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

It is finally New Years here too. :)

Hope you had a lovely day Trish and Flynn

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Happy New Year to you Trish and to Flynn!!
I haven't been here for a few days and there's always so much news to catch up on. How are Flynn's paw and nose spots? I hope they are better by now.
Expecting a big snow and really cold days starting tomorrow. Trixie hates her new sweater so I have to dig out an old coat...today was 22 degrees...the cold didn't seem to bother her a bit. I had to remove her sweater because she was acting neurotic with it on. It will be colder and also wet with snow so she will have to wear something!!
Hope all is well...best wishes for 2014~~!! :D

Barbara

Hi Barbara and MasterChef Sharlene!

You gotta get a pic of the pink sweater Barbara, I think it sounds gorgeous!! While my brother was here tonight we bathed Flynny's paw.. still bit red and I put the cream and bandage on and we all did laugh when he did his "you cut my leg off again" act!! I think it is a little splinter in there as it has a small spot in middle that is bit harder. Definitely going to vet tomorrow as I have not been able to get it out with soaking. It still is not too sore with no limp but I have to admit defeat here. x

Yeah, best to get it out to avoid infection. Bummer that the soaking didn't work.

Yeah, I wish I could get it out but have given it gentle squeeze and it obviously hurts him so don't want to get too vigorous with it being so close to his toes. It does not look overly infected though, it does not look real worse although the fur has come off the spot.

Good morning all, wow slept late today!! Flynn is booked in at 3.15 for his paw checkup. Mike is not on :eek: (eek vet trust issues surfacing!) but his colleague has seen Flynn before so I am sure will be fine.

Hi Trish,
Glad you are getting Flynny's paw checked out for peace of mind. Too bad local Mike is off. How dare him take a day off!;):D just have Flynn growl and show his teeth, so the doctor will know not to mess with our boy. Now that's a thought.

I hope your dinner went well. Powhatan a treat to be able to sleep in late. Xxxxx

Good morning :) And here it is evening I'm making the same dinner tonight (toned down a tad for just the two of us) as you made last night. :) and I'm doing shrimp with it instead of the side plate of meats, okay it might not be the same after all. LOL

Go get that sucker out and then the foot issue will be over with and Flynn can have his leg back that you keep trying to take away from him. heheheheeh
Tell the new vet (not new but not mike) he's on notice that this is a special boy with fans world wide keeping an eye out for him. :) hehe

Okay got to run to store, it is flipping -19C with -32C wind chill here right now. Molly and me both very unhappy. brrrrrr and a shiver too

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

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Powhatan a treat to be able to sleep in late. Xxxxx

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Kathy, what is a Powhatan??? :D:D I cannot work that out even thinking in autocorrect language!? :confused:

Awwww Flynny could not growl and show his teeth if he tried, I have never seen him be anything other than darling at the vets. He kisses them, which amazes me after all he has been through!

Sharlene, shrimp would be awesome, do you get them fresh there at this time of year?? I just got a bargain for Mum's Christmas pressie - the Dolly Parton tickets. Got way better seats at a cheaper price than I could from the official ticketing site off our NZ auction site... hope they aren't dodgy!!

Glad Flynny is going to the vet better safe that sorry, I,m sure he will be his usual darling self in the vets.

I really should learn to cook so that I can appreciate it what you and Sharlene are having for supper, I had a sausage sandwich for my tea ;)

Nothing wrong with a sausage sandwich Tracy!! I have that quite often for lunch at work, with a little coleslaw to try make it somewhat healthy :D:D How did the painting go?

It ended up a result, but I did the kitchen as I thought it would be easier and less time but nope forgot about all the little places above units etc that I had to do by a hand brush so took me ages, but it looks really good.

Good Luck at the vet Trish! I hope it is easily treated.

Powhatan is the name of an Indian tribe. I have no idea why that came up. LOL:D it should have been... It sure is a treat to be able to sleep in. That's funny! Xxxx

Hmmm that is a weird one Kathy LOL... cannot work out how it came up with that!!

Thanks for the good wishes Vicki, I will update the paw situation tonight!

Well he does not have a prickle in his paw, the vet had a good look with the magnifying hat. He reckons it is an inter digital cyst :eek: Benign and relatively common. He thinks it is a little infected so he has started antibiotics. We do not have to do anything immediately, he said if Flynn has surgery in the future like for his lipomas that Mike is going to do at some stage, then this could come off then.

I have a new video to share! This is last night, in the school next to my house. The video is taken from my brothers new Christmas present toy, it looks like a 4 bladed helicopter, and has a video camera built into it. It starts off with the video zooming up into the air so you can see the beach where we walk then pans over the city of Napier. When it comes down my house is in the bottom corner, first house next to the school, the rear section where my car is parked ... us girls are doing a starfish :) (that was after the bellinis Sharlene!) a bit of zooming about but persevere as Greg went in search of Flynn who was having a fine time exploring while we were being silly, so you will see him running! In the video my are sister Cheryl, brother Greg, Dad, niece Jade and her partner Fraser! Hope you like it... we had fun!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRnDXPwg3dY

That was so cool Trish!
I bought my father binoculars that take an SD card so that he can zoom in on his birds and take pictures of them.

Boy, we were all off the mark with Flynn's paw. Poor guy.

I hope the antibiotics work for Flynn's paw! Poor guy. Cool video!

The helicopter looks quite freaky Valerie, it has flashing lights and zooms about, it can go up in the air like 200m and flies up to about 60km/hr so can fair zip along... it looks like a wee UFO and we were expecting UFO sightings to be reported!! Greg is still mastering operating the video while it flies along so its a bit shaky :D

Loved the video! What a cool toy! If was awesome to see Flynn run like that! :p

Glad to hear that Flynny's paw owie isn't serious. It's always one thing after another, isn't it? Xxxxx

Thanks you guys, I love seeing him run like that too! I think the antibiotic has made him nauseous, I only gave it 90 mins ago. I was told to give it with his dinner which I did, he ate fine, we went for a run, then I was watering the garden and thought it a bit strange he was hanging around as usually as soon as he sees me go near the hose he makes himself scarce.. then he looked to be retching but I was a bit far away to tell properly, rushed over no puke on the ground that I could see, was getting bit dark though... maybe he ate it :p:o:mad: he is back inside in his bed so will watch him tonight. See what happens when I give it in the morning. It's cephalexin 200mg twice a day.

As poor boy it may well be the tablets making him feel a bit yuk I hope he feels better soon just another little problem that Flynn will over come, so good to see him run around. X

Oh Trish I love the video! It is so pretty there, and you have palm trees!! I had no idea! :) :)

And Flynny looks so fit dashing across the field! :) :) :) :)

Sure hope his tum is OK...

Marianne

Flynn looks great! and so happy, I love it!. I hope his nausea passes. The video was fun.

Hopefully his tummy settles down. Molly was on cephalexin recently as well. It made her tummy upset too. She normally doesn't eat in the morning so we started giving her wet food so she would eat it and take the meds. Having the extra food helped her out. We've actually kept her on the wet food. The little gal is 12 so why not! She is finally eating like a champ after 12 years of being picky!

Love the video! What fun! And starfishes too! hahahah, love da bellini's hehehe

oh lord, when I read your first post in email, I read it as "Well he does not have a pickle in his paw" which of course made me wonder what I had missed that made you think he Would have a pickle in his paw and is it dill, bread and butter or what. Shouldn't he eat the pickle, do dogs eat pickles? Well, it was quite the entertaining mind bender, right up till I got on the forum and realized I'd read prickle as pickle. :( Sort of a let down after all that.

So watched the video and loved it!! Flynn running around, the girls playing in the grass, the guys acting like they know exactly what they are doing. LOL
It really is a beautiful area Trish. What a great area for Flynn to run around in too!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Good Morning!! Thanks for all the comments on the video... I love how it shows our little city and the ocean plus Flynny running!!

He was fine last night and ate again after looking so green. I gave his BP meds early this morning with his Samilyn an hour before his breakfast so if he is sick again at least they will have been absorbed. He usually has the samilyn early anyway as it has to be taken on an empty tummy. It is about an hour after brekky now and he has been outside rolling about and barking on the lawn, but he came back in and has taken himself back to bed. Will keep an eye on him this morning just take it quietly and hopefully he will be fine with the antibiotic.

I need some of your sunshine from the video I,m sick of this rain and wind.

Glad to see that you have Flynns meds under control, how long does he need to be on the Ab,s for?

What you got planned for the weekend, it must be Saturday by now

Hi Tracey

There wasn't much sunshine in that video, bit overcast but it was still pretty warm. Sunnier today :) so you can have some to dry out that village of yours! Yep it is Saturday morning, I do not have much planned today so far. Everyone has gone home and so it is pretty quiet!! Might head into town later as I have a Christmas gift voucher to spend :), taking it easy this morning to make sure he is OK with the abs first. So far I have not really got off the couch, which is fine by me :eek::eek: It's a 10 day course of antibiotics but will see how he goes.

Did you do more painting today?? Hope Mel is back soon and that she had a lovely time away!

No more painting today, got up and my arms and legs were stiff as a board, well seeing I,m not used to exercise, may do some more tomorrow. I took mum food shopping today and the car was getting blown all over the road, worst winds in a while. Then I just chillaxed the rest of the day.

I,m sure once the Abs get into his system, he won,t maybe feel a bit yuk with them. Like your plan of making sure he is ok on them before going on I would do the same ;)

That was a good workout then! I think he is feeling OK, I just made French Toast for breakfast and he came out to see what was on offer so he cannot be feeling too bad! Gosh those winds sound nasty, has been windy here and my brother said driving home to Wellington yesterday was a bit hair raising! I read an article that was on the global weather, including yours, high temps in Australia and snow storms in US.. sounds like it is whacky everywhere right now!

Evening :D

Internet access was non existent while I was away due to the blinking weather, it's been monsoon like rains and gales, lots of flooding around the area but we were ok. A tree did fall on our place but did no damage :eek: Home is higher up so should be ok here, it's blowing another gale now! We aren't as bad as the us East Coast mind, must be awful to have all that snow and ice!!

Just catching up on the wee man, rubbish about his foot! Hope those antibiotics kick in soon and don't make him too sick

Glad you had a great new year, mine was very family orientated too, my 6 month old nephew came as well so he kept me on my toes! Boyce didn't get a minute so I think he is pleased to be home to relax.

It was hard without Tia at Christmas, I light my candle for her, Bo, Fella, Buddy, Scoop, Woody and all the other pups we lost and had a little cry then I forced myself to cook. Mum loved her pad and cried :D

Hopefully you will be home soon and we can catch up real time

Big hug, scratches to the wee man

Mel
Xxxxxx

YAY lots of Mel posts!!! Your Back!! Hoooray, we missed you!

So pleased you didn't get washed out, it sounds awful and there was more on the news tonight from the UK and US weather.

Well that's another 1st tucked under your belt, I hope they get easier for you... I lit a Christmas candle for Tia and told her to go hunt out the penguin beams :) x

I missed you guys too. Is so frustrating without internet. I fully expected it to work as it had been at home yet I couldn't really get a signal after Boxing Day. Then the kids turned up!

The place we went in the summer got flooded it's really bad out there so glad we made it home safely. I won't be organising any meetings for next week as I don't see the point of travelling if you don't have to!

How is the wee man tonight?

Mel
Xxxx

Ps thanks for lighting a candle. I kept the penguin inside by the tree and she looked awesome xxx

That is weird about the internet signal, maybe all that foul weather mucked it up. AND if you had the kids you have to concentrate on them... ohhhh 6 month old would have kept you busy :D

I am sure there must be some official type warning not to travel if you don't have too.. I am sure they don't want the flooded roads clogged up with people getting stuck!! You have the best excuse for no meetings@!

Flynny seems good, thought a little nauseous this morning but no vomiting, good poop tonight and he run and run on his walk tonight. I am still soaking his paw each night in saline as vet said to keep that up. It looks about the same but he has only had 3 doses of the antibiotics. We have been out for a while tonight to a friends so he is a bit tired and taken himself to bed already!

Only one more day off for me then back into normal weeks :mad: Next break is in early Feb, travelling up to Auckland with Mum and a friend to go to the Dolly Parton concert... tickets are Mum's Chrissy present. The plan was to take Flynn and get his ultrasound scan done at the same time because it is due about then. We are staying with the same friends that let us stay when he had his surgery last month. The only problem is they have since adopted a Birman cat!!! They said it will be OK and Flynn can still stay... no way, jose! He will chase it for sure and it is not fair on the cat being in a new house to suddenly have a cat hating fox terror :) arrive!! So not sure what I am going to do about this, Mum suggested contacting the vets, get his scan done and see if they can keep him there overnight, but he would hate that. Other plan was to go up and back another time and find a pet friendly motel to stay the night in... so such decisions!

I think it couldn't get a strong enough signal as we were surrounded by trees and non fibre connections can get interrupted by weather!

The baby was good but he doesn't like to be put down and he weighs a ton already. My back muscles are paying for it now but he is such a sweet little smiler and the crying goes right through you his parents got drunk so I had him all new Years day!!

I love it when they take themselves to bed! Such little independents! I guess it will take a few days for the antibiotics to kick in, hope they don't make him feel sick tomorrow.

Maybe schedule for another time, I wouldn't want to take him where a cat lived either as it's not fair on either of them and you would only be worried if you had to leave him somewhere while you and mom got your country on :D

LOL love how the parents took the chance to have a drinkie while Aunty Mel was on hand for the babysitting duties!! Yeah carrying a baby about when your not used to it can be surprisingly heavy!! Your poor aching back!

I just emailed the Auckland vets to see what they think about him possibly staying overnight that weekend, would be great if it could be done at same time as it is such a long way to drive and I would prefer to only do it once!! Plus it will be nice for him during the drive to have his Nana with him in the back patting him etc :D:D If they can have him I can take him out during the day if we do lunch etc and drop him off back at night... ohhh I will feel guilty but he will be safe there for a night or two.

Hey

Sorry I disappeared. Boyce got up late and demanded his walk straight away!

Of course, I forgot it was 6 hours each way. Hopefully they will say it's ok to do that.

Sleep well and I will catch you in the morning

Mel
Xxxxx

Yowser Mel, sounds like you are all still catching the rains there. All this water and flooding, not good at all. Hope you have some dry weather in the forecast soon. You and Tracy both are going to be soggy! :)

Sounds like the holidays were good and busy and that you need a holiday to recover. :) :) Those are always the best kinds right. :)

I hope you can wrap everything up in one trip up to Auckland. So much easier to only have to do that once. :) Crossing fingers for a positive reception from the hospital up there.

Oh wow, a Birman cat. Maybe an easy introduction between Flynn and kitty will allow for future ease between then. :) Baby steps. :)

I got a giggle out of Mel's turn of phrase "get your country on" ROFL!!!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin