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

Hope Flynn's tummy settles down. Zoe was a grass eater for awhile now she eats snow:D:D:D:D:D

I hope you have a great weekend and I think the Ziwipeak is great food. I hope Flynn settles into it.

Yesterday someone came to our office to show us wood from New Zealand. He said they dig it out of peat and it is really, really old. I thought to myself "ha! I have an inside source who can tell me if this is true or not!!!":):):):):):):)

hugs

Hi Trish! Well, I can absolutely NOT make any comments on any of the exotic food that you and Naomi have been posting about, as it is all new to me! But I wonder if Flynn got sick from the grass. Jasper is a big grass and dirt (!) eater unfortunately, and doesn't usually throw up, but it seems if he eats long blades of grass, that will trigger it. I saw that you mentioned that, and it sounded a bit familiar. I have to go outside with Jasper to keep him from eating dirt most of the time, I don't know why he does it. He has always been fed nutritious food, I don't think it is hunger related. Although now that he is on the prescription kidney formula (ick), who knows. I hope Flynn's tummy is feeling better.

We heard about the tsunami warning here also, and thought about you right away. Glad to hear it was cancelled. :)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

huh, maybe they caught something from each other over the cyber waves? Hope Flynny settled down pretty quick, Fraser's seems to have been a 1 or 2 chuck wonder. He's fine now thankfully - maybe it was all the talk of the rich foods :D

I thought about trying to track some Ziwi down for the boys today, but it was 41 degrees (105F for the rest of you) and I didn't want to leave my air-conditioning. :eek: Then I saw it was $40 for a kilo, which if I used as directed and fed according the their schedule, would last 5 days. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: (just as well I don't feed them straight kibble!)

Oh well, just a quick hi tonight, haven't checked in for 2 days and lots to read. Apparently it was a pretty bad two days though :(

Take care Trish, catch up with you tomorrow hopefully.

Hi Sharlene, Addy, Tina and Naomi

No more vomiting from Flynn either, I really think it was the amount of grass he had eaten. He gave me a fright on our walk though last night, trotting along happily one second then MAJOR limping, could not put his front paw down to weight bear, run to him and did an examination on my knees up the beach (as you do!) phew, just a thorn in his paw. It has been so dry here, the grass is all burned off and brown up there so easy to get a real hard bit stuck in him. Vet emailed and forwarded email from IMS on Saturday, they want to scan him 6 monthly, she was happy with UPCR, advised keep close check on BP but no meds at this stage, SAMe would not hurt and may need liver biopsy at some stage, Cartrophen for arthritis good idea. He was going to phone me yesterday to discuss further but I was out most of day with Dad so did not get to talk to him.

Yesterday got off to a bad start, phone call from Mum to say they thought Dad's hip had dislocated!! :D:D She rang an ambulance while I raced around to their house. He had a hip replacement a few years back. So a few hrs spent in ED, xrays showed it wasn't dislocated phew... probably just twisted a ligament, so he got shots of steroids and pain relief and we were able to bring him home in the afternoon.

But on the good news front, got my first birthday pressie, an ipad... YAY so spent last night setting it up.

Naomi, his ziwi cost $38 for the 1kg, but only feeding half and half so hopefully he will not go through too much. He loves it. Jeez 41 degrees would not have me poking my nose out the door let alone shopping so can appreciate your sense at staying inside. That is awful temps, humidity is such a killer. I went to Darwin last April, only there 5 days and swore I would not be back because of the humidity, it was hideous. Plus I was not too keen on seeing snakes with some guy slithering about the streets as some sort of tourist attaction :eek::eek:

Addy, that wood is Kauri. A native, very old and huge tree that has been cut down so much we hardly have any left. Our early pioneers (circa 1840's) made it into quite an industry. In like forever ago, the trees would fall and over time get swallowed up by the ground so yes... I can confirm that is true, they do dig it up :D:D

Better get ready for work, will post more on other threads tonight.

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I'm so glad your dad is okay, what a scare and then Flynn limping:eek Koko manages to get thorns in his paw. I can never find them though so I'm glad you found Flynn's thorn.

But did I miss your birthday? It sounds like I did:(:(
You will love your Ipad:D:D:D:D:D:D:D My iphone totally changed my live. I know that sounds like an extreme statement, but since I could not even remember my old cell phone number previously, it really did:D:p;)

Thanks for the input on Zoe. If I could have a nice conversation with the surgeon I would feel confident again.

Oh gee, Dad and Flynn scares all in one day! Aren't they suppose to be on at least an alternate day rotation?

So glad that both are okay. Molly's paw issue came from her getting a pine needle stuck and it breaking off, without my knowing that a piece had been left in there, which of course got infected. Now she is really good, if anything sticks to her paw, she stops and holds it up for me to take care of and I immediately pick her up and remove it. Got to love these smart pups of ours.

Birthday Ipads! oooh nice. That is going to be fun!

Have a good week
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi all

No Addy, you have not missed it, Wed 13th is the big day :D Just getting spoilt with early pressies :D:D Loving the ipad, it comes to bed with me at the moment so I can keep on playing with all the apps :D

Those thorns in the paw are awful, hard to tell if a bit snaps off, I think his is all out as he is not limping tonight. Poor Molly Sharlene, if she is anything like Flynn he does not like me looking at his feet especially if I have nail clippers in my hand. He never nips at me but he sure squirms :D:D

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Hi all

All good here! I have my monitoring plan in place for Flynn so I am very happy about that.
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Monitoring and Plan for Flynn:

1) Six monthly US studies at Pet Hospital. Also a medical examination by IMS. Due May/June 2013
2) Monthly urinalysis including USG and UPCR
3) Monthly liver screen
4) Monthly BP measurements. Admitted for a day with 2 hourly checks to verify that it stays similar throughout the day. I would only anticipate this being necessary on perhaps 2 occasions if all is OK.
5) Commencing Pentosan injections at weekly intervals and assess 2 weeks after the last if they have been effective.
6) Use Previcox at therapeutic dose rate of 1 x 57mg when required.

If anything is progressing or found to be out of the ordinary then we should bring the US date forwards.

There are 2 brands of SAMe available one a little lass costly than the other. Denosyl comes as a box of 30 sachets and he would need one sachet daily in food. Cost is $168.60 incl GST per month!!!!!!
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I picked up his Pentosan injections this morning and gave his first shot in his scruff. It is a weekly shot for four weeks then reassess. He is booked in for his first BP assessment this Thursday, I don't like it but he will have to stay for the day and have it checked two hourly. The vet has told me depending on these results he may show me how to do it myself and I could take the equipment home and do some readings here. Not sure how that would go, as Flynn hardly cooperates with me clipping his nails let alone doing a BP!! But I would sure give it a try. He is going to recheck bloods also, we will see what his current liver tests are (these will be the first ones since he is well) then consider the liver supplements as he noted above. I am also to continue his spreadsheet and current diet.

Phew, I am so relieved to have the vets and me on the same page and a plan to work with. I am a definite type A and love a good list!! :D:D I am pretty sure the vets will be happy too, without me hassling them all the time.

Hope all the pups have a happy weekend, lots of hugs from me to everyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

AARRGGHH I MISSED IT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR WEDNESDAY . :D:D:D:D

Hope you had a great day and got lots of pressies (though its hard to beat an iPad as a bday pressie :D)

Glad you now have a workable plan in place for Flynny and good luck with the cartrophen/pantosan. Replied in my thread too, check that for the bit about being tired (sorry too lazy to re type it today :p)

Have fun at the big concert bash this weekend!

Hey Trish,

Glad someone finally listened to you and things are falling into place for you and Flynn finally. You done good, Mom!

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang