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

Hey! I am here, just watching telly on the couch! So nice to see you :) Yep, I have done the freak out, now onto refusing to entertain the thought that it is anything other than due to the prednisone :rolleyes:

Parents OK, I will do Dad's dressing tomorrow. It is still oozing when I had a look at it today. Blasted thing, but he is feeling better. Took himself to town today for a spot of shopping! Mum seems good, when I called in she was out in the garden pottering about. So fingers crossed they stay stable for a while.

What is a yankee candle? Not heard of them, I do have Ecoya candle though. He is off the fresh fish and I am just giving him biscuits now. Well just a wee bit of fresh fish to get his pills down.

Barbara, they must be similar pills. Sounds same as this Samilyn. They are big, I think this morning it must have hit his tummy and he got straight out of bed and a few heaves and up it came :eek: I put it in cheese then and gave it as he was hungry, so I don't think he was really nauseous it just did not stay down.

I wanted to say, do not worry about taking a break from the forum. Very sensible thing to do Mel. There has been a whole lot of macros recently, I am not much use to them not having experienced that, so don't feel I have much to offer either. My area of expertise is the adrenalectomy pups or any other surgery, as Flynny has left me fairly well up with the play on postop care after his frequent trips for ops! So we just do what we can, so never feel bad will you!

Hey

I took Boyce out and he hurt his blinking back leg, why is it always something with these pups! He was reluctant to walk, he has kicked it out behind him though since laying down so that's usually a sign it isn't too sore. Will just have to watch it.

What you watching anything good?

Good they are both getting on with normal life and not letting the health issues get in the way, I do think positive attitude goes a long way.

Yankee candles are from America. They are the best smelling ones I have found do a quick google and you will see they have hundreds of varieties. They do usually smell like what they are supposed to as well!

Just about to sleep bed and am on my iPad now trying out my voice recognition, Poor boy Sia's leg is okay

Boycie I meant lol

I think voice recognition would struggle with Boycie :D

I panic as we all do as he is nearly 13 and a half, that hip is dodgy to start with.

I forget it's 11:30 already with you! Have sweet dreams, I will come back later tonight and hopefully Tracy will be on to so we can all have a proper catch up xxxx

That's okay Mel I'm not asleep yet!, when is your trip? Easter?

Night now I'll catch you in the morning hopefully starting to doze off x

Yes the week after so we will go late Thursday before Good Friday and get like 10 days. I really need it as work proper sucks!

You have had all your trips recently haven't you, I guess you have none planned until his next u/s which isn't exactly a jolly xx

Oops, I see I missed you gals playing catch up. I slept in. :) It was sooo worth it, and hubby brought coffee to me in bed, so I stayed even longer. LOL Molly seemed to like that idea too as she saw me sipping on the coffee and immediately flipped over, belly up and started snoring. It sure doesn't take much for her to go right into sleepy land.

Vacation sounds good Mel, are you going to the beach again? Or is that a summer trip?

I'm glad Tina popped in and gave some reassurance on the liver numbers. I'd forgotten that Jasper had gone that high! Yikes. But it's good that it came back down from there and so hopefully Flynn's will too, as Jasper is on long term steroids for life, so not much to be done on that front.

hugs all!
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo I missed the catch up again, boo hoo.

Hi Trish :D Flynn :D Mel :D Boysie :D

So Trish I,ve went from oh Shit, oh no, to its good we have a plan and Dr Mike isn,t too worried phew, so can only imagine what you went through. As always focusing on the fact that it is the pred that caused this is they way I would go. I know Bruno,s went up high when he was on it, I must look out the numbers as I still have his file. Glad Mum and Dad are "stable" this week, just wish that dad,s wound would stop oozing.

Mel, How are you doing? How is Boysie leg, its always something. You take as much time away as you need, I know from time to time I do the same, as it gets a bit much. When I log on and see the threads of the dogs passing I log back out, as it brings it back to me too. Glad that you are having a holiday, you need it by the sounds of that work of yours.

I will be back later girls hope to catch up :p

Nooooooooooooooooo I missed you now!!! lol

I am up girls, hope your still about... not even 9am here Sunday morning but that's a pretty good sleepin for me, they lovely eh Sharlene! :D

Flynny has had his samilyn with no heaving this morning and he seems perky, on the floor chewing up a mallard duck at the moment :D

I,m here finally :D

Hey! Sorry was just outside hanging out the first load of Flynn blankies! Sounds like you have had a busy day at your sisters

Yeah it was. There was people coming and going most of the day, family, friends etc. I felt a bit useless although I knew her I wasn,t close to her but felt really sorry for my sister and her husband. Mandy,s husband Andy her brother was just carrying on normally, cracking jokes etc but I,m sure it was just shock. I took Rachel away for a little while as don,t want her to stressed by it all so close to her due date. I was also running to mums as my brothers father in law died Thursday and mum had his little 4 yr old to look after, I was pretty exhausted lol.

How are you doing now, got your head round everything going on with Flynn yet?

Oh that does sound so sad. Nice of you to take Rachel for a bit of a break, can't have her getting so stressed out. I bet her hubby and your BIL are in total shock, you don't expect your wife/sister to go out for a run and not come back, did she have any history of health problems?

Yeah, I am OK... he is acting fine so I am hoping it is just the pred and not another liver nodule acting up. Seems quite a high jump though, time will tell. I will take him to Auckland Mid-April for a scan. It will be two months since the last one. Surely nothing could be causing this high jump that fast :confused: you never know with Flynny though... :rolleyes:

No history of anything she was a very fit lady, and ran everyday, the doctor said it was a massive heart attach such a shame. :(

It has to be the pred, that is the only different thing he has had, so in my head its the pred. I agree a scan mid april would be the way to go, as by then he will be off the pred and hopefully his numbers will have come down. Pred has its good points but also has its bad points but sometimes you have to use it :confused:

Yes, I have to ask Mike how fast they will come down. His blardy paw seems to have come to a point as well, wonder if there is something in it after all? I tried to give it a wee squeeze but it is amazing how much strength he has in tucking it under so I cannot get at it.

It sure must have been a big one, so unfair :(

Ha ha Flynn,s not daft, tucking his paw away from you. Do you think the paw is sore, or it similar to his other one that you showed on the picture, does he lick it as this can sometimes make it worse. I have no doubt with Dr Mike on your side it won,t be long till Flynn is back to tip top condition :D

Are you having a lazy Sunday, tomorrow is Mothers Day here so will go and see mum tomorrow, also our clocks go forward tonight an hour for Spring Time yippee more daylight :)

Mike thinks it is from licking, I am not so sure now it has come to a point. It is not inflamed so will keep an eye on it. Will mention it next week when we catch up. Not going to contact him again over the weekend or he will really think I have lost it :eek:

Lazy so far, but it is only 10.30am... think our clocks change next weekend. I hate it, dark earlier then bam freezing cold... well I guess not by your standards but cold enough for me!! We only go below zero during the night, or perhaps a bit first thing in the morning if there is frost. So I cannot complain really.

Might be having a doggy play date later to catch up with a friend and her Golden Dougal. He always appoints himself Flynn's protector if we go for a walk, he is a big galumph!! Dougal's had mast cell tumours removed x2 and is on mistletoe treatment and seems to be doing well, he is another Mike patient and they love him too!!

What you got your Mum? Our Mother's Day is in May.

Could it be lick granuloma that he has, I,ve know a few dogs with it over the years, it is easily rectified.

Yeah I hate when its dark in the mornings and dark at night, so glad its getting lighter now. We still have rain everyday at the moment, if we don,t get it in the morning we have it in the afternoon. I suppose it would be cold over there to you, but to me it would be like our summer :p I so hope we get something resembling a summer this year, it wasn,t too bad last year. I,ve got Mum a new top, flowers and chocolates for her mothers day, she never wants anything but tough she,s getting it :)

Oh Flynn has a protector that,s funny and another Dr Mike supporter. I,m just getting used to the fact that Mac is great with other dogs as Woody wasn,t, its great to see him run and play in the park with the other dogs.:eek:

Maybe that, he said something about how they lick it so much it pushes the hair follicles backwards into the tissue and it sets up the inflammation.

Yes, it is nice when they play with other dogs. I am a bit selective about how I let him play with though!! He is wary of big black dogs in particular so we take a wide berth around them. I think they need to socialise if they can, all part of the dog worthy life!! It is not good when they are kept on their own a lot of the time, but that is hard when you are virtually housebound with the weather you have had up in the Northern Hemisphere. Flynn does not think he needs a protector, if they are loose walking Dougal tries to herd him... but Flynny thinks if there is any herding to be done he will do it himself thanks very much and starts ignoring Dougal!

Awww your Mum will secretly like all those gifts, my parents are the same... no, don't get me anything, I don't need anything etc etc but they polish off any lollies I get them or any other treats!

There saying it has been the wettest winter since records began and I can believe that. Mel is getting sunshine :mad: maybe I should move down her way if I want better weather. I,ve been trying to cut the grass all week but each time I bring the lawnmower out it blinkin rains. Its suppose to be nice tomorrow so hopefully will get it cut then, it is rather long now :eek:

You can get strips that you put over the spot and it has a horrible taste so when the dog licks it, the taste deters him from doing it again can,t remember the proper name, but maybe Flynn would like the taste hee hee. Bruno my old dog went through a stage of chewing the wall in the house like the wall paper and the actual wall, I tried everything to get him to stop and someone told me to put mustard on it, as its quite nippy tasting the dog would stop ..... nope Bruno loved the taste :eek:

Oh god did you have to mention lawn mowing!!! I hate it and it MUST be done today as my bin has to go out tonight. Dad usually does it for me, but I don't want him doing that right now!! Honestly my lawn is only about 10x10m but boy does it grow fast :mad::mad: Plus I have an old dunger of a mower and keep thinking I should buy a new one, but keep finding other things to spend my money on... namely Flynn!

LOL at Bruno eating the mustard wall :D:D jeez how nasty must that have tasted, that was one determined dog!! That stuff sounds like what you put on finger nails to stop chewing them!

Speaking of Mel... where is she?????????????? MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish my garden was that size my back garden is 200 ft long and about 30 ft wide its massive, and I also have a front garden but its tiny.

Yeah where is Mel I,ll call her MEL, MEL, MEL, we,re here where are you :D

Ohhh it worked I see her LOL YAY Mel, I am a bit more awake to talk to you today, hope Saturday has gone well and Boyce's paw is OK :)

Hello hello

Am here, was sitting with the wee man as he is not quite right on that leg, seemed to want me near which isn't him at all so it must be a bit sore.

I have been carrying his lardy bum up and down the stairs so he doesn't aggravate it. Boy is he heavier than his sister she was a feather in comparison. He is walking better so I think he has just tweaked something.

Why was Bruno eating the wall?

Hey Mel

You heard me. Oh poor Boysie, hoping the leg is getting better, he may just be being lazy and wanting you to carry him lol.

Bruno eat the wall when we think he was teething, it was around the time his back teeth where coming in so the vet thought that was why. He was a silly dog, we ended up giving him a babies teething ring you know the ones you freeze.

Okay, I am royally jealous!!! You people are hogging Mel!:eek::eek: Don't think I didn't notice!!!! Lol ;) Xxxxx

He would prefer me not to carry him, he hates it. I have given him no choice as I don't want him to aggravate it. Tia didn't mind getting a lift, she loved being carried :D

Bless him. I did smile when I read about Mac being an early bird now. His parents will not love you.

Doggie date with Dougal sounds fun, very Scottish name :D. Are mum and dad doing ok today?

Oh Kathy hang around in here we will share her with you promise :D

Hey Kathy. I read about the earthquake in LA, that's the second one in as many weeks! Hope it wasn't near you guys?

Checked out Rosie's pic, she looked very cute with her toy. Are you doing ok? Xxx

Yes Mel I don,t think I will be popular with Mac,s owners when they come home. His owners are retired and tend to sleep late oops. I will warn them when the come home or maybe I won,t :p

Wow Tracy, your sister lost her sister in law and your brother lost his father in law, this week. The sibs are having a rough go of it. :(

Mistletoe treatment, never heard of that one. Is that for cancer cells?

Cool, Flynn seems happy and energetic this morning. Hopefully you'll get a play date in and some friend time today. Funny about the herding thing. Who will will herd who.

We've been very lazy over all. Molly was snuggled up with me on the couch with the blankets just watching tv and chilling.

Oh poor Boyce, hopefully that leg will be right in no time. :(

I thought I had posted this like an hour ago and got distracted and must have not pushed post. LOL

hugs all,
Sharlene and molly muffin

WOops, sorry got x2 phone calls lol.... they ok, Mum just said he is a bit cranky and is outside sweeping leaves. She is worried he is doing too much but worried about annoying him... I will go around later and I do not worry about annoying him... daughters can do that right?!?

Kathy, where you gone? Come chat with us if you got time!! Love seeing you and your another one I love to chat with!! :D We will share Mel haha...

Off course daughters can do that, my dad always used to say he never needed my mum to nag him when I was around as I was worse than she was :p Is mum doing all right now after her scare ?

He is probably pissed off with being so restricted, I can't say I blame him I make the worst patient. Yes I think it's your right as his daughter to do what is required and he is used to it with you :D

Kathy where did you go? It's hangout day/night on Trish and Flynn's thread x

Lets all call her, it works for me and you Mel lol

Kathy, Kathy come on back this is the place to be tonight :D

Kathy Kathy Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaathy... come baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!! I heard about that earthquake too... it was only 2km deep so must have felt pretty big to those close by. Yikes, scary.

He is not usually the cranky type, but every now and then he will say to both of us that we pick on him lol. Mum said on his shopping trip yesterday he brought lots of lollies so now she worried he not eating properly. He has to have bloods rechecked tomorrow. We have had such an excellent physician looking after the medical side/infection but now he just left for a months holiday. He is South African and is going to a conference and then to Africa and taking his kids. He made it sound so idyllic when he was telling us about his, his family have a holiday home on the coast, must be a bay and he said at night the dolphins and whales come in to rest and he goes to sleep hearing the whales slap their tails on the water... sigggggggggggggggh! :) Sounds just like what we all need!