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

Good luck tomorrow Trish! Hope it all goes smoothly and that BP is coming back on down again. I think we could all do with a little less stress between us. Take it easy, don't work too hard. :cool:

Not sure if you can get Culturelle (human probiotic)- our holistic vet some years ago had me give it to Zoe. I just bought a prescription probiotic from GP vet- bloody fortune - supposed to help kidneys, ha, not sure of that claim- it seems to be helping her poo though the first two days, it was strange, we are not yet on full dose. I always start at half dose for five days to see how Zoe reacts to it. You have to give it a few weeks to see if the bacteria will colonize or not.


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That blinking bird has a lot to answer for! Hope he is starting to perk up. Also hope all the family are well...

Good luck for tomorrow

Big hug, bum scratches for Flynny

Mel
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Hi Trish!
I just said that I have been so selfish these past few weeks!I'm only just beginning to be able to read others threads.Here you are going thru such a hard time with Flynny and yet you have been so kind to me!:).I'm so sorry that he has not been feeling well.I hope he gets good news tomorrow.I miss speaking with you in the early am but I've been sleeping later the past few days.Hope to catch you this am so you can update us about Flynny.Lots of love to you and Flynny tomorrow and "paws up"!:D:D.

Hi everyone... thanks for the good wishes, they must have worked.

BP is really good, Flynny stayed the day there. I packed his blankie and snacks. Got up real early and took him for a good walk before I dropped him in. The vet did his BP four times through the day (he does 7 recordings each time, drops the highest and lowest and averages the rest) So they came out at 135, 133, 127, 131!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee so pleased :D:D:D So he is to stay on amlodine and benzapril. Vet was so delighted he gave me a hug when I got there to pick him up today :) He now thinks it is much less likely to be pheo recurrence with the BP going down without using the phenoxybenzamine. Plus, he knew how worried I was and was sending me texts through the day for progress reports. Nice guy.

I do not have UPC result yet, but he said his in house testing looked better than last time but it is not as accurate as external lab so hopefully that will show improvement too.

We talked about the scatching, no lesions except small hot spot on tail. He thinks it is allergies from plant material with all the mouse hunting he has been doing. He thought maybe very low dose prednisone and antihistamine would be worth a try. After being in this group I am reluctant to give him prednisone if we can get away without it, so we are trying plain antihistamine first. But tonight is the best he has been since the tummy issues/bird drama on Sunday, I nearly did not give it as have not seen him scratching too much but will decided to give him a couple of days worth to really knock it on the head. It is Loratadine. I also got more Losec for his tummy, he can have it daily. But seems to do ok on it once every 2/3 days.

He could not see any mouth ulcers, I had a look with him and he thinks what I was looking at in his mouth was a normal skin fold.

Lastly, pain from arthritis. We both agree to keep him off NSAIDs. So he has given me a low dose of Tramadol to try. Unfortunately it is a capsule, 50mg. I have to give him a quarter of it twice a day. (please if anyone reads this you must never split cushings capsules as that is dangerous and it can be bad for both your dog and you coming into contact with those drugs) but with Tramadol he said it is ok to split. If it works and we do it long term I will get it compounded.

Thursday night is our homemade fish n chip night and the whole family congregates at Mum and Dad's. He was so perky, lately he has just wanted to lay about getting over his tummy problems. But tonight he was dashing about seeing everyone and even gave Elle the Siamese a push :D:D. Mum has bought her a pussy harness lead and I had put it on her to try it out and she did not like it one bit. Flynn was keeping a close eye on proceedings and thought if she had a leash on he should have his on too and we should all go for a walk and he starting barking the house down :eek::eek: the cat would not budge from lying down poor thing so took it back off her.

I still have to pick up probiotic too, missed the shops again today. Probably get it on weekend. Jeepers his pills going to be a nightmare.

Tramadol twice a day
Loratadine twice a day
Amlodipine twice a day
Benzapril once a day
Losec every 2/3 days
Probiotics - not sure on dose for that yet.

It is amazing how much my day improved from when the vet txt me at lunchtime to give first BP result! When he is good, I am a whole lot better!! Hope the UPC will show improvement too then it will be a really good week! xx

Hi Trish
Great news about your boy Flynny!!!What a relief that he is not even thinking its a reoccurrence of the pheo tumor!.Sounds like you had a great night with your family.It's awful how much we worry about our babies.The second we hear good news,everything in our world seems right again.:).What a great guy your vet is!I love that he text you and even hugged you!!They all could learn a little from him,some of them I've encountered in my years have just been awful!!

Anyhow,so glad Flynny is doing well and love the BP readings.Poor boy has been through enough,doesn't need anything more going on.

I just woke up and its a beautiful sunny day today-gonna get Grace out on the beach again.Hope we find some more balls-she gets so excited!!Its as if the green tennis balls that we find are so different from the green tennis balls we have at home!:D.Have a good day and hugs to you and Flynny.

HI Patty, you have just got up and I am just going to bed!! Yes it has been a good day today. So nice to get together with the family to have a good catch up!

I do have a good relationship with the vet now, but it has been a work in progress. I had a lot of trouble coordinating things after this last surgery, communication was proving difficult and I nearly fired him at one stage. But since it all came to a head and I had a mini hissy fit we worked it all out, now we have our written down plan and he now knows I like to kept in the loop and I had to realise I am not his only patient :eek: He is honest, lets me know if he is not sure on anything and consults with specialists at pet hospital when needed. Now I get phone calls regularly, email contact frequently and even txts! So I am very happy and I think he is happy too. He was genuinely happy to see his BP down today.

Hope you have a good stroll down the beach and Gracie finds some balls! I bought Flynn some new balls last week, they are the Kong brand. They look like normal albeit colourful tennis balls but they got a squeaker inside them. Plus they are covered in non toxic fluff, someone on here told me when I had mentioned Flynny loved ripping the green stuff off the balls that it is quite abrasive on their teeth. He has not managed so far to bite right though these new balls so I dunno how that squeaker thing is built in, but he has happily gone back to his tennis ball peeling ways!

RIGHT bed for me!! Or I will be a bigger grumpy pants than usual in the morning... say Hi to Mel for me when she pops in, yay Friday tomorrow, my favourite day at work!! See ya on the weekend :) xx

Goodnight and sweet dreams!My day is just beginning.We truly are on opposite ends of the world.Well,you've prob solved the mystery of Gracie's teeth.She just got them cleaned last month and had to have 2 extractions!-she has been fascinated with tennis balls since she was a baby!She can smell them a mile away.She has dived under parked cars when walking and I've said "what are you doing Gracie?" and sure enough,up comes a tennis ball in her mouth!!I'm sure they have not been kind to her teeth however!I may try to get another type of ball for her.Knowing her,she will spit it out because she wants the "green" one!:).

Sounds like you just had to "train" your vet!:D.I'm sure you will sleep alot easier knowing that Flynny got great news!All that worrying makes us so sick!Hugs to you and Flynny.

Woo hoo doing the happy dance :D arent those numbers in the near normal range if I am not mistaken?

And he is back to raging around too with the family. That is so awesome

These are the best kind of updates and long may it continue. Maybe I will catch you at stupid o'clock your time early doors mine. I am so pleased to hear this news for you all

2013 is going to be his lucky year

Mel
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