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

Such happy news!!!

Wonderful news!!!! Take your time going home. Think of this as a mini respite for both of you. Make sure that Flynn will be comfortable enough for the ride home.

YAY!!! :cool::):cool::):cool::):cool::):cool: I am so glad he is back with his mom!

Isn't it funny how both pup and parent feel so much better right away when they get to leave the hospital? Something magic about this connection we have. ;)

Hey you

Just checking in to see how you are both doing? Resting up I hope?

Mel
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Good morning! And a gorgeous one it is too :)

Flynny has had a good night, never heard a peep out of him. I gave him Temgesic at 5am and he went outside and did a big normal poop, so pleased to see that after he has such trouble in that department following adrenalectomy.

He is hungry and eating, wish he would drink a little more but I am adding water to his food to get it into him.

We will drive home later this morning once we get organised but no rush, enjoying sitting in the lovely sunshine with my friends :)

Life is good :D xx

So pleased to read your update, I figured you had zonked out last night but was starting to worry a little!

Do you think you will use the sedative or do you think he will be ok?

Good news re the poop :D

Hi Mel

I will use it. It is called Acezine and is an injection I can give into his scruff. He has given me two, he said if he is still unsettled in the car I can give the other one half way home. He has had Temgesic so don't want him to drugged up either so hopefully we can get away with just the one shot.

I couldn't believe how good he was overnight, I was fully expecting him to be whimpering at times but I think he was so exhausted he just slept and slept. He is snoozing now in the sun, but I really think he is good enough to go home.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!:p:p:p:p:p:p Very happy to read your report. Please take it slow and easy going home and let us know when you get there. xxxx

What a good boy.:D:D:D:D:D

Let us know when you are home at last safe and sound.

You know all of us worry warts:D:D:

Seems like the new team did think of everything, the planets definitely aligned for Flynn this time and you were owed that after the swab incident!

He is such a tough cookie not whimpering in the night, he was probably just pleased to be back with you.

Are you going to do less stops this time if he is knocked out? I will check first thing to see you got home alright xxxx

So glad to hear that Flynn had a good night and you too!

Do let us know when you get home and how the drive went. Hopefully he'll just settle and that will be that. He'll sleep most the way hopefully.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi

We are home, it was a good trip and Flynn did really well. I did not give him the sedative after all. I stopped a few times for him and he was all happy thinking he was off for a walk. I cannot believe how good he is compared with the adrenalectomy!

When we got home, I lifted him out the car, soon as he got down he trotted around the house to check everything out, did a pee, came in had a drink then went to his toy box, picked out his fave and had a chew! :D

I think it is going to be hard to keep him quiet for his 10 days of no running, jumping or stairs as per our instructions. He has nibbled the knot off one of his sutures the little bugger. I had actually noticed one of had long ends on it when he first got home, it must have poked him a bit so he has got rid of the knot and is leaving it alone now - he must have done it overnight as I have been watching him like a hawk. Might have to take him in to see Local Mike tomorrow to get it retied, he does not need to be resutured as it is still going under the skin properlyand the wound is sealed but it is only Day 3 so I would like it to be secure. If I had a pair of forceps I could probably fix it myself. He has never bothered his tummy wounds before so now that annoying bit is gone he is fine!

I am so pooped, will be an early night I think. Thanks for checking on us guys.... I am not going to get all sappy again but you know how much I thank you for your support xxxxxx

So glad it all went well and with no sedation. I would need one for a 6 Hour drive!:eek: You'll probably both rest so much better being home in your own beds.

We will always be here to support you and our boy and I don't mind sappy.;) get some rest sweetie. You deserve it. Xxxxx

Yes you probably would need a sedative with my driving :D:D:D

Yay! Glad to hear that you are home and that Flynn is doing good. Wow, no sedation, that is great. What a good boy!
Well, that little stinker, taking the knot off. Yes I can see where you would want it to be tight so as not to come apart. If he's going to be chomping at the bit to do his regular things, then it's going to be hard on the wound I think. (might want to hold on to that sedation, either Flynn or you might end up needing it if he decides he wants to run around. ROFL! (sorry just teasing, he'll be good, really) :)

Get some rest and have a lovely Sunday. Mum and dad been over yet? or are they popping by tomorrow?

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Yes, they have seen him already. They did dinner for us and they were a little teary eyed when they saw him. Obviously they had not expected or prepared for his surgery and I think they thought if he had not made it they never got to say goodbye to him. So they were delighted to see him looking so good and made a huge fuss of him :)

I was just outside watering the garden which has grown heaps in just a week! Lovely Dad had popped in and done my lawns and watered through the week so at least it was not too parched. Flynny came out and pottered too. He just seems to have more energy and I notice the whites of his eyes are not pink in the evenings anymore. A man and his two dogs walk past every night on their way to the park and if Flynn spots them he usually gives them a curry up! Tonight when he saw them he went to bark and it came out like "arr arrr arrr" :eek: he is hoarse, man I cracked up it sounded so funny. Be all that crying in the hospital and no doubt his endotracheal tube during surgery will have caused it. I am sure his WOOF will be back soon though :D

Morning :D

Glad to read you are both home safe.

Good that mum and dad have already been over to see him, they must have been so relieved to have you both home safe :D

So pleased he seems to be looking and feeling good, makes all the stress you went through this week worthwhile. Must be nice just to be both back in your house where you belong :D

Bless him with his bark, he must have thought what the heck, where is it? He must have worn his little voice out!

Mel

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Hi Mel, he did look a little shocked at the funny noise that came out :D was cute though.

He is curled up on the floor on a pile of blankies, looking quite comfortable. I have given him temgesic again tonight. Will see how he is in the morning and if he looks good I might just give it to him at night so that he gets a good sleep for another couple of nights. Ror sure, I am looking forward to my own bed tonight just making a cup of tea to have then will be hitting the hay.

Well we had rugby last weekend Mel, now this weekend NZ play England at league! Won't be getting up for that one though :) What's on your plan for today?

I am sure it felt like you were holding your breath the whole time so it must be a great feeling both being home, seeing the little man al snuggled up where he belongs

Am sure in a few days he will find his voice, poor little fella must have let them know he wasn't impressed at being there. Am wondering if he actually feels better, he must do with that thing gone!

I can hear my boy dreaming, he is in the hall on his blanket by the radiator as its too cold for him, chatting away he is, I always wonder what they dream about!

Lazy day today!! Remote Christmas shopping/ planning as its also too cold out for me. Will be seeing the kids tomorrow.

You taking some more time next week or is it back to work on Monday?

So glad to come on here in the wee hours and read that you are home safe and Flynn is doing so well.

Seems he's almost settled right back in where he knows he belongs.

Goes without saying that I'll bet you're glad this is all behind you now, and in a couple of weeks, Flynn will be totally normal.

You've been through a lot and so glad you had the support of family and of course members on here.

Nothing but good things ahead.... YOU SHOWED EM FLYNN!!!!

Hoooray for lazy days!!! I am almost hoping for rain tomorrow so I would have an excuse to laze about all day... heck I might just do it anyway :D I need to get out to the shops though, will take him around to Mum and Dads while I pop out.

Last week I emailed work and said I wanted next week off too. I really feel he would be fine at Mum and Dads but I will take it as have spare leave up my sleeve. I want to spend time with him now and just get him back in relaxed Flynn mode.

I think they dream about other animals, judging by the noises they make and the leg pedalling I see! Or else, maybe roast chicken! OR BACON!! :D:D

Aww thanks Judi, I am hoping for some normalcy too! Just have to get past the histology results next week so fingers crossed we get good news there! I can tell he is better though, only 3 days post op and I can see some of those niggly symptoms I had been noticing have settled already. :rolleyes: It will be interesting to see what his next liver blood tests are like.

I vote for a lazy day for you both you defo deserve it. Mum and Dad will probably fuss over him rotten which I am sure will help him feel better

Can you order groceries over there? I plan to get all my Xmas shopping delivered to our holiday place this year. Apart from the meat as I want to see that myself! I have started that list already as there is always so much to take

I need to order the boy some food as well to last as his is not in most shops!

That's good you can have next week too and no reason not to if you have leave to use up. It will be nice just you and him.

I am sure I shared Tia would wag her tail so am guessing she was always dreaming of food, he gets really vocal but it never fails to make me smile as I think they must be happy and relaxed!

He will make his way here soon no doubt as it will soon be time to go out, so cold, will have to put two coats on and his coat.

Yep we can order, but I have never done that. :D Actually no one I know has ever done it!! Might have to investigate!

That's a good idea with the holidays food delivery though, save packing it up and lugging it there! Oh yep, I need to go to the pet store tomorrow for Flynn food too. He so loves to go there and gaze at the rats but think it a bit much for him so he can wait till next weekend and I will get him a new toy!

That's so sweet Tia wagged her tail, in that case she was probably dreaming of having fun with you, her favourite thing!!

What does Boycie eat?

Thank you for lighting a candle, I just went to do it and found the one you did xxxx

Your welcome! That was to thank you for just being you :)

You should as it is handy, over here you can add notes to each item, so I add a bunch, like longest date possible etc.

The food takes up so much room in the car so it makes sense. I have a Xmas tree delivered too. I am buying a penguin this year to stick outside, in my head its a light for my little girl. Won't share that with anyone else as i know it will make me cry

She was a lazy mare at times so I don't think it was exercise she dreamt of :D

Boyce eats a food called Lily's kitchen, it's all natural organic and human grade ingredients, bit more expensive but he has been thriving since I changed to it. It was created by a pet mom who's dog had lots of allergies so she started to look into food and the rest is history. She does treats as well, there are bedtime ones which Boyce loves, the story is that she made them to give to lily to thank her for being a good girl before she went to bed. Which was so sweet, so every night we go out wee then he come back by his jar to get his treat.

Awww Mel, Tia doesn't need a penguin to light her path she's got a heavenly GPS zeroed in on you mate!!! It won't matter where you go she's got you in her sights!! But a Christamassy penguin will be just gorgeous at your doorway :)

That sounds a good product and so sweet about the treat. I take a few of his biccies when we go to bed, if he has gone before me he sits straight up looking for his little bedtime snack.

Jeepers, he is so sound asleep just on the lounge room floor in front of me. He didn't even open his eyes when I just walked past him. He is also resting perfectly comfortably with no jerky movements! He is breathing though, I just checked :D

I like that she has good variety, Boyce gets stinky breath on chicken so we don't really use that one, she has lamb, duck and goose and venison so it's good variety, meat content is always around 60% in the tins.

We never did the night thing with T as we discovered Lily's after. Bless Flynn sitting up if he is sparko to get his treat

Flynn is probably so grateful to be home, I think we all relax more in our own place. I am so pleased it worked out so well for you and that you got that thing out of him xxxx

So do they think you will get results next week? Mcdreamy didnt think it was a nasty nastie did he if I recall from your post?

Either way it must have been interfering with the wee mans equilibrium from some of the issues you were seeing.

I wonder if it was taking his nutrients..

He thought it might be an adenoma, but they have the potential to get nasty so we will have to wait and see. Hopefully he was right!!

He hadn't really lost any weight but it could have, he looks skinnier now. I will weigh him if I have to take him in tomorrow to get the suture sorted.

My bed is calling me Mel, so I better head off. Just took him outside for his last pee.. he is sore still you can see it hurts when he tries to cock his leg. But then he trotted off over to the gate to check the next door cat had not been through.. they are so tough aren't they. Might see you in the morning.. happy shopping!! xx

Either way the size of a fist it had to come out so you made the right call

Yes they are very tough. Sweet dreams to you both.

I will be about later to see how you both are xxxx

I am so happy to be back settled in myself this morning so as to catch up on the latest chapter of "The Adventures of Flynn!" I just noticed we've started page 200 of Flynny's thread :eek: :p :)

If ever there was a little boy who deserved his own book, it's our Flynn!!!! ;)

I'm so pleased he's doing so well, and I hope you all have a lovely week together just to relax and unwind. Well-deserved R&R, I should say!

Welcome home Trish and Flynn, I know you both had a solid night sleep and Trish please give that boy and extra hugs and kisses from Auntie Addy:D:D:D:D:D:D

All this sounds so wonderful, Trish! :cool::cool::cool: I know being home in familiar surroundings is going to do you both a world of good. The image of your folks seeing Flynn for the first time after his surgery is precious - what love they have for him. And Flynn getting his favorite toy out right away - how cute! :) He'll be begging for a romp on the beach in no time!

Well and here we are in the morning in Canada and Flynn-Man is having a wonderful time reclaiming his home territory I'd say. Checking the cat gate, trying to give what for to the dog walking by. Yea, poor little guy, he might need to save up his talking for a bit, sounds like the throat is a bit raspy. hmm, of course, the girl dogs might think the raspy voice is a bit sexy. Not sure how that really plays out in the dog world. Humans seem to like it though, so who knows. Course dogs seem to think a good sniff of the butt is a good thing to, so their judgement might be a bit warped.

Gosh sorry, I do sort of wander down some strange pathway of thoughts when I get started typing. ROFL!!

A lazy weekend sounds divine after what you two have been through. Adventures galore!!

I was channel flipping the other night/day and saw The Blacks were playing, so flipped over real quick and drat I don't get that channel. I thought for sure I was going to finally catch one. One day I will. I love how ferocious they are when they enter the field and do their "I'm going to kick your &^%$ thing".

Okay, I really am procrastinating.
Hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Good morning and thanks for your posts Mel, Marianne, Addy, Sharlene and Leslie so nice to wake up to :D:D

Wow I cannot believe I have just slept 10 hrs straight :D So did Flynn, or if he didn't I did not hear him in the night. I woke in a panic thinking OMG his wound@! But it is looking beautifully clean and he has not bothered that suture anymore, phew!! He is going to have a day of rest today and not go into the vets, I have rung and Local Mike is going to check things out tomorrow morning. The nurse I spoke to wanted to hear all about it, Mike had shared the pics I had sent of him with his drains etc she said she has missed their Flynn :D

IMS Mark rang from Auckland this morning to check his progress. They have not received any histology results yet. He said they will email them when they arrive, plus he will call so we can work out our plan for Flynn going forward.

I have given him more temgesic as he does still look a bit sore, and he just ate all his brekky and is back in his bed. At our friends he was resting but not really sleeping as he was always on the alert when people were moving about so it is good he is home and he can truly rest and catch up on his sleep.

All I need to do today is groceries, pop into town for a quick errand and go to the pet store for his food. So that should only take an hour or so and I will take Flynny to Mum and Dads while I do that. I might just take him to the beach so he can smell the sea air and have a little potter, not walk him of course but I want him to know that things are getting back to normal :D

Marianne - it is a book isn't it... wow the 2000th post will happen today!! Incredible, he is the little dog that keeps on going.. Go Flynn!!

Sharlene - Yes, I think Flynny must sound like a doggie Sean Connery to the lady dogs right about now :D:D The All Blacks are a sight to behold during a haka, it always makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! For anyone interested here is the clip of it from last weeks game in London against Mel's team England!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbF4NG9_x7w
We play Ireland tonight, it is the last game of the season. I will be able to get up and watch now I don't have to worry about work tomorrow, rugby is our national sport and a NZ passion and if we win tonight we will have an unbeaten season which is the first time ever. OK enough about sport :D:D

Addy - consider him kissed and he is sending big slurps back to you, Zoe and Koko! x

Leslie - he is almost as much Mum and Dad's dog as mine, as he spends so much time there when I am working. It really was precious when they saw him... Elle the demon cat meanwhile gave him a sniff then danced around in front of him so she seemed pleased to see him too, least she did not try swipe him!

Hmmm think that is a another page for the book, sorry everyone... I never seem to be able to write in 10 words but I can do in 100 :p

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Evening :D

10 hours straight, you both must have needed that :). Glad he hasn't got at at his wound again, good boy, that bit must have been driving him nuts!!

Is so good that new mike has already called to check in, at least you are getting your money's worth and it does actually seem like they care!

I think it would be really nice for you both to go get some air at the beach, I do think the water is so good for your soul, he will probably want to wander though knowing your boy :eek:

Is the rugby on tomorrow afternoon our time? Stupid o'clock yours?

It is on at 3am I think, :eek::eek: maybe I should tape it and watch in the morning, will see how I feel when the alarm goes off :eek:

Yes we are lucky with the support we have from all of them, local and specialists, I wish everyone here could have that. I have spent some time this morning making a list of what I would like to discuss with them when they call for followup/results chat, I might email it to them so they can be prepared in advance :D:D

I am starving and there is nothing decent to eat here so I am off out soon, hopefully see you later tonight, have a good sleep Mel and hope your day has gone well and all your online shopping is done!! x

I am so glad that you both had a long restful sleep. As for Flynny, if he was able to the rest that long he must be feeling pretty well. :p I am so glad it's all working out because selfishly I wasn't ready to lose our boy either. ;) when we all come to visit, Flynny a big part of that package. We need him to guide us to the best parts on the beach. :D
Big hugs my dear. xxxxxx