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

Me too, waiting with you!!!

Ok, home from work, stopping by to say hi and give belly rubs to our boy Flynn.

Did he kiss any cows on the way to Auckland? Maybe this year Santa will bring him his cow:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I am going for a good news November, we aren't having any more bad Novembers!!!!!

Wow, did I tell you we saw your number 10 but then I thought maybe someone else was wearing the 10 jersey for the game:confused::confused::confused:

Anyway, this weekend I am shopping online for my very own sweatshirt or jersey. Maybe Koko will get one too;)

So, now my foot is tapping away too, tap, tap, tap. Waiting is the pitts.

love you both and kisses to our energizer doggie with the amazing batteries.:):):):):)

I'm still here too. Who has the chocolate? Sharlene has popcorn.;)

Tracy usually has some chocolate! She might be sleeping now though. hmmm..she is good about sharing it though. Oh Addy always have chocolate!!

Good to know Sharlene. It is still early here. It is three hours later on the East Coast. Thank goodness I still have Halloween candy left over. It's better than nothing. Lol :D

hmm, I took one box of candy into the office, but might have some more around here. Not many trick or treaters were out for Halloween. It was cold and raining. :(

Still hanging in with you Trish.

hugs

Well Trish, it's been a long day and I'm getting pretty tired. I'm signing out for a little while, but will check back in during the night.

Sending tons of love and hugs to you and butt scratches for my boy. xxxxxooooo

OMG I feel terrible... I have been out all day and you all been here sending us your good wishes... well the GOOD NEWS is they worked... they had rung me at 1.30 and said they not in yet but will be in touch as soon as they are. So now at 5.45 the IMS, not the one we usually see as he not there on Friday but had arranged this one to give me any news... emailed this
"The cytology result from Wednesday looks very benign with no evidence of bleeding, cancer, inflammation or infection. I will have these e-mailed to you shortly.

Any significant bone in the stomach of a dog should show on ultrasound and I have never seen a fishbone cause a problem once it gets into the stomach.

I can't really help you to understand any better the symptoms that he is showing from this distance and without having more detail to hand. If you think he is deteriorating then returning to your own clinic, or to the AEC here in Auckland over the weekend might be appropriate and we can pick up the investigation on Monday.

Otherwise watchful waiting may be the best step to see if this is a developing situation or has resolved."

So for now we have good news, I just hope he feels more comfortable soon as he is still a little off. Maybe it is just the IBD playing up and making him uncomfortable.

I really want to see that histology report with my own eyes to see if it gives any clues to what the mass is exactly. I can send my questions to our IMS when he is back in the office on Monday. But I will take this good news for now with bells on.... :D

Looking around to see if anyone dropped any chocolate or popcorn... Hell its Friday night, I need a wine!! Thanks all!! xxxxx

YAYYYYY! Good news!

Whew! Sooooo glad! :) Now I can go to bed. xxxxoooo

Haha Kathy, get to bed young lady, it is way past time for you :D I still do not have the report to know what this all means, but I am liking that benign word. The other day the IMS said even benign ones can still cause problems if they grow to big... especially where this was located next to the pylorus and it might have to come out. But surely that will not be a real big operation.

I think he said something about rescanning in that scenario, to see if it is growing, or if symptoms developed then of course something would need to be done. But I guess I will know more when I get a chance to talk to him next week about what we need to do moving forward. Remembering his liver masses are likely benign and look at all the problems they have caused!

He does have lumps and bumps over him, millions of lipomas, little cysts and warty things.... god I am making him sound like a dog witch... he is very pretty :cool: so this must just be a lump that is more internal.

Hey Addy, I have changed his avatar to "Kissing the Cow" just for you!! You have a good memory, I was going to buy him a cow last Christmas but never found one!! Maybe I will spot one somewhere this time, although it would be fair to say he is not short on toys :rolleyes:

If you spotted the No 10, wonder which one it was ;)..you going to buy an All Black shirt? wow I am impressed, even I do not have one of them lol Koko will look good in one... Flynny's one is a knitted jersey that I found on our auction site and the lady knitted one just for him and it has a little football shaped button on it too... we love you too sweet!! xx

I love that picture!

Yay best news ever. Flynn has broken the November curse well done boy.

I did have chocolate but I ate it and fell asleep oops

Ah, thank goodness I can give my foot tapping a rest!! :p

Such good news about our boy, Trish, and I still have Halloween candy to spare if anybody wants some choco just to celebrate. ;) :)

Hooray for Flynn! :)

~~whew~~ Now, Flynny, no more scares, ok? Lots of old feeble folk here and we can't take all this excitement! :p

SO GLAD things turned out as well as they have.

A BIG RED

HURRAH:D:D:D:D:D;);):p

made my weekend!!!!!!!!

Maybe it is just his IBD flaring or maybe he got into something in the garden or on a walk? Has it been very hot???


I LOVE the new avatar!!!!!!!!!!

I'm very glad about the report too. Hope Flynn will feel back to normal very soon.

This is just fabulous! We need all the good news we can get! :)

I have to say Flynn's thread is filled with nerves and very high glee, as he has come through surgeries and biopsies with flying colors. (well other than the one they left the swab inside him and had to go back in and take it out, but then he healed up just fine and dandy)

It's kind of interesting to look back at the journey. It's been a doozy and keeps on going!! :) :)

hugs

Oh yeah, the curse is broken haha Tracy!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I have just slept the sleep on one given good news, so must have Flynny as never heard a peep out of him. We both sure needed that!!

Addy, think you are quite right. He did eat that rotten fish up the beach that really upset him 3 weeks back. Pain, vomiting, diarrhea... trip to vet, stormogyl and poops not quite right ever since. So, as much as I hate to do it to him it will be leash walks only up there as he is not be trusted. I have another park I can take him too and let him have a run there.

If anyone knows a good renal, liver, IBD, anti cancer diet please let me know :D:D as it looks like we need to change it up a bit. A question for IMS next week when we catch up, hopefully they have access to a pet nutritionist up there.

Thanks for all the well wishes.... lots of happiness here for all Flynny's Aunties and friends!! xxxx

Aww, sleep deep dear friend and relax:):):):):):)

They want $150 for rugby All Blacks jersey???:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: zowie!!!!!!!

If you and Sharlene are doing a road trip you may just have some extra time. They are bringing city water to our street to the tune of $20,000 per house and roads will be torn up for 4 months.:eek::eek::mad:

Not sure what we will or can do now:(:(:(:(

Enjoy what is left of your weekend!!!

Wowzer, 150 bucks... bugger that! :D:D I heard they were expensive, probably Adidas getting their cut!! Just wave our black flag like I do!!

Now if you are a true All Blacks fan you will be getting up with me at 3am to watch the game live vs England in the morning :D:D Well it won't be 3am for you... it will be 8am your time, much more sociable lol xx

Love the pic with the cow!!! Hope you all are doing ok!

hi Trish...just catching up on posts...I see I have missed a whole lot here with Flynn giving a bit of a scare! Glad to have gotten to the good news post!! You are so right, it would not be fair at all for Flynn to have anything serious to deal with. He has already done it all, and with such success too, but no more!! It does sound like the dead fish had stirred up some major gastric upset...that makes sense! These pups will really eat anything they find that smells, won't they??
Hoping you have a good weekend...also hoping Flynn is feeling good. I'm going to continue reading posts...seems a lot is going on with everyone! :)

Barbara

Hi Barbara

So lovely to see you!! Yes, Flynn does like to keep us on our toes. But hopefully all good for him, just took him for a run in the school next door and boy it was good to see him running like the wind again!! Have not seen him that energetic in a few weeks so good he getting his mojo back :)

Jas, thx for popping in.. that pic was taken a year ago the day before he had a liver resection removing a big tumour!! Pretty cute, everyone thought I should buy him a cow for Christmas but could not find him one!! My Mum thought that Flynn was just checking for any crumbs around the cows mouth or deciding if he like his beef medium rare :D:D

xx

Hi Trish,

Well, looks like I just missed you by a bit, darn. I was so happy to read about the biopsy results. What a huge relief. No histology report yet I am guessing? Sounds like the little man is feeling much better now too. I didn't know that he had eaten more rotten fish off the beach just a few weeks ago. :eek: That little guy! It is so disgusting the things they will eat. A couple of months ago, Jasper was hovering and acting way too interested and looked like he was pawing and licking at something near the back fence. I raced back there and caught him just as he was trying to pick up a slimy decomposing frog. :eek: :eek: I was yelling "drop it!!". I'm sure I looked like a crazy person. Ewwwwwwwww, so nasty. I went and got a shovel and threw it into the field over the back fence, and I had the willies. Total ick! I wanted to wash his mouth out with soap! I did wash his face and paws. :p :rolleyes:

Yep, looks like you broke the November curse, and we broke the September curse, love it!! Count me in for the road trip, I think I am about a days drive or so from Addy, and I love NYC. Haven't been for ages. Hey, I saw that the All Blacks were on early this morning, but I don't get the sports channel that the game was on. I did see that they won the game, boy that score sure was a lot closer than the USA game! :o

Well, better go find Jasper's latest lab results and notes to get an update together for him. I am way overdue. Will get that posted in the morning. Jasper and Shelby are both sound asleep and snoring on the couch. Think it's time for bed for me too. Hope to catch up with you soon. xo

Hey Tina

I am still here, just been outside watering the garden. Love these Spring evenings when it is not too hot... Flynny pottering alongside me.

YAY for Jasper and Flynn breaking their curse months this year... although I should not be too premature as November is not over yet :p:D

OMG a decomposing frog.... gawd I have done that "DROP IT" yell but that just makes him gobble it faster and pick it up and run away from his harridan mother that obviously has no taste where these doggy delicacies are concerned.

I have just had 5 days off, so getting prepped for work in the morning :mad:;) Hopefully I will be emailed a copy of the histology tomorrow. I have a few questions to ask the IMS so hopefully can do that over the phone or email this week.

I will be looking out for the Jasper update with interest Tina, love to hear of him playing out in the yard like that... frogs included haha ... I have had to scoop up the odd hedgehog and toss it over the back fence too... he won't leave them alone if he finds one even when he gets spiked in the nose and mouth... stooopid terriers :D xxx

Hey, see your green light! I was just outside with everyone for the last potty break, and then I give Jasper his Denamarin now. Yes, I know November isn't over yet, just thinking positive. :) But I totally understand, I didn't feel good until September was completely over for us, so I can relate.

Well, Jasper is never off leash anywhere open anymore, and in the yard I can get to him pretty quick. Yes, I know that grab and run tactic, and then gobble and swallow before I can get there. That is maddening when they do that! Then they look at you with that look like they are so much smarter than you, I hate that!

Gosh, glad we don't have hedgehogs here or he would certainly be after those also. Lol, stoopid terriers is right! :D He has murdered a few rabbits in his day, and also has picked off a few birds as they were taking off in flight. He was quite dastardly about that in his younger years. It is so hard for me to believe that he did those things because he is so sweet. He still tries to stalk birds and rabbits if he gets a chance, he just isn't as fast as before. Definitely a terrier thing.

Sorry about having to go back to work, but glad you had 5 days off. I don't know when I am going to be able to take some time off, we are so busy all the time. :(

Plan to post an update on my little man in the morning. His last report was mostly pretty good, but there were some labs that weren't that wonderful. xo

Haha that made me laugh... they sound very similar our boys, Flynn has not caught a rabbit but he did get a chicken once, little murderers and he has snapped the odd bird out the air and of course if Elle the cat brings one in he thinks she has brought him a present and takes it off her!! :eek::eek:

I did take him off leash in the school as there are not usually dead things in there. I do like him to have a good run to exercise, I think it helps him and good to keep him fit as possible while we still can.

His creatinine had gone up in the last labs, still only mid range normal. But it had always been low, so think I will give him another few weeks of hopefully being good and redo the UPC and bloods. I am also going to ask the IMS about maybe increasing his benzapril to see if we can drive that UPC even lower. Although he was happy with those results. But I really do not want to see that Creatinine trending upwards.

Yes, they are a lot alike, aren't they. I love how he takes things from Elle, that is too funny. :D

I know what you mean about the creatinine. Jasper's is typically on the low side of normal also, but for a while there it was trending up and had gone past the middle of the normal range. I think it went down for a time or two, and now is right at the mid point of the normal range. So I am watching that also. I will have to check to see if the last result was up from the time before or not. He is due for another UPC in early December.

That is a good plan asking about increasing the Benazepril. I know our vet has said that we have room to increase Jasper's enalapril if necessary. It makes me a little nervous thinking about that as he has done well on the current dose. And there is a concern that a higher dose could cause the BUN and creatinine to go up. Hopefully that won't happen.

Well, I better head to bed, I have tons to do tomorrow so need to get up somewhat early, Lol! :)

Have a good sleep Tina, sounds like Jasper and Shelby are already ahead of you in the sleeping department, enjoy your Sunday and I will be checking Jaspers thread for his update tomorrow... so nice to see you, you have been missed around here!! xxxxx :)

Aww, thanks Trish. :) I try to keep up with reading, but I have been seriously lacking with posting. I need to get better with that. Good to chat and catch up a bit, miss you too.

Yes, both pooches snuggled in blankets on the couch and sawing logs! :) :p

Have a good Monday, and see you again soon. xo

Hi all

IMS rang today to discuss our plans for Flynn. While this 1cm mass appears to be benign on the biopsy, some of those lesions can grow. I thought it was in the muscle layer OUTSIDE the stomach, but turns out its not and it is within the layers of the stomach. It is by the pylorus so if it did grow it has the capability of obstructing his stomach which obviously would not be good. He told me they have to take care operating on dogs stomachs as you cannot take as much tissue as you would in a human, so if it is showing signs of growing it is better to get it out sooner rather than later. So our plan is to rescan in six weeks and if it is growing they will operate and remove it then. STINK!! Cannot believe that we are looking at more surgery for the little man. So fingers crossed it vanishes like his target liver mass that they saw earlier in the year and were worried about, no sign of that now... so hopefully this one will bugger off too :D:rolleyes::mad:

There is still a chance it could be related to trauma (fish bone, chicken satay stick) in which case it probably won't grow.

He seems fine, tummy settling down. Still some mucous on his poops so not totally right but definitely better.

I am weaning him off his pain relief and have not given him any tonight. So hopefully tomorrow he will be OK without it.

Trish xxx

Fooey. Not exactly what we wanted to hear. Hope it doesn't grow any and he won't need surgery. Poor Bo has done that enough.
Still can't have blockage so not much choice. We will just go with the no growth

So what is the new protein plan to be? Can he go back to one that worked before?

Come on Flynn man. Paws up buddy.

Hugs

My goodness. :( Not at all what we wanted to hear. What is it with Flynny and tumors?! Tell him to stop making them NOW, 'k? Bless your heart, I can only imagine what you thought when you heard this news. :( I am praying it is the trauma and there is an easy fix. Let us know how he is doing...and how you are doing.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Damn November!!!!! :o:(

I am so sorry to hear this news Trish. :o at least it as found while small, so his prognosis is good.

Big hugs for you and butt scratches for our wonder dog.

I hope it's trauma too! Paws crossed! Poor little guy.

Thanks girls, I know .... another one!! Is sure weird going in so worried about his liver and getting this news. I sure hope it comes to nothing too, but it will be a nervy trip for his next scan.

I am still trying to hook up with a pet nutritionist, seems they are few and far between here. Hesitant finding one online as they mostly out of NZ so I think it would be difficult with the different products and foods available in different countries so it would be great to find someone local, so the search goes on.

He has had a pretty good day without pain relief so hopefully he will not need it regularly now his IBD is settling somewhat, still not perfect but hopefully we get back there soon. I can tell when he is sore, he gets twitches much much worse than the normal foxie trembling. So keeping an eye on him. That previcox works so darn well, but it just makes me nervous using it for too long with his liver/renal issues. So if he needs any more I am going to stick to the Tramadol. xxx

Well darn Trish, I agree, not exactly the news I was wanting to hear either. However I am beyond thrilled with the benign part, I just don't like the part where it's possible that it could grow. Of course that is worrisome, especially because of the location. I will absolutely be keeping fingers crossed that it heals and vanishes, or at the very least doesn't grow a bit.

I think the scan in six weeks is a good idea, don't want to take too much time there before it gets rechecked just in case. I don't know why, but I have a good feeling in my gut about this and that it won't grow. I hope my gut is right! Our little man definitely deserves a break. Only positive thoughts here.

Is he still doing well without the pain relief? And how's his tummy doing? Sorry I can't help about a pet nutritionist, I don't know anything at all about that unfortunately.

Hope to catch up with you a bit later. :)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo