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

OMG they just rang!!

He is out of surgery, well just having his skin closed.. ick. All went well, tumour came out nicely, vena cava resection went without a hitch, other adrenal looks good. No sign of any recurrence from liver tumour, he said the liver looks enlarged but no sign of anything wrong there that they can see. BP behaved itself, the only time it went a bit haywire was when they were doing the vena cava bit. I AM SO RELIEVED.... I am allowed to go visit at 5.30PM!!! Time for me to get off this bed which is strewn with tissues, chocolate wrappers and coke cans and have a shower to freshen myself up!!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU... AND YES I AM SHOUTING SO YOU CAN HEAR ME FROM NZ!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:D:D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :D:D:D

Are you sitting in your car with your phone on the charger?

Omg, Trish!!!!!!!!!!! This is great news!!!!! I am so happy.....my heart is racing for you!!!!!!! I heard you shouting!!!!:)))). Go see your boy!!!! Chey is giving a high paw ( high five). Way to go Flynn!

Oh Trish, what wonderful news!!!! YAY FLYNN!!!!!! :D :D :D

So happy here, just told Jasper, and he is doing a happy dance too. What a relief.

Hugs from me and Jasper

Thx Ro and Tina.... Flynn sending back high paws to Chey and Jasper too... well he will when he is conscious!! Still here, just getting loads of calls and txts from everyone. I feel like I have won Lotto! I know it is not all over yet, but this first hurdle is done and dusted!

Whooo HOOOO!!!! and Yays all around :) That is just wonderful Trish! And wonderful news too about the other adrenal gland and liver.

Big hugs,
Sharlene

For sure.....the first hurdle is crossed!!! I am just so happy!!!! Ok, I am going to bed now. I will check for updates in the morning.

whoot!whoot!!! yayyyyyyyy babeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee whootwhoot way to go!!!!! GET IT FLYNN!!!!!!! wigglewigglewiggle sexy and i know it!!!!! whootwhoot!!!!! wigglewiggle awesome!!!!
QUICK angels!!!!! SHE has chocolate in her room...............stealth mode for chocolate a go............(smiling)

Oh and Ro, I have my laptop with me so posting from there, so no chance the phone was going to die!

Night Ro, you are a treasure you really are xxxx have a good sleep and we are all on high alert for Chey's tests and results tomorrow. I hope to hear what they can do to get your little darling all better :) Sending a nice squirrel for Chey to chase, we do not have squirrels in NZ, lucky for them or I am sure Flynn would have them for breakfast!

Stormee... I will buy you boxes of the best choccies!! It will stop me ending up with diabetes! I am going to buy takeout thai or something similar after I see Flynny so at least my poor body will have some sustenance today! I am still doing the happy dance myself! Please let this postop period go just as smoothly :) But I bet I will be asking your advice as we go on.... thank you for being here xxxxx kisses for Shysie too xxxxxx Flynny is going to follow in her pawsteps!

Sharlene... you are such a comfort in times of stress and you always manage to say the right thing, I see it time and time again in your posts to people who are in panic mode, what would we do without you xxxxxx Snuggles for Molly Muffin

Trish, I am so happy things went well for Flynn and hope your visit is perfect for you both. Prayers and healing white light continue your way. Hoping for a swift and uneventful recovery.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

How is your baby? I am figuring you should be visiting him about now. I hope he is recovering well. Heading to bed here too, I will check in before work in the morning.

Thanks so much Leslie, especially as you are going through such a sad time with Tasha. My thoughts will most definitely be with you tomorrow xxx

Hi Tina - he was pretty good, obviously feeling a bit sorry for himself and dozy but he knew I was there, he had one of the residents with him keeping her eagle eye that everything was ok. His BP never went over 210 during the operation and the surgeon came to speak to me and he was very happy with how it went. He had no arrythmias. He had some oxygen flowing and if his head wasn't kept up his breathing was a little obstructed but he had just had pain relief too. He had a central line in for monitoring and oxygen sat machine. I left him one of his toys, but he is not interested in that right now, but thought it might comfort him a little to have something familiar next to him.

The surgeon said that if all is ok tomorrow I could bring him back to the motel, then call back out there late afternoon so he can check all is well with Flynn. So we will see how things are when I go back at 10am tomorrow. I feel such relief and thanks for the medical team at the university, they will have a very nice thankyou/Christmas pressie coming.

Wheeeeee what a day, hope everything keeps going good for my boy... I love him so :)

Night all xx

So glad to hear all of this!!! Just amazing. I can't believe they may release him today. Wow!!!! He is a stellar patient. I am just so elated that his surgery went so well. Continued prayers for his recovery. I definitely said a prayer for all of our babies last night. Flynn rocks!!! He is one tough lil guy like his Momma:D

When did they say the most critical time period was?

Hugs,

Ro

Fantastic news Trish!! So glad to read everything is going so well. I hope he had a restful night and continues to heal. I will check in later today. Prayers and positive thoughts continue! :) Hugs...

That's really great Trish. I agree, he must be doing very good for them to consider letting him out so soon.
That's great news. Flynn is one determined doggie. :) He is determined to be just fine.

hugs,
Sharlene

That is such great news. I can't wait to hear the good report this morning. ;)

Hi all, good 8hr sleep fo me! Hope Flynn had a good night, i just tried to ring but it clicked to answer phone for emergency call only, so will leave it another couple hrs till they open. My thoughts and prayers going out to Ro and also Leslie both facing stressful days xxxxxxxx thx for checking in on us Ro, Tina, Sharlene and Boriss what angels u all are xxxxx

Let us know how he is after you get to talk to someone or even better see him!!

Glad you got a solid 8 hours of sleep.

hugs,
Sharlene

Hoping for good news on Flynn

Omg......I can't believe Flynn has already been released. That is uber fantastic. I think you made a good call to stick close by for a few days though. I am just so happy for you and Flynn. The surgeon told me today that the first two weeks are tricky, but after that all is usually well. Way to go, Flynn!!!!

And good news it is Addy, thanks for posting :) I arrived to see him and a nurse arrived a few minutes later carrying him out to the waiting room. He was very pleased to see me awwwww. All his lines are out, dressing on his tummy and a little bandage on his paw only.

He had a good night but had been crying on and off. I laughed when they told me he has white coat sydrome, someone on here had said the same thing! His BP is good this morning, 150 and other monitoring was fine overnight. I am amazed his trembling seems to much more settled, he is still shaking a little when walking but at rest he is still :eek::eek: breathing nice and even too, no panting except a little when walking.

The nurse suggested I take him outside to pee, which I did. Man, he nearly ran out of there :D:D and peed a fountain! Pleased I had his short leash on him to keep him at walking pace! He most unhappy when we had to go back inside. He is very alert though and spied a bird he thought he might like to chase...

So when I saw the surgeon after our little venture outside, he said he was very pleased with his progrees so I could take him if I was happy to care for him as he would be more peaceful and hopefully rest easier back at the motel with me. He showed me how to give him pain relief... an injection in his ruff and I gave it under his supervision. He had also been given Previcox earlier. I have another injection to give him at 4pm, its Buprenorphine but he said not to give it if I think Flynn is comfortable. He is also on anticoagulant to prevent clots.

I have to take him back to the surgeon at 5.30pm for him to review, but hopefully I can bring him back for the night.

I cannot believe he was walking out of there 21hrs after his surgery, it's amazing. So far it seems a much easier recovery than his liver resection last year, I mentioned this to his surgeon and he said both ops gave him moments but both went relatively smoothly.

He has been OK since I have had him back here, initially kept wanting to go outside. He had a little poop, quite a bit of straining and not much action. I don't really want him straining, I was imagining his vena cava popping! Trouble was a fly was buzzing him and kept putting him off and boy does he hate flies, we will try again later. He is resting, but if I move he pops up ready to go. He ate a little chicken, the nurse said he had already had breakfast so I just gave him a small bite to eat.

I keep thinking, this is too easy... after all the horror stories I read about this surgery. I know it is only early days, but so far so good. I keep on waiting for something to bite us in the butt! Histology back in next couple of days.

Trish and Flynny, back with his Mum YAY!!!

I read your post and then reread your new motto (which I love) and I am smiling from ear to ear as I am sure we ALL are:D:D:D

We are just going to keep on the positive vibe for Flynn.:);)

We never did get that dancing mama icon we needed. Oh John------:D

I just put a new photo in Flynn's album of him back here at the motel a little while ago :) he been sleeping the last hour while I have been typing away here on the bed! I need to go to the loo, but do not want to disturb him haha. **crosses legs**

I love your motto too Addy, I was actually talking to someone about the heartbeat at your feet last week, now I know where I saw it!

Trish, this is excellent. I am so glad Flynn is with you in the motel. I'm sure he will rest and recuperate much better being with you.
It's just the best news. Gosh. LOL I might be speechless with happiness. (let me tell you that would be a first!)

Flynn looks pretty good in that picture too.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I cant believe the picture of Flynn. I would never have guessed he just had surgery had I not known. Unbelievable!!!!!:):):):)

I sure hope you both have a restful, quiet night.

Keep us posted. I hope the motel is quiet. Zoe and Koko say woof woof to Flynn, they are rooting for him:D:D:D:D

Hi all - thx for your comments on his photo!

He does not really know what he wants at the moment, he keeps wanting to go outside. I want him to rest! Maybe he wants to do more poop, but he has not even tried on his recent short walks. He is quite hungry too, I just given him some chicken and he is looking for more already. I do not want to give him too much though with pancreatitis lurking in my mind. He is crying a little, especially if he wants out, breathing a little croaky at times, but generally clear and calm and slow.

I think he would be much better at home than in this strange motel but I am not happy to do that for another couple of days so hope he gets used to it here. I have opened the motel door and he is resting in the doorway in the fresh air which he seems to like. He just wants to sniff around the garden though. He is very tired, if he would just lay down and sleep it would be better. I am not sure if I will give him his pain injection in 45mins.... I think that drug is probably making him feel a bit funny too. Will talk to the surgeon about it when I see him in 2 hrs.

xx

so wonderful this is great great news

Hope today is a GOOD day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the best news. I just LOVE reading happy stories. I hope today just gets even better..

How is that Sweet baby boy today???

checking in here too. How is Flynn? How are you?
We're starting to get anxiety!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Aww thanks for checking in on us. His checkup with the vet last night was good, but pretty much straight after that he went off his food, not that I had been giving him a heck of a lot anyway. He slept fitfully, I gave him his shots as directed both for pain and to stop clotting. He had one good period where he slept close to 6hrs though, I only woke once in that time to hear him drinking water but he never touched his food overnight. He did a tiny loose poop when I took him out at 4am.

We have just been back for another checkup, his tummy is a bit more tense than it was last night. But he checked out good with temp, breath sounds, bowel sounds all good. His surgeon thinks he needs a good bowel motion, he is not overly tender in his abdomen but pancreatitis is at the back of his mind too.

Plus I think Flynn wants to go home... whenever i take him out he is reluctant to come back into the motel room.

So my instructions are:
continue pain management and I have more shots for him. No food till later today if he picks up, push fluids, he gave me a syringe and I have to get 60mls into him an hour (he probably only had 200mls at most since I had him home yesterday) but he just took 100mls via syringe much to his disgust! I have to call surgeon after lunch to let him know how he is doing and if no improvement in for more tests/IV. But we hope a good poop will clear it out!!!

So thats where we are,

Well there you have it. Come on gang, lets push good poop vibes towards Flynn.:p:p:p

hugs,
Molly Muffin (who wonders if her poop could count for Flynn)

hugs,
Sharlene (who told Molly her poop only counts for her, much to her disgust)

*hope you got a good snicker out of that one!

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pile+...71&tx=94&ty=50

Sending good poop vibes your way>>>>>>>>>

HOpe you get to take your baby home soon.

We're all pulling for a good poop, Flynn. His body has been through so much and pain meds to boot.....hopefully that's all it is.

Hi Amy, Sharlene and Ro

He (and me) have just had a good nap for nearly 2hrs, I gave him (forced) another drink... poor boy but he is kinda lapping it up nicely which is good. Took him for a little walk... and nothing, well a little pee but thats not counting right now!!

But, I just made myself a sandwich for lunch and he was looking at it, like give me some then went and sniffed around the kitchen floor so anything i may have dropped! So hopefully a good sign. I did not give him any food to follow surgeons instructions. He is back in his bed now, so hopefully another nap. I really think he is a little over tired which is not helping. I took his wound dressing off as he had peed on it, so that can't be good for wound healing. He squealed a little as it peeled off :eek: But in the past even if he has a had a minor cut on his paw and I cover it he thinks he has had a leg amputated, so he might be more comfy with the dressing off.

Will keep you posted :)

ps Amy, I cannot open that link you posted.. it said content blocked!! :)
Trish xx

Eek, he just vomited and it contained food he had eaten last night. I just rang the surgeon, he thinks his tummy might settle now he has got rid of that.

But I have to keep giving him the fluids and ring back in 90mins, he wants to see him and give anti nausea injection and maybe keep him in for the night depending on how he is. But he would prefer he stays with me to keep him calmer so we are to continue with these supportive measures and it is most likely normal post op stuff. Stay away pancreatitis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting worried now :(:(

Maybe he will feel better now, dont worry about pancreatitis yet. You just have to get through tonight. Tell yourself that. It will be okay.