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

Great start! Hoping for more good news.

Yay! That's my Flynny boy! Great news Trish! Xxxxx

Hi - thanks everyone... well I have had the chat with Mike.

ALP/ALT have come down but not back to baseline where we were before Prednisone.

ALP was 4200ish, on Pred now back to 2293, BUT back in Feb pre Pred it was 1444. (0-185)

ALT was close to 500 on pred now 406 but was approx. 250 in Feb. (0-75) AST was marginally high on pred, now back within normal limits. Bilirubin still a normal 1, which it has always been.

We would like to think ALP/ALT are still coming back down and it could be. But Mike thinks liver nodules playing up again could be a possibility but we need to wait till ultrasound to confirm. We both have fingers crossed it is still coming back down though and I have read it can sometimes take months. But Mike said as it was only short course and relatively low dose it should be pretty much back down by now. He had been OFF the prednisone for 27 days when bloods were done this week.

Calcium a little high, that can also be indicator for tumour :mad: 3.07 (2.20-3).

Only other thing of note is amylase 1020 (30-1020) so right on the highest number possible for normal and also lipase up 692 (13-200). He said steroids can also impact those values, Flynn was a little nauseous a while back, vomited once but good now. I wondered about pancreatitis, he said not likely :confused:

Blood count, UPCR good. :D

Damn those liver tests!! So we are happy he is going for the scan on Monday which will answer our questions about how stable his liver nodules are. Mike is off for a few days till next week but I have to txt him results on Monday.

Renee, he just txt me to remind me to ask IMS about the Apoquel, he is wondering if it helps with allergies could it also possibly help his IBD which appears to be also linked to allergy also.

I have been coming and going all week, sleeping over at Dad's as Mum is away and so busy at work with last week off. Sometimes it does not pay to have a holiday as you suffer coming back as no-one does the work while I am away!:mad: But I did get to cuddle a wee baby tonight, 3 days old born to one of my work colleagues! Toby is his name which also made me thing of you Renee lol! x

So glad most of these values are coming down, Trish! I pray the trend continues til they are much closer to the range we want to see.

Thanks Leslie, me too!! Righto I am off to bed, one more day of work to get through! Then weekend time!!! xxcx

Trish I am so happy to see that Flynn's values are coming down! How wonderful for you and him! I pray the improvement continues.

Hugs to your sweet boy!

Trish, I just think your vet sounds so great!! Those numbers coming down are very good and I hope they continue.

I am very interested to see if the IMS gives the go ahead on trying the apoquel. It would be wonderful if the meds could help with the external allergies, but also with the gastro stuff too.

Yay go Flynn great the numbers are coming down. So now we hold our breath (not literally) till Monday.

I was getting worried as you took ages to post :eek:

Hi Trish,
Numbers are heading in the right direction--down! :D So for the most part it's good positive news...I know you show the liver numbers are higher than Feb. but they are down half from the pred numbers .so that all seems like good news.
Hoping the liver numbers keep dropping!! How is Flynn doing lately, less itchy I hope! :D

Barbara

Well that isn't so bad. They Are coming down, so they might come down even more. I know the scary thing is that Flynn has this history with the tricky liver nodules and so anything liver related sends all the warning flags straight up the flag pole and a little voice inside starts screaming ALERT, ALERT!

Based on that, good thing that ultrasound is scheduled for Monday or you are not going to be happy camper. You need to see the results, hear the IMS's thoughts and opinions and then deal with whatever the verdict is. It will probably be okay, but you have to see it to be sure.

Awww, a 3 day old baby!! precious! Hope your mom is having a lovely day. Sounds very busy running back and forth and to work and back to do it all over again. Yowser. When does mom come back? hahaha

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin