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

:) I just let him lick my plate... gross I know but it was only a little smear on it!! I will take his food with me of course.

Everyone is a little worried about me driving so far in one day, I think I will take an overnight bag in case I get too tired and have to stop somewhere on the way home.

I just emailed the specialist his latest results and my questions. I do remember last time we went up there and he was in and operated on before I could take it all in!! That is NOT going to happen this time :p

Yes, he can never have too many good vibes being sent his way... I am sure he had a lovely day today because of them!!! How is Jaspser, hopefully you are off doing his update!

That is a lot of driving in one day, although it is not all at once. Still, that's a great idea to take an overnight bag just in case. No fun driving when you are too tired, especially if it's at night.

Good you emailed all your questions, you are always on top of everything! :)

No, I'm not working on Jasper's update now, but I know I am delinquent with that! Poor boy doesn't even get his thread updated. :o He is holding his own for the most part, but I do need to get things updated. He was in for his Percorten injection last night, and has gained a pound over about the last month or two also. That's not so bad because he was so skinny before, but don't want him any heavier than that, he is at 26.5 lbs now. But he has gained since we switched to the low fat food, go figure.

He will be getting labwork repeated the beginning of March to recheck the triglycerides and electrolytes as well as liver and kidney values. I am going to ask for a UPC also as I am worried since he is no longer on the renal diet. He seems to be feeling good most of the time I think, but I have noticed that he seems to be sleeping more. On the weekend he slept most of the day both days. But I am grateful that he is able to sleep peacefully. Hopefully that is nothing I need to be worrying about!

I would be sleeping the days away in that cold weather you are having, I cannot imagine having to go out to work and negotiate all that snow. I always notice if I am not doing much and having a lazy day Flynny does too, but if I am zooming about he follows. Funny how they seem to regulate what they do. Jasper sounds like he is doing well, like you say he can do with a little more weight on!! Flynn does not need it so much :rolleyes:

Darn, I was waiting for his update to pop up too!! But we get a mini one here so that is enough to know he is doing good!

I don't think we have had trigylcerides done in ages, wondering about the link there and his lipomas which seem to be getting bigger lately. I have that on my list to ask IMS.

Mike would usually send the latest results, but he is on his last week off so thought I better do it but I did cc him in too.

Yes, I don't blame him for sleeping with all this cold, wish I could too. We had freezing rain overnight last night, so it was a scary drive in to work yesterday. But it warmed up later and is supposed to be in the 40s and 50s F later in the week, so we should get some good melting.

I took Jasper in a couple of weeks ago to have all his new lumps checked. They had been put on the back burner for so long. We finally mapped them all out on a diagram because there are so many now. She aspirated 4 that she felt were new ones, and all were lipomas thankfully. I didn't think about a connection between those and his triglycerides, but I will ask her next time. Could make sense since his are so high.

I better head back to bed for a bit. These interrupted nights are going to be the death of me. But anything for my boy. Again, all the best for the scan and appt tomorrow. Will definitely be thinking about you both. Good to catch up a bit. Drive safe, and I will check in on things later. :)

Big hugs from me and Jasper xo

Night Tina, I am off too for an early night! Lovely to see you and have a catch up!! My fingers will be crossed you get some nice warm weather so Jasper and Shelby can get outside for decent walks. Glad to hear all his bumps checked out! Have a good sleep for whatever time you have left and a good day at work :). xxxxx

Good luck today from Kaibo and I!

From me and the gang, too!

My best wishes to you both!

Hoping everything is going well.


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Hey you two, by my calculations it's 7.20 am and you should be on your way. Fingers, paws, eyes and anything else I can cross for a good outcome. Will pop by later see if there's an update. Flynn you can do this wee guy as you deserve a good result :D

Just me again by this time you should be there and half way thru scan everything still crossed, heading to bed need sleep now I'm a working gal will check in the morning x

They just took him in for scan now, only got to wait 15 mins then see IMS... nervous!

Thx for well wishes, have a good sleep working girl!!

I am here waiting with you. Fingers and paws crossed xxx

Woot woot hi Mel and all! Great report, no growth in liver nodules! Adrenal node the same. IMS Mike delighted with him! Driving home now, took just on 5hrs to get here ! So worth it to get report like that though! :)

What a relief for you Trish, great report. Way to go Flynn

Drive safe and have a nap somewhere in the car if you feel tired
Xxxx

Way to go Flynn, be careful driving home

YIPPEEEE!!!! That's our Flynn-Man. Rocking his ultrasound like a pro. :) :)

Definitely stop if you get tired. No point to rush back, after all, you took that extra day off remember. :) :) :)

Now we just have to "good vibe" your dad to get kick that infection out of there with No surgery needed. Heck, getting the good vibes world wide, ought to count for extra. :)

Drive save, belly rubs for Flynn
Sharlene and Molly muffin

YAAAAAAY That's my boy! Great new Trish! Be careful driving home. Xxxxx

WhoooohoooooooOO!
Great news Trish!!!!!

Yaaaaaaaaay well done Flynn a big high five coming your way. Really pleased for you Trish take care driving or actually you maybe home by now. Pop in later

Hi everyone

We are home, Flynny travelled all that way very well, it was only the last hour or so he got fed up and asked to stop.

IMS Mike got us in for a chat right after his scan. He went through all the scan with me, very happy to see no big lesions, the largest was 2cm and they had got the scans from our old IMS at the Veterinary training school we used to go to and it looks the same. The last scan there was nearly a year ago so that is good news. The report had been emailed by Mike and was here before I got home! But it does say on the report small nodules throughout the liver. But he did say there was no change from last scan. Just reads a bit different to what he told me.

The left adrenal still has nodule at same size, also compared that back to old Pet Hospital scans and is unchanged. I asked how why they think it is benign, he said because of the rate of growth is neglible if it was a nasty one it would have enlarged significantly in that time frame. Also he has no symptoms of pheo recurrence or cushings if it was cortisol producing. So that is going straight to the... do not worry about that anymore pile!

He looked him over, no change in his low grade murmur, everything else on physical exam good. I said we were looking at removing lipomas, he said he would not do it unless it was restricting movement. One on his side is large, he said it would be a big operation and if it was his dog he would not do it. So I am going to have to revisit that with local Mike. Also had some tips on getting cheaper meds which I will look into.

He also thinks Flynns IBD flare, itching, kidney problems with proteinuria/high UPC could all have been connected with the liver problem as now we have that big liver mass out those symptoms have largely subsided. So he definitely does not need to go on the high Pred dose for the time being.

Tina - he said if his UPC gets down to <0.5 on next test we could try halving the Benzapril back to 2.5mg and see how he does. He said Enalopril would do the same and I could look at swapping to that as I could get it cheaper. His meds are currently costing heaps, about $250 each month, half of that is the Benzapril.

So there is the full report, sorry its long! Generally pretty happy with it all, thanks for the support today its been a long one! xxxx

Hi Trish,

I'll read your report through a couple times tomorrow. It always takes at least twice before I start to figure out what the heck you are talking about.;) For now, I'm thrilled you are both home and safe. :) xxxx

Well, well no wonder your putting it in the ......don,t worry pile, all round that is a fab report Trish.

So the largest lesion is 2 cm we can live with that and no change in almost a year yay:D Adrenal staying the same size all sounds sooooo good, and no nasties :D

That would be good if you could cut the price of Flynnys meds as you are paying heaps for it, but as its needed then what can you do.:rolleyes: My vet was the same, he only suggested lipomas were removed if it interfered with movement, Woody was covered in them, with quite a large one under his front leg (armpit) but it didn,t impair his walking so I never got it removed. I know Mike is keen to get them removed so you may need to think about that. WTG on the no pred, he really has bounced back from his last surgery and is doing really well.:D

Go Flynny you Rock !!!!

That is a great report, Trish, and I am very happy to see it! GO FLYNNY!!!! :D

Nice to be here on a weekday morning :D Yay for annual leave, wonder if you are in bed already Tracy as there is no one here to talk to!! :D I had a bit of a sleep-in and Flynn was not complaining either!! In all the rushing about I had forgotten to order his food, so had to dash down the pet store as luckily they stock it too.

I also went and looked into the Silymarin at the health food shop, had a good chat to the herbalist woman in there. She was totally not sure of dog dosages so we agreed on the lowest dose and I am going to read up on the internet about that how much to give him. It is in capsules so if I need to and it is safe to do so I can split it. I cannot get Denamarin here without it costing an arm and a leg!

Yes Tracy, I am going to not worry about those lipomas... I am sure they bother me more than him. IMS Mike said to get Local Mike (:confused:) to make sure he puts a needle into them to check, I know we have done that to most of them so we will just recheck they are all done. He said some can be liposarcoma, but rarely but is worth getting them checked out. x

I,m here :) Yeah I got a needle biopsy done on Woodys, better safe that sorry. I think you both deserve a sleep in after all that driving

Hey, your here! I am feeling good today, bit stiff but no wonder sitting all that way! There was another dog in the waiting room, a tiny little brown pug. His name was Flynn too and his Mum was so worried, his local vet had sent him over for an urgent scan. They were not in the waiting room when I came back out, but the nurses and receptionists were joking about the double Flynn's.

On the way home, I stopped in at a KFC for a snack... I am trying to be good and no chips for me. Coleslaw and potato and gravy (prob as bad as chips anyway!). There was this young Maori boy on the drive through and he was so funny and chatty, then tells me he had accidentally put a bag of chips in for me with this big smile!! LOL and then he asked where I was heading so gave him the story of the long drive and Flynny and then he is like OMG you need sugar, here's a free Mars bar LOL think I will email his store and put in a compliment. I have never had free stuff from any drive through ever!

Oh get you, getting free food from KFG I,m impressed with that cashier :D Not so good for the watching what your eating lol. I am partial to a KFC now and again !!

Oh two Flynns in the same place, I hope the other Flynn got good results too.

When you back at work, I crashed my computer tonight grrrrr its driving me nuts

Not till next Monday now, lovely day already to hot to get out and work outside or take the boy walking! Will take him tonight when it cools down. He is tired too, he gave me a bit of a look this morning as I put him in the car with no breakfast as we had run out... he must have been thinking uh oh, this happened yesterday and I was in the car ALLLLLLLLLLLLL DAAAAAAY!

bugger about the computer, stupid things. That is one thing I still need to fix, the storage space but it is such a big job I keep putting it off!

Hee Hee poor Flynn thinking he was going to be in the car all day again. Pftt to hot to walk I wish, although we had rain this morning then this afternoon it was quite nice, and the sun was out for a little while, I even managed to take my fleece off this afternoon lol.

I stupidly upgraded my pc to windows 8.1 and its a bleeding nightmare has slowed everything down, webpages take ages to load tried everything to fix it but nope, may have to take it somewhere to get it fixed blargh !

Stink!!! Blardy computers! I am useless with the inner workings :)

I saw your post on Woody's thread, cannot believe it is two months either. You are doing so good Tracy, look at all your have accomplished, you took care of your health, got a job, learnt to cook!!! We can all look to your for inspiration! Your doing amazing, even though you still miss that special little Woody :) (This is me giving you a big pat on the back!)

Thanks Trish I,ll take that pat on the back. :p I,ve done alright, I have my bad days but have kept going forward with life, you just have to I suppose. Two months seems like no time at all, but I may well be on the road to my new normal, obviously it would be better if Woody would have been here to share it with me, specially the cooking part he loved his grub hee hee. If I could just get over the surgery part then I would be fine, I suppose that guilt will fade in time I hope, but yes I think I will make it. :D

I think after any loss the "What If's" are what torment people, all we can do is decide what to do with the best information you have at the time. You did that, I would have totally done the same as many of us here would have. You were going for a cure with his best interests at heart. So I also your doubts will fade with time... of course they will, you could not have done more for that boy!

Your right I did what I thought was best at the time, but it does still plague me, it will go in time :p

Well holiday maker I must get to bed as I have work in the morning even if you don,t, I have 4018 pallets of booze to ship tomorrow so lots of brain work needed to get it all in place.

As always good to catch up, give that boy of yours a gentle head scratch from me, the boy did good !!!!

Have a good sleep! I am actually considering a nap, then I am going to make a pavlova for dinner at Mum and Dads in the new Kitchen Aid... will let you know if it turns out!

Great report Trish. That's not too surprising for our wonder dog! Hugs to you my dear and butt scratches for the main man. Xxxxxx

That is a wonderful report. Flynn comes through with flying colors. Yay.

Oh funny, the drive through cashier felt sorry for you and sent you off with chips and sugar together. LOL What a great guy.

My vet said the same thing about Molly's lipomas, so not touching them unless they grow too large.

Work has been a blasted pain in the *&^^% lately. I must say, I'm missing that vacation big time. Every day is overtime it seems like. *sigh* It will calm down at some point I'm sure. Nice job security as they say though. LOL

hope you have a lovely evening. How's dad today?

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Yes it is good overall, all his other internal bits, spleen, pancreas, bowel, urinary system checked out ok. I just did not like reading about the nodules throughout the liver. Hopefully they are benign, the vet was saying that we could rescan in six months. But we ended up agreeing on another in 3 months.

There is something weird on the report about right adrenal gland being normal... hello?? That was removed. I am hoping it is just a typo and they have missed out the important word adrenal bed!! I have emailed to seek clarification as you know adrenal glands do not grow back!

I emailed a compliment to KFC Sharlene, so I hope the young man receives the feedback from his manager. Great customer service!

haven't seen Dad yet, going around about 4pm, Mum said he had a good sleep there was not much ooze on the dressing. But he was a bit dizzy earlier, no wonder with that low haemoglobin but he also has Menieres which makes him dizzy at times.

Mel - when you pop in I have to tell you the Kitchen Aid had its first outing today, I have just made a pavlova. But its a flop :mad: seems I had the oven a bit high and on fan bake... should have been normal bake :mad: its a tad brown and bit flat LOL... still pile on the cream and some fruit and I am sure it will be quite tasty!!! It was a breeze to use though, love it!