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

Goodnight Mel and remember to change your clocks :D Hope Boysie leg gets better soon. I better head off too, didn,t realise the time :eek:

As ever great to catch up, enjoy the rest of whats left of the weekend Trish

xx

Night girls, now I have no excuse but to go mow the lawn.. so you can think of that while you are nodding off in your comfy beds!! I hope Boyce feels no pain tomorrow and is bouncing around just fine! Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep Mac, till 9am at least!!! Bye bye, talk soon! xxxxxx

Sorry for disappearing. I have two seniors here. They need things done like yesterday!

I am about 90 miles south of the quake area. There were actually three quakes within one hour. 3.6, 5.1 and 3.6. I didn't feel it. The little ones occur so often, that I am oblivious to them. I've lived here all my life, so I'm desensitized. There have only been a few over the years that have scared me. Yes, there are faults up and down the state. That's why many still believe that someday California was going to fall off into the ocean. It could actually happen, but probably not in my lifetime. Then again, I haven't been too lucky lately.:eek::eek::eek:

I'd love to chat more, but the seniors are calling. Love you guys. Xxxxx

Hi Trish,
Darn, I see I missed out on a good chat last night! Such a busy weekend, I haven't been able to hardly be on the forum. :( I'm finally popping back about Flynn's lab results.

The main thing that I wanted to add was regarding the UPC. My vet said that the ratio fluctuates and if we were to get a sample on a different day, it may be a little lower or higher. I think Mike has said the same thing about it varying, hasn't he? Also, I too am wondering if maybe Flynn's pancreas was a little inflamed since the Lipase was up a bit. We know that can cause elevations in ALT.

So hopefully his UPC will be lower the next time as his situation is different than Jasper's. Unfortunately for Jasper, it sounds like my vet is not really hopeful that his will decrease due to the nature of his illness and the cause of his proteinuria. Our discussion of his labwork was a little discouraging for me, I need to post an update on our thread.

Overall, I had a pretty tough week with Jasper with several issues unrelated to his illness, so haven't had a chance to post yet. Not to mention work has been wicked.

Happy to read that your Mum and Dad are hanging in there. I sure wish your Dad's hip would settle once and for all. I love the pic of Flynn on the new throw. He is so cute. It is the same in my house, all blankets belong to Jasper and Shelby, I am just allowed to use them once in a while! :)

I better get back to bed, have to go in early to work in the morning.

Hugs from me and Jasper, and a scratch for Flynn xo

Hi girls!!

Just a little update on Flynn, he is doing fine. Full of beans, he does not seem to realise the heart failure he puts me through!! Which, I guess, is a good thing :D That's why they have pet Mum's like us, to do the worrying, pay the vet bills and provide the nom nom's!!

Anyway, Mike rang again tonight for a chat. He went over how this rise in ALP/ALT is not unexpected with Prednisone and it could have gone even higher :eek::eek: glad it didn't but god knows what it has gone up to in the past week! I would rather not know. He also said this is not doing his liver any harm being high. He doubts the rise is due to liver nodule growth as we only had scan 6 weeks back. Flynn had his last dose of pred yesterday. We are going to retest him in two weeks and see what is happening. I feel a lot calmer this week about it all after going over the in's and out's of it. He also said the rise in CK, cholesterol etc fits in to the typical picture for this elevation. And Tina, yes he did say that about UPCR being affected too, plus the odd IBD flare has been enough to put that up in the past.

This is a couple of articles I found by googling high ALP in dogs on steroids:

• Glucocorticoids: In dogs, increased total ALP is due mainly to synthesis of the C-ALP isoform. Marked increases are possible (50-100 fold). Total ALP may remain high for three to six weeks, depending on the drug preparation administered (ie, short-acting vs. depot forms). Interestingly, it takes approximately 10 days for C-ALP to be induced by corticosteroids; therefore the initial increases in total ALP with corticosteroid administration is due to increases in the L-ALP, and not the C-ALP, isoform. (Cornell University)
• Typical findings include hepatomegaly, diffusely hyperechoic hepatic parenchyma on ultrasonography, steroid hepatopathy on
  hepatic biopsy, moderate to marked increases in total ALP (3 to 64 times upper limit of normal), mild to moderate increases in ALT and GGT (2 to 6 times upper limit of normal) with little to no increase in AST (< 2-fold increase).

http://www.veterinaryteambrief.com/s...tantoncall.pdf

I have been in touch with the IMS office, I have the 3 days off between Easter and Anzac Day public holidays this year which gives me a nice 10 days off starting on Good Friday 18th April YAY!! But I think most of the NZ working population has the same idea and the IMS is away too. :mad: He said I could take Flynn up that week and he could have his scan and he would call me the following week with results... nope do not like that idea. If I have to drive all the way up there I do want him to actually see and assess Flynny. I have asked if the other IMS who we met during Flynn's surgery and is really good could see him, but with all those public holidays they are expecting emergency cases so he is booked out! :mad: I have pleaded with the receptionist to squeeze us in somewhere and even tried to bribe her with my homemade peanut brownies!! :D:D So I am waiting for her to call me back, if that is not possible I will have to take more time off the following week and go up then.

Flipping heck, I am glad its Friday tomorrow. I am taking Dad to a big rugby match on Saturday, he is doing good and is back to taking Flynny for short walks each day. His renal tests this week and nausea are a lot better after stopping the Co-trimoxazole he was on. Phew!

xxxxxx

Trish,
So not bad news for Flynn. To be expected. Prednisone does a number on people too. Dad was diabetic when he was taking it.

Happy that grandpa can take Flynn for walks again!

Hi Trish-
Just wanted to stop by on your thread to say "Hey!" I'm so glad your Dad is doing so much better. Wow-ten days in a row off. I think I should have worked over there! ;) I haven't seen the picture yet-and I know if I go look now I'll lose this, so I'll go look as soon as I finish.
Cutting grass, eh? Our first cut will happen late next week. I hope to get out today and feed my plants and spray my weeds so that's done before we leave on our cruise. When we return, hopefully everything will be lush and green and the temperatures much warmer. The people around here are telling me it was really a miserable winter.
Belly rub for Flynn! :D
Hugs,
Susan

Hi Trish

So all good news then hip hip hooray. I,m glad your dad is getting out and about and is feeling much better :D

Great that Mike has been in touch and has put your mind at ease. I,m off for 10 days at Easter too I can,t wait, but our company shuts down for the week before Easter to do routine maintance, so I,m off from the 14th :p

Hope to catch up with you at the weekend. :)

Oh man I am so jealous! I'd love to be off anything Like 10 days. Easter for us in Canada is 3 days. Fri, Sat, Sun

Major great that your dad is good enough to get out and walk with the Flynn-man. How cool is that for both of them. Oh wow a match. Your dad will definitely like that!

That local Mike. Every time he says something I think we all give a big sigh of admiration for him. You can just tell him you have a dog group of peeps who thinks he's the bow wow of vets. ROFL!!

Did the begging and bribery work? did you get an appointment? :) :)

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

I agree with Sharlene...Mike should know that all the posters on the forum are crazy for him!! :p I dream of a vet like Mike!! :D If I had someone like him helping with Trixie's treatment, I don't think I would complain about the bills so much!!
Anyway good news there about Flynn and your Dad. You should feel a bit more at ease.
I bet they squeeze you in at the IMS...I think the brownie bribe is going to work. :D :D
Have a great weekend!

Barbara

Hi all

Sitting here relaxing and chilling out, IT's FRIDAY!! It was very cool at work today, you know how I mentioned the big rugby match I am taking Dad to tomorrow night?! Well, the team which is based in Wellington, came to the hospital today to say hi to the kids and my team just happened to be on that ward at the time!! EXCITING! I love this team, I think I was the biggest kid of them all and had my photo taken with a few of them, I know, I am so embarrassing lol... I have put in the album. Man, they are big guys and so friendly! So now I will be cheering even louder tomorrow night when we see them run onto the park, (especially the nice huggy one :)) they are playing a team from South Africa (the Bulls) :D:D

Well the rest of the day was a bit dull compared to that haha... kinda tired after the boy had me up at 3am, you think I could go back to sleep, NOT ugh! So I think I will be asleep on the couch before long.

He is good again today, I am just tiring him out throwing a tennis ball across the lounge through the hall and into my bedroom, he is chasing it barking all the way, he is a great fetcher :) Haven't heard back from the IMS office yet, hopefully early next week or I will call them again. Thanks for the nice comments on Mike!! He is a treasure indeed, I think we hear of so many bad vets on here it is nice to be able to report on a good one! He never charges for phone calls or when I contact him via email or txt, so your right Barbara with that excellent followup care I do not mind paying the bills either! He kisses Flynny, and just has a lovely nature with him and he most certainly is in it for the pets wellbeing and not fleecing money, so there are good ones out there and I was lucky enough to get him! I will share though :D:D

Sharlene, we get Monday off as Easter public holiday too... :D hey Tracy, you got time off we should meet halfway!! Thailand! x

Evening

I googled and I think I found out you won 25-20 woo hoo, always great to go to a live game and the cherry is to win. Bet you and your dad were cheering that would have done him the power of good getting out and doing something together, hope you both had a fantastic time :D

Great that dad is feeling better to take Flynn, these things will all help him get better. So pleased the boy is up to his antics and living the good life.

The smog did make it here much to our disgust, I limited Boyce's walks as it was making people ill and I didn't want him to be affected. I think a bit got in my eye as it was very sore swollen and red yesterday but looks better today. Pleased to report his leg seems ok, he doesn't help himself as he will insist on kicking his legs out after every toilet he is such a boy!

Will be about for a bit but if I don't catch you I will come back later xxxx

Hey Mel!! Yep you have the right game, that was the score!! Yippeee we won :D:D Bit of a close game though, so was exciting right till the end!! Ohhh and my new fave player Andre Taylor, the one with his arm around me in the pic in the album, scored our only try :)... so he is definitely a star :D Where we sit is right on the aisle going up to the coachs box, so we see them all climb the stairs to get to their spots. I dunno if you even follow rugby but the SA coaches included Victor Matfield and man alive he is gorgeous... so I said hello as he walked past and he gave me a pat on the shoulder :eek: all the other ladies sitting around were like OMG he touched you :D:D Was pretty funny, but guess you had to be there! Dad loved it, he gets emotional when they score!! So it was a great night. Just going to make a cup of tea brb

Oh wow! A hello and a pat! whoo hooo. A google of Victor Matfield confirms gorgeous status. LOL

I'm really glad that your dad and you had a good time. I bet it was just what he needed, what you both needed. It's been pretty stressful for you for the last few weeks too. Dad, Mom, Flynn. You deserve a break too. :)

I hope you have a fantastic rest of the weekend too.

Ugh Mel, I saw pictures and was reading about the smog, horrible. Good idea to stay in as much as possible, you and Boyce. Hope you enjoy your weekend.

We're off to go furniture shopping for the new company CEO's office. So I told hubby I want to go, I love furniture shopping, and he's like, but it's not for the house! I just looked at him and said, do you not know women at all. We have opinions on other peoples things and furnishing too you know. LOL He was like, oh yea, right, go get ready. hahahaha I will not have crap furniture in our companies head dudes office. sheezzz Pride people pride. !

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

I missed you and Mel again. I'm useless on a Saturday morning for catching you two, I'm usually up and out to get Mum at that time.

I saw your picture, and you got a pat and hello you must have been all a flush lol. Glad that your dad got out and about for a while and that he is able to walk his pal.

I,ll be around for a little while if your up, my laptop isn't playing ball tonight so I'm on my iPhone. Will try and fix it

Yep, he looks even better in a nice suit too Sharlene :D:D I think Dad really liked it, I took him a bit early as he is walking slow and had to go up a couple of flights of stairs but he took his stick for a bit of extra support. Mum sent a nice type of gel cushion thing for him to sit on too, he said he was comfortable. The great try our boy scored was right in front of us so he had a birdseye view! I love the rugby, we are getting an All Blacks game in Napier in a few months too vs Argentina, the All Blacks have not played here in nearly a decade, so as we are season pass holders for our local team we get first dibs on the seats so will be there with bell's on!! :eek:

Mel, that smog is terrible... looks so thick on the news. Your poor eye! YAY glad Boycie's leg never developed into anything, Flynny jumped off the couch yesterday then limped across the lounge... but then immediately came right :eek: maybe was a dead leg from laying on it funny or something. He is such a boy with that back leg kicking too... :)

How did the shopping go Sharlene? Hope you got that office all fitted out!

Oh I'd go see the All Blacks. Every since you showed that video of them and the intimidation when they came onto the field, looking so ferocious, I've been thinking, definitely need to see these guys play.

Think the office will be set. The guy will be showing up on Monday to see what he thinks of the space with what we are ordering. I lost a few battles, won others. About right for office shopping. LOL

Then had to go out and get a gift and a card for a birthday party tomorrow. Came across some pasta bowls and a few things I really liked in another store, so success. Now I have to go pick up some popcorn, because we're in for the evening and seems we've decided we need popcorn. hahahaha

Molly is going to get another brushing and I'm going to throw on the comfy clothes. It was cool here today with flurries flying around this morning, nothing stuck though but tomorrow should be 13C and sunny, so that sounds real good to me. Perfect for a party. Oh Judi got dumped on with snow today :( She is not a happy camper. LOL Think she is ready to move to Florida!

Hope you guys all have a good day and relax a bit, curling up on the couch is what I have planned for this evening.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sounds perfect, hope Miss Molly is all prepared to have her tail played with! I am keeping away from the shops this weekend after splurging last week. Oh I do need to pop into the vets and pick up his meds and pay the bill from last week. :) Grocery shopping too, I'm on my last teabag and it has done 3 cups so far :D

Oh did you read the study about the bergamot in earl grey tea? That it had the same effect in studies as statin on lowering cholesterol?

I love earl grey and I just saw that Stash, has early grey with double the bergamot. A friend said he really liked it. I'm thinking of picking some up.

Hmmm, yes well she probably is ready, I should spray air freshener so I am ready!!! hahahaha

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Yes, I did read that!! I only drink Green Tea with Jasmine. I have never like normal tea, or coffee for that matter. Some herbals are OK. My Mum drinks only Earl Grey and her cholesterol is not good so hmmmmmm :D

I,ve so tried to like Green tea and earl grey but nope has to be Tetley tea for me nothing else will do :D

IS that Scottish Tea?

Mel, Mel, Meeeeeeeeeel the party is in Trish,s thread where are you !

Yes it is Scottish Tea, I don,t like any other kind or coffee yuk

Hi girls! Are we hanging out here, or on Tracy's thread? :D

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!! Last night when I got in from the game you were on and I sent a message, but *poof* you were gone before I got it posted lol!! Time to come back and chat!!!

Tracy's LOL... HEY TINA!!!! :D

Tina we staying here on Trish,s its all warm and cosy here :D

No it's not, its blardy cold and rainy!

Well I,m warm and cosy maybe cause I,m tucked up in bed hee hee. How about you Tina are you cosy

Well yes it is warm and cozy here..... I just looked at the latest pic!!! :D :D I love it Trish!

hehe, I am such a rugby groupie LOL. Ohhhh that reminds me when I was cleaning out my pic files I found one of my favourites of Flynny, I entered him in the weekly "Pet Parade" in the local paper for this one and he WON!! Will go pop it in!

OMG Trish I can,t believe how much he looks like Woody in that picture, except his ears are down, he looks so chilled :)

Yep Tracy, pretty cozy here. I have been napping on the couch off and on for the past couple of hours, so its all good. :D

Glad to read that you were not directly involved with the vodka return. That sounds like a pretty big deal.

Awww, Flynn up close. Thats a great pic, he is so cute. Had to look at him snoozing on the new throw again, just precious in that one.

Yeah Tina its a very costly thing to happen and could end up costing about £2 million pounds, it doesn,t help that the new owners officially took over the week before it happened, oops. I had to despatch some of the returned bottles to a company that will analysis it for us and it smelled really bad and I put my finger in it to taste it and it tasted sour yuk.

Hope nobody has sabotaged the new owners?!?! :eek::eek:

Yes, he does look a lot like Woody... they handsome boys!! I remember exactly what I was doing in that pic. We were on the way to the airport and it was Art Deco weekend in town, hence the old steam train tootling about. So we were in the car held up while the train went past. I was flying down to Christchurch for the conference that had the big earthquake!!

Oh Trish never thought of that I hope not :eek: We buy in the raw vodka from France then it is blended to the strength in our blend department, so it may well have came into the factory like that, will find out when they analysis it. I met the new owners last week, he seems really nice and was cracking jokes with us.

Oh gosh Trish, that is a good thought! It seems fishy that this kind of thing could happen accidentally on such a large scale, doesn't it?