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

So, Flynn is having another scan next month... Ugh, I would be scared too. Hopefully, his BP is still elevated from having a previous pheo and not recurrence. Man, you guys have been through so much. So sorry!!

oh no.. try not to worry & think bad things. I know that is easier said than done.

They could at least have spoken to you. I am hoping it doesn't mean that, 2013 needs to be your little mans lucky year, no more nasties

Don't google too much! Will be around in the morning to check in on you. Hope this hasn't freaked you out too much

Big hug, bum scratch to Flynny

Mel
Xxxx

No, absolutely Not coming back. Left over from the previous one is the only acceptable answer. :)
Flynn and you just don't need another year of this kind of thing. 2013 is his year of recovery. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Yup, I agree with Sharlene, 2013 is for rest and recovery and lots of fun;)

We will banish all evil spirits of illnesses away:D:D:D

Yay I am glad all my friends are here, standing guard at the gate warding off the evilness!!

I had a phone call from the vet nurse today, as my vet has gone away till next Monday but it is a public holiday tomorrow so I guess he has taken Friday off to as has most of the rest of NZ so they have a nice 4 day weekend! He had rung and got her to check his email for any news from the IMS and yes there was. I did not get a copy of it, but she said that he has told her Flynn is to start Benzapril at a half dose and continue on with Amlodipine and then we check his BP in one week to see effect. I also have to ring the pet hospital and book him in for his scan next month as we planned.

He has been on Benzapril before, I was reading back through my thread and he went started it before we swapped to Phenoxybenzamine before his adrenalectomy. He was only on it 4 days and he was quite lethargic so we took him off. Hard to tell if it was the drug causing his lethargy as he was quite unwell before his surgery and I kept commenting he was still lethargic even when we stopped it. So I will watch him like a hawk for any problems. He has left a prescription for me but I found the leftover Benzpril from six months ago so I just gave him half a dose. I will go pick up the proper prescription tomorrow, did not make it in time today as work was busy with tomorrow holiday.

So that's my news for the day, this drug is going to work!! I was quietly happy about that, I guess IMS does not think it is the pheo back or she would have recommended the phenoxybenzamine instead! Maybe, hopefully!! I guess the scan will tell.

xxxxxx

our house has all paws and fingers crossed for Flynny

I think that is good that the IMS doesn't think the pheo is back. Of course that was never one of our okay options anyway, so good thing she agrees with us. :) :) :)

Hopefully the drug will help without making Flynn all lethargic. He just doesn't seem to do his best when he feels like crap. Much like the rest of us. :)

Enjoy your day off!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hoping you are having sweet dreams. Glad you are thinking positive.

Enjoy you day off. Love free holiday they are the best

Big hug, bum scratch to Flynn

Mel
Xxxx

Thanks everyone

I went and picked up the new prescription, the Benzapril is only 2.5mg daily. That is a quarter of what he was on before, so hopefully no bad side effects will appear.

He is still itching and scratching. Started a week ago, fleaed him with frontline, though I never saw any fleas on him. But it has not really settled at all. The last couple of days, he has given the occasional little cry. Like it is annoying him, but he's not able to get the right spot. Gawd, I hope he is not crying for any other reason!! He is scratching mainly on his sides, but he did have a hot spot around tail base. I have not seen any other skin irritation on him. Perhaps a little pinkish under his legs. Spoke to the vet nurse this morning when I picked up his pills, he has had this problem before quite bad in his younger years when it had to get treated with a short course Prednisone a few times. We have used sebazole shampoo in the past, but it had run out, so I picked up some more and just treated him. You have to lather him up then wrap him in a towel and sit with him for 10 mins, then rinse. He hates it. But he lies very quietly in my arms, so he had to suffer an enforced cuddle for 10 mins :D:D Nice! Hope it works.

He is shedding a lot of fur, getting his winter coat in I guess. He has been hunting about in the garden a lot looking for mice :eek: wonder if he has rubbed up against something that is bothering him. My other thought was I had changed his biscuits back to Hills GI when he had the loose poop problem, which is now sorted and his BMs are normal again. So I also wonder if the biscuits are givng him this itch problem. If it doesn't settle with the shampoo I might stop them. He only gets them for 1/4 of his daily intake, he has venison for the rest.

I am in the midst of washing all his bedding and blankies and will give the place a thorough vacuum this afternoon.

Gawd, you fix one thing and another rears its ugly head!

He is maybe drinking a little more so I am going to measure it to find out for certain. He had put on half a kilo when I weighed him at the vet this morning, last weighin was three weeks back. He does tend to fluctuate a bit though, a bit like his Mum! Plus he had a week with his Nana and Grandad probably spoiling him rotten while I was on holiday, he usually puts on weight with their tender loving care plus he steals Elle the cat's food given half the chance :D

In saying all this, he destroyed a toy this morning is looking at me hopefully for his walk up the beach which I will take him on later.

He is booked in for next UPC/BP next Thursday.

xxx