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

Wow Trish, 3 months! Best of luck with Flynn's vet appt today, fingers and paws crossed here for good results!

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi everyone

Hopefully good news from us, just picked up the boy and had a good chat with vet.

His BP has dropped to 148 on average with testing throughout the day. Just to clarify the protocol he uses for BP measurement as there has been a bit of discussion on the forum about this the past few days. He takes 7 recordings one after the other, the machine does one about a minute apart. It is surprising the amount of fluctuation between them. Then he drops the lowest and highest recordings and averages the other 5. He does this process four times through the day. Flynn started out at 170's across the board for the first lot this morning not long after I dropped him off. He was pretty shaky when I took him in and did not want to stay so not surprised they were highish. But they dropped through the day to the low of 148 on the last set.

Last week, they rose through the day to a high of 200. The vet said after the first lot, he actually crawled into the pen with Flynn and did his BP there and he was a lot more relaxed than when they take him out of his cage to do it.

Urine result, still shows high protein, perhaps better than last week as creatinine had come down on in house testing to a recordable level which it wasn't last week. They have also sent the sample to external lab so we will get the formal UPC result tomorrow but on the result today we are expecting it to be lower. YAY!! Will let you know after I hear tomorrow.

While UPC may be lower it will likely still be too high, so we think he should also start on an ace inhibitor to protect his kidneys, so he is going to liase with IMS at pet hospital about that once we get the result tomorrow. Meanwhile continue Amlodipine at current dose. He thinks with his 'white coat syndrome' (even though vet in shorts and top!) that BP will be at lower level so we were pretty pleased.

Thanks for the support everyone it is so so so much appreciated, you all rock!! :D

Trish and a tired Flynny xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear Flynny

I know you had a stink day at the vets today, BP recordings are not your favourite way to spend the day. But I left work early to come pick you up and then when we got home gave you your favourite meal + treats!! You were mad keen for a run having missed your daily walk with Grandad, so off we went up the beach.

I know your hearing is fine, you can hear the fridge door open from outside and come at a run. So why when I warn you to stay away from that manky unidentifiable thing you ate (twice!) you continued to gobble it down before I caught up with you to get it out your mouth. I hope you do not pay for that with a stomach upset later tonight. Whatever it was, it was long since dead.

Much like that nasty seagull you found, again you did not listen to me, at least you did not eat it. BUT did you HAVE to ROLL in it... repeatedely???????????? Oh gawd, you stunk to high heaven. I could smell you 10 steps away, you were rank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't like water remember, you hate the shower... but you are not coming into the house with that stench lingering. So much to your disgust a shower you had, it is no use trying to hide in the garden when you hear the shower running and realise it is for you, we have a small section... I WILL FIND YOU! Then... straight after your all dried and brushed and looking so clean and fluffy did you have to go roll on the lawn, you little shite you were smiling at me :eek::eek:

And finally, if you want to play with a dog up the beach, pick a little one. That big black girl was lovely and she actually seemed to like your dead seagull aroma, but you are not as young as you used to be and she skittled you pretty easily, but you popped up wanting more till I feared for your safety and had to lead you away :eek::eek:

Honestly... I need an early night haha. But really I am just so so pleased you are all frisky and playing like you used to do! I love you Flynnikin and I am so thankful you are still with us... seagull perfume or not.

Love from your tired Mum xxxxx

Hi Trish!
Awesome news from the vet, the BP looks great!!! Interesting to read how many times they check it throughout the day, I like that, and I also love it that your vet got in the cage with Flynn to check it. Any time Jasper has had a BP check, they do only 3 readings and then average those, but he has never been there all day to have it checked.

I am so hoping that the UPC will be lower like you anticipate, especially since the BP has been better. I will be checking in tomorrow waiting to hear the results. :)

Now on to your next post, LOL :D :D
Did he eat the nasty dead unidentified critter AND roll in the dead seagull all tonight on the same walk down the beach??? And then also the row with the big black dog???? Well if so, Flynny sure knows how to get the most bang for his buck. Poor Mum. But yes, so happy to see him playing like his old self, makes it more bearable even through the stench!! :D :D :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D I hope he doesn't end up with an upset tummy.

Well I am laughing now, but wait till our spring, if it ever gets here. After every drenching spring rain, the earthworms come out of the ground in force. And guess who likes to roll on those, dead or alive?? While it is nowhere near the stink of rolling in a dead animal or fish, it does have its own aroma, which also requires an immediate bath! And it has the potential to happen every time he goes out. :eek: :eek: I imagine that Shelby will do this wonderful behavior also when given the chance. Oh, the little darlings. :)

Looking forward to Flynn's results tomorrow.


Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

:D:D:D RESULTS ARE IN :D:D:D

Yes its me again, our vet just emailed the UPC result and it is much better as below:

This is last result on 18th Feb :mad::mad:
FLYNN UTP 6.0 G/L
FLYNN UCCRE 18194 UMOL/L
FLYNN UPRCR 2.92 RATIO (on 26th January it was 1.5 ratio, hence my panic at it nearly doubling in less than one month)

Here is today's result :):)
FLYNN UTP 3.00 G/L
FLYNN UCCRE 13954 UMOL/L
FLYNN UPRCR 1.90 RATIO

Much better, YAY!! Still too high though but at least its going in the right direction. I am wondering what has made it lower so much... it could either be:
1. Stopped Previcox 10 days ago
2. Started Amlodipine one week ago and better BP control
3. Started giving him extra water as thought he might be a bit dry, so I started giving him up to half a cup with meals, but he lowered his usual drinking during rest of day and probably still only totalling 1 1/2 cups, so that was only half a cup extra past 4-5 days.

Hmmmmm, whatever it was I will take it!! Our vet sounded so pleased in the email to finally be giving me some good news, nice of him to be checking late at night and forwarding it on to me asap. We did not recheck bloods today as vet wanted him to be as stress free as possible for BP recordings.

See team, the benefits of a good plan uh huh ;):p;):p :rolleyes::rolleyes::D

It's nearly 10pm and Flynn is outside barking and I don't care if he is being annoying, I feel like going out and barking with him woooohoooo!

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Tina
I nearly missed your post, having slipped it in between my constant posting!

Glad I made you laugh, truly you would have cried if you smelt him though :D:D:D Yes, he did all of those things on the walk tonight, I tell ya he was busy, he didn't row with Miss Big Black Dog they were just romping and having fun... till she bowled him :D I get those worms here too, esp after some rain. He has never rolled in them though so have not come across that smell yet :eek: I am not going to give him any ideas about that one!

With the beach so close and our usual haunt for walks, he has come across many smelly things over the years... the dead penguin was the worst, it was disgusting, he rolled in it twice so I buried it under stones but the smell was so alluring other dogs had dug it back up again!! I had to go pick it up (with a plastic poop bag over my hand!) and deposit it in the rubbish bin. Once we even had a dead whale up there, it was huge... Flynny was mesmerised by it lol but actually did not roll in it. He picked a fight with a seal once, jeepers got him out of there quick smart! Never a dull moment!

I have had to get used to this BP regime, I used to protest that Flynn had to stay so long. But once vet explained it to me I relented and let him stay the day. I think he is being extra careful with his known BP problems, so I appreciate that now. I asked today what Flynn does in his cage all day, he told me that he sleeps some of it now which makes vet think he is more relaxed there and he gets more reliable readings.

Yes these doggies can do disgusting things and get into trouble, but I firmly believe I have to let him be a dog and mingle with his own kind... he loves that sort of stuff so it would be mean of me to restrict him too much (within reason of course!) there is no point having saved him to now put him in bubble wrap!

I am going to pop over to Jasper's thread now and see what he has been up to!

Nighty nite, hope you have a good sleep and the babies are behaving :)

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wow, sounds like you have been a busy girl! And certainly Flynny has been a busy boy :p

Very glad things are heading in the right direction again, it is so nice to see the cheeky naughtiness come out when they feel good, you can't help but let them get away with some things. I know what you mean about the dead bird smell though, Oscar used to have a thing for duck poop at the park, also a pleasant aroma (NOT!) but especially good when spread all over mum! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Take care, hugs to Flynn for us and cheers to a good plan! <clink>

Trish, I'm so glad to read Flynnie's good news, and howling, too, over all his exploits!! :p :) :D :rolleyes:

What a wonderful and very thorough report! ;)

With my two Lab girls, I have a pair of stinkpies, too, when it comes to wallowing in the muck (and Tina, my Peg is an addicted worm-roller like Jasper -- whenever I see her stop and cock her head on a rainy walk, I know she's headed DOWN AND AROUND :eek: :eek:).

Anyway, many smiles for a great report!

Marianne

Awesome, Trish, all of it, every last word:D:D:D:D:D:D

I am so impressed with your clinic and their procedures, WOW:):)
They rock and so do you, girlfriend!!!!

I'll join you in late night barking, we can all even howl at the moon together, neighbors ?? WHO CARES !!!!!

WAAAHOOOOOOOO

Flynnies naughtiness made me smile, thanks for sharing. All pups are such characters and I do love to hear about their antics and quirks.

You just had to mention bath to Tia and she was gone so I smiled about that too

Also pleased for your family to see better results and impressed by your clinic

Xxxxx