting on time today :eek::eek: I am so not a morning person, usually dying for a sleep in by Saturday morning but then wake up same time anyway, lay in bed a while... then I get bored and get up anyway :D

Jasper is very considerate waking you up in that gentle way, so cute! But he gets his point across escalating the urgency if required :D:D I love these boys of ours and their sweet ways... hope your Friday at work goes fast and no drama!! See you on the weekend sometime xx

Hi Trish,
I am so glad that Flynny's little mouth is better and the SEB has seemed to help. It looks like it might be a while before he gets any toys back. I have missed our night visits with Mel. Xxxxx

HI

Flynn's vet has emailed me his results today,

UPC is up to 1.93 from 1.84 in May. It is weird as the total protein in the sample is the lowest it has been since April 2012 so I was very happy to read that, but creatinine is also low in the urine so that means the ratio increases. I cannot get my head around that test properly!! I "think" it means that the protein level may be down but the urine may be more dilute or concentrated and the ratio takes those fluctuations into account.

Renal blood tests good, protein, albumin in blood fine. But liver tests up again..
ALP 817 in April.... now 1419 (13-87)
ALT 308 in April.... now 357 (23-88)

He has been so good, I do not understand it. My one thought is the time stamp on results show it was not processed by the lab till over 30 hrs after the samples were (blood and UPC) taken, not sure how that would affect the results. I have emailed the vet back to ask that, also maybe it is time to go onto liver support meds. STINK!!!!

Trish,
You just said that he's been doing so well! Remember that my dear!;) I wish I could interpret the tests for you, but I'm no good with that stuff.:o But I'm here to listen if you need to talk.:p There are so many tests and so many numbers, it can drive a person insane! :eek:Big hugs to you and a belly rub for Flynny. Tell him that Auntie Kathy is working on the toy issue.;)

Oh Trish, what a pooper that is.

Well, nothing wrong with using some liver supplements maybe? To see if they will help, but they do take time to work. Months from what I can tell with molly.

30 hours!! hmmm, I do hope that it is kept on ice during that time but it seems a bit long. Course I'm comparing that to what they like to see with people, which is sooner into the lab the better.

Hang in there. I hope you are having a good sunday!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

:pHi and thanks Kathy and Sharlene

I think what I will do is get them repeated in one month, make sure they get to the lab in a timely manner and see what is happening.

It just seems weird, that he is the best he has been in ages... no IBD flaring, mouth finally good, full of energy and we see these deteriorate.

I can interpret them Kathy! It means his liver is not improving like we saw on his last tests, he does have a history of liver cancer. I do not think it is that as no sign of recurrence on last scan only two months ago. The liver tests that measure if anything major in the liver is getting blocked up are normal so not worried about that. These tests measure the general state of liver. We know he has benign liver nodules so that is most likely the reason they have never normalised following his liver resection for a low grade cancer which was done 21 months ago.

So I am not going to panic just yet :D:D I will wait and hear what vet says, he just forwarded results but has not commented on them.

Renal wise not too concerned as he has fluctuated up and down before, blood wise the numbers are good so that is positive.

I would just feel better if they had stayed the same or lowered!! Oh well, we take what we are given

God I am such a dunce sometimes!! I was just replying to a thread and for the first time EVER I realised I can scoll down on the "reply to thread" page to see all the comments to date in the thread!! I have ALWAYS opened another window so I can see the thread I am replying to as I need to refer to it to get all the questions hahaha DOH!!