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

Trish except for the times he acts fine it sounds like back pain to me, trembling(usually means pain) walking slow..lower back issues Did your vet examine his back, did Flynn show any signs of discomfort when he examined it?

Ok Flynny, enough already. You are scaring all of us, especially you mum. :eek::eek: We expect you to be annihilating toys and chasing cats out of your yard, before rolling in disgusting matter at the beach. That's the Flynny we all know and love.:p

Big hugs Trish. It sucks when their out if sorts and we can't figure it out. I was so glad to see Mel surface. I hope she pops in again soon. Xxxxxx

I hope he is feeling better. He doesn't have a fever does he? When they tremble like that, I always think pain somewhere. Gums are good?

If only they could talk

I hope he is feeling better too, it is so worriesome when they aren't feeling quite like themself :(:confused: Please do keep us posted.

Hugs to you both, Lori

Well I do have some good news!

Liver tests are the best they have been back to April 2013! Keeping in mind we know he has liver disease, these are great numbers for him.

Postop Bloods 11th Feb
ALP 1444 (0-185)
ALT 242 (0-75)

On Prednisone 27th March low dose 5mg twice daily for 5 days, then once a day for 5 days, then alternate days for a week. So I guess interesting to see how much a dose of Prednisone can impact these numbers. No wonder Cush pups with all that cortisol have high liver numbers.
ALP 4274 :eek:
ALP 493 :eek:

4 weeks off Prednisone 29th April
ALP 2293
ALT 406

Yesterday 27th June
ALP 1022
ALT 336

He has been quiet all day, limping a little, so this is all leading me to believe it is musculoskeletal in some form or another. Mike wanted me to let him know how he settled this arvo which I have just done, so maybe he will get back to me but think I will be giving him regular Tramadol a few days and see how we go.

Thanks for your notes everyone, Flynny says woof! xxxxx

That is great news!:p I hope the tramadol helps Flynny feel better. Xxxxx

Thanks Kathy, be nice to see that ALT down some more. But I have to be realistic, we know he still has some of that liver tumour in him. They could not precisely say whether it was low grade malignant or benign, but whatever they say his liver function will never be normal. So I will take that for now, least I have stopped worrying his liver is the cause. I have asked both the vet on last week and also Mike about whether this could be the pheo (IF any was still in him, ie the nodule on other adrenal) but they doubt it, Mike thinks as it seems to affect his BP so much we would see it in that AND there was no growth on his last scan barely two months ago.

One thing I am noticing, gawd he STINKS when he farts! :eek: Poops have been great though. :confused: I have his worming pill to give him, but have held it off a little while he has been a bit iffy. I don't think it is his bowel. No change in food for a couple of months so not sure what is make him so whiffy! Maybe got something manky up the beach, but I would have thought that would give him diarrhea.

Vicki - he has had back examined, a little tender but no major sore spot.
Addy - gums nice and pink phew! I always check that if he does anything funny like this.

Glad to see such an improvement in his liver numbers Trish! That is great news, definitely going in the right direction. And we know we don't have to worry about that right now. Yay! :) I would love it if Jasper's ALP would get down that low!

I just asked the question about the apoquel because it was something new that was introduced. Jasper trembles sometimes too. Mostly just in his legs. I haven't mentioned this very much on his thread but his front legs are trembling quite a bit more than they ever used to, I hope it's just a terrier/schnauzer thing. However, he will tremble all over with pain, of course, and he will also do it when his tummy is upset. That was why I mentioned that possibility for Flynn. Did he eat his dinner ok?

I really wonder if he isn't having some sort of spasms in his back, like I said previously. Those can be very sporadic and painful. Hopefully the tramadol will help. So happy about the lab results, what a relief. I hope he gets to feeling better soon Trish. xo

I forgot to comment about the UPC. I don't like that it is up a bit, but I totally agree with you since Flynn hasn't been feeling the best. xo

Hi Tina - thanks for that... I was so happy to see the ALP down like far :D it so close to being back in 3 figures!!! ALT could come down a bit further and I would be even more happy.

He has been fine tonight, a little slow but not too bad. I had to go out this afternoon and he stayed with Mum and Dad, my brother and SIL are up from Wellington for the weekend and they were helping to do yard work while I went out and had my hair done :p didn't feel too bad as I do all the week in, week out work with parents!! We had dinner there but home now by 8.30pm as didn't want to keep Flynny out late. He certainly got his appetite back this afternoon/evening and has been real hungry so hopefully filled him up.

I gave him another dose of Tramadol tonight, boy he hates that stuff. He never refuses meds, but he must be able to sniff this one out!! I opened the capsules, then took most out and then refilled it with his dose and closed it up and he took it then. So what I think I need to do is visit a pharmacy tomorrow and get some empty capsule cases so I can give him the dose without him smelling it. Will check with Mike in case they have a smaller dose too. He tolerated the drops pretty well mixed in his food last year but no go right now.

First thing Mike asked was had I started the apoquel Tina, it can give them nausea as well. But seems to wear off after a while.

But I do feel better knowing his liver is behaving right now. Yep not too worried about that UPC, his has gone up and down all along. So as far as that goes I am not too worried. Mike said he had the liver tests, but did not send results for renal. Maybe get that tomorrow. xxxxxxx