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

Hi Trish! Happy to see you on here now, that can only mean one thing, it is now your 3 day weekend!! Yay!!:D :D

So sorry to read about your back, I hope that is feeling better. I am troubled with back issues from time to time also, and it is so painful.

I hope you are having a nice visit with your niece. Nice that she is there for the long weekend. Happy to read Flynn is feeling well. I have to agree, he has a better social life than me too. I don't doubt that he was on his best behavior for the lunch out. :)

Thanks for checking in on me and Jasper. I have just been so busy the past week. I will be posting an update in a bit. You know, about the food, I didn't mean to cause worry there. Jasper has hyperlipidemia, so the low fat prescription diet is imperative for him, as it puts him at such high risk for pancreatitis, among other things. I don't know if the food that Flynn loves is considered high fat, is it? I just looked at Shelby's food and it shows fat 14%. Maybe you could look into switching Flynn to something with more moderate fat rather than going all the way to the RC low fat that he didn't like?

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Hey Tina

Sorry have been in and out getting housework done before back to work tomorrow. Yep definitely feeling better today, don't think my body liked the codeine... back feels better, think it is muscular as hurt when I breathe or move. Is out the side too. My back never gives me much trouble, touch wood!

Yes I have been worried about diet, his cholesterol is high, last one 13.7 (3-9) so it has been on my mind. The vets tell me not to worry about it too much as the high cholesterol is more a problem in humans than with dogs, they do not tend to get much problem from it as unfortunately they do not live long enough to get atherosclerosis. They said it is more to do with his liver dysfunction. But if I can get it lower I know I would feel better!

Me too, trying to get some last minute stuff done here also. Glad your back is better. I get spasms sometimes, I think those are muscular, they are very painful! How are Flynn's triglyceride levels? I think my vet said the same as yours about the cholesterol not being as much of a worry, and that for Jasper, the sky high triglycerides were the issue causing worry.

It's dinner time now, so hoping I can get him to eat. :o I am also going to get Jasper's last labwork and take a look at the cholesterol. I know it was elevated too, but can't remember how much. Brb.

He has not had triglycerides done. Hmmmm maybe something to add on the next time he has bloods taken.

Some liver diets recommend higher fat, so it might not be too bad after all. At least his IBD is settled, he likes it too so that is a bonus. Might order another tray and when I get a chance to discuss with Mike I will.

I just had some lunch, made a bit pot of vege soup yesterday with barley and a ham hock so just reheated that. It is delicious, I should have made some without the onion in it then I could give Flynn some because he is looking at me like he should be able to lick the bowl!!

That lunch sounds good Trish. I don't know what I am going to have, nothing sounds good at the moment. We had severe storms roll through a couple of hours ago and it looks like it is getting ready for another round. I ran out real quick and cleaned the tree branches up out of the drive way, most of my neighbors were doing the same. Don't need those blowing around when the next cell rolls through. :eek:

Jasper is still working on his supper, he has eaten about 3/4 of it maybe, not super interested. I am going to wait another few minutes and then mix in a bit of canned to get him to finish. Shelby has to be confined while he goes in and out of the kitchen taking bites here and there. :( Poor little girl, she would have it gone in the blink of an eye!

Yes, you might want to ask about triglycerides for Flynn. Here it comes on the chem panel along with cholesterol. Jasper's last cholesterol was just a little high at 269 (125-260 mg/dL). Triglycerides were high at 423 (41-115 mg/dL ). This was in March after switching to the lowfat food. The time before in December that caused all the concern, chol high at 350, and triglycerides way high at 1114 :eek: . Same reference ranges.

Ha ha, I know that wanting to lick the bowl look. I am getting the look now like "ok, I've eaten a good amount of this crap, so go get the good stuff ready" lol.

Koko's new vet since our Dr. Dean moved - she took his place as Chief of Staff

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Dr. R grew up in rural New Jersey and now resides in Saukville, Wisconsin. She earned both her BS degree in Biochemistry and her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University. Dr. R founded a mixed animal practice in northern Wisconsin where she practiced for 17 years before moving to New Zealand to practice and explore.

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He sees her June 23rd for his annual. I hope we like her!!!! I wonder where in New Zealand she practiced????

Small world, huh???:D:D:D:D:D:D

Ohhh you will have to find out where she was while in NZ!! It is a small world eh Addy! Ask her if she is going to see the All Blacks when they come to Chicago in November :D:D

Well another eventful day here, Mike had txt during work to ask if I was home tonight for a catchup. So I picked up Flynn after work as usual and on the way home a blardy kid flew out of a driveway on his bike right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and I don't know how, but I missed him. But poor Flynn who was sitting on the back seat flew through the gap and whacked into the centre console :eek::eek::eek: I kinda slowed him down but it happened so fast and it was quite a thud, he ended up down in the passenger seat foot space. He sat straight back up and he was not knocked out but the poor boy got such a fright as did I. He seemed OK so I drove him and gave him a good lookover, small cut beside his eye but that seems all the damage. He was perky and ran around outside and came in looking for his dinner. I even shone a light in his eyes to check pupil reaction :rolleyes: I txt Mike straight away so he knew I was home and to call and gave him a quick rundown of what happened. He text back "Bloody Hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and then rang thank goodness!

He did not need to be seen after we went through everything, he got me to put an icepack on his forehead to settle any swelling and he thinks he might get a black eye. I txt him a photo of the wee cut.

So after that drama we discussed the report, he happy with it too. We talked quite a bit about cushings, he was talking about the meds and said he has rules for owners to watch for when he gives dogs the drugs, ie to measure water, watch eating to see if they decrease appetite, general behaviour so he sounded pretty up on it which I was happy about. But we both agreed we do not need to go there right now. He wants me to do a monthly check of his water intake over a 48hr period so we will know if he starts drinking more and keep a look out for any of the other main signs.

We are going to meet soon to do the lipoma mapping and decide which ones to remove. With all the other drama I never even got to talk to him about diet Tina :p or the occasional limping Sharlene :p but I am sure we will soon.

Right bedtime for us, night all... don't forget the seatbelts!! Flynn does have one but he hates it and I have been slack not making him wear it so I fully blame myself (again) for being a bad dog mother. :( Luckily he seems fine though. I think I will be waking him through the night to check his level of consciousness! xxx

Omigosh, Trish, what a scare! I am a bad dog mother, too, because I let the girls ride "loose" in a dog hammock that we have set up on the backseat of the SUV. It provides a little bit of restraint, but I'm sure a full stop would still send them flying, too. :o :eek:

Anyway, hope Flynnie's head is hard enough to have come through unscathed!!

Geez that is a scare, Koko has a seat belt as well but I have not been using it either and he too likes to stand on the console from the back seat while in my car.

I hope Flynny boy does not get a black eye.

Always something,

EEEEKkk Yowser, you must have been close to heart failure with the bike and Flynn. What an evening. Glad he seemed okay How is his eye? Were you up all evening with him? No concussion?

Whew, well that is enough excitement for you and Flynn man for this week.

Hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin