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

Hi Trish,
catching up and thrilled Flynn's mass is benign but also praying hard it does not grow and no need for surgery! Hugs n Kisses to your adorable little man, he sure is a trooper!

Wow-I don't sign on for a minute or two and you and Flynny go to town with problems! ;) Glad to hear it's benign. Hoping it won't grow. :)
You had another five days off? Didn't you just have 6 weeks off or something like that? You guys have the right idea!!:cool:
Winter has arrived with an attitude here. We may have set a record for low temp over night. I think Sharlene and Addy are trying to get rid of their cold weather and are shooting it down this way. Less than 7 weeks 'til FL.:D:D
Hugs,
Susan

Hi all

Well November continues to suck!! He has developed a little mass on his gumline by his front teeth, it is pushing one of the small ones out of line. Mike has taken a look, doesn't know what it is but he took a photo and wants to recheck it in a couple of weeks to check growth. We could biopsy, or we could just take it out. He said it would only need a little 10min GA to whip it out along with a couple of teeth. He said it looks a lot like a benign lesion that is common in boxers, not so common in his breed.I think if he needs it out then we might wait and see what happens with his scan next month in Auckland as if they need to operate on that stomach lump then they could do the gum one at same time.

Sorry have not been about much, just a lot to deal with here at the moment. Death in the family so I have to travel to the funeral on Friday, not any of my immediate relatives but my SIL's Dad. Sad.

Have had to resort to z/d for his IBD, I am not liking that much, but luckily he is. Plus a new protein for some biscuits, duck and pear Orcana. Tramadol was not going great, he hates it so... so after much discussion with Mike he is back on the previcox and feeling a lot better for that.

Thanks for popping in, sorry not on others threads at the moment but thinking about you all... right off to work I go xxxxx

Well November is more than half way over so no new issues Flynny Boy!

Gosh Trish, you have had your hands full. Sorry to read that.

Koko and I are thinking of you and Flynn.

aww sorry to hear of the new issue. I will be keeping Flynn in my prayers for the mass to be nothing serious. HUGS

I think Flynn is another one that didn't get the memo of "no new issues".

We're going to cruise through December, get this IBD settled down and family all better, physically and emotionally and then start a new year with a positive outlook. ta da!

love and hugs

Must be your weekend, happy weekend!!!! I hope Flynn is perking up.
I just wanted to stop and say hi, I know you have a lot on your plate so wanted you to know i am thinking of you both.

Thanks for sharing a memory of Zoe. Means a lot to me.

Give our cow loving boy a smack on his lips for me , well maybe no if that growth is bothering him. Ok, a smooch on his head which he probably doesn't like.

Our Lucy at work had a small growth on her eye lid; they were able to zap it right off.

Love ya

Praying Flynn will be okay.
Sonja and Angel Apollo

Hey everyone

Thanks for your comments and well wishes, Flynn definitely did not get the memo!! He has a new sore gum area on his back tooth, vet thinks it might be an epuliis... benign. But I think it is sore and he is not liking his food. I know some of you know about our battles with IBD, so he has gone to z/d to try get on top of it, I had been giving him duck biscuits too but have stopped them as well for now and he comes right. But he is not eating well in the morning... he left his breakfast this morning and I took it over to him where he was lying... "breakfast in bed" it worked yesterday, took a wee video of him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVU3...ature=youtu.be

I just don't think he likes it :confused: he does come right and eats well later in the day. So I think I am just going to have to persevere with it for the time being, plus I just bought him a whole tray of it! But hard to tell whether it it is bad taste vs sore mouth vs IBD vs that darn mass in tummy. But I think I will rule out no 4, as we just not going there!!!!

Mike is on this weekend, might just take him in to have a look at that mouth. I did send him a photo which is why he thought it like epuliis ?sp xxx

he acts exactly like my ian when he doesn't want his food!
burry it.............
if he eats it later on the day i would be ok with it.
maybe just skip breakfast and feed it later in the day, so he is more hungry. no snacks before, just the food and when he has finished it, one super tasty treat.......
that is what works with my ian.

Poor Flynny. Can't seem to get a break poor chap. A food change again? I'd be cranky too. Add his sore mouth to the equation and no wonder he doesn't want to eat. You're right Trish, it might not taste bad, his mouth is probably sore. I refused to consider the fourth option either. Not going there! It's okay Flynny boy. I understand;) xxxooo

He did eat it all eventually, he pushed it clear under the couch.... but lucky for him I brought it out again!! I know he is getting enough as he was hoovering it up last night, just does not like it first thing which is most unlike him. He is not getting any treats at the moment as I did get him duck biscuits as novel protein but he vomited them... so now it is z/d only until he settles then I will swap in a new novel protein again. ... ohhhhh just as I type this he is back at his bowl licking the dregs so will give him a bit more now!!

Oh good, he ate some more. Dang that IBD, if that is what is bothering him. I wish there was one food that worked and he liked and no more food changes would be needed. I remember how bad it was when I would have to try to change Zoe's food, though she never had the vomiting. I can count on one hand how many times she threw up in the seven years she was with us. I always thought that weird and got super scared when she did vomit as it was so rare.

Maybe his mouth is just sore and I am thinking maybe you ran over to have Dr. Mike look at his mouth and will be back to let us know what happened.

hugs

Oh, I loved the video. Flynn is so pretty. Or should I say, handsome. I always think its its a good sign when they try to bury or hide it instead of just ignoring it. Ignoring food is when I get really worried. I'm glad he went back and finished it later. I hope they can get his mouth straightened out without too much fuss and pain. Hugs to you and your sweet boy.

He was so starving I could not bear it any longer.... so I did an experiment.

Old food on the left, z/d on the right... asked him to choose as I just did not want him starving himself having a few nibbles only... I know, I know I am a pushover.... but here is our answer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9G...ature=youtu.be

You're not anymore a pushover than the rest of us Trish.;)

Flynny loves his old food. He sure did lick that bowl clean! At least you now know that his mouth isn't too sore to eat. They never seem to like what's good for them.:o They are a lot like people that way.

Picky eaters :)

Oh Addy, I forgot to say I did pop him in to see Mike today... you were quite right about that :) he is pretty sure the new back tooth lump is nothing to worry about, he had a real good look which Flynn was not happy about. But I have to give him a total of 5 days of the antibiotics which is stormogyl which is good for mouth issues as I told him it is now looking much better than it did a couple days ago. It also contains Metronidazole . He poked the gum around the tooth and did not elicit a big pain response so he does not think the mouth is causing the eating problem.
so think we can rule that one out

He had another mucousy poop today, quite a big one and he has been panting. Funny how they are so different with their symptoms with IBD ... Flynn does vomit, not real often but when it is bad he does, he does not get real bad runny diarrhea like Zoe did but mostly just the mucousy poops but you can tell his tummy is sore.

So he will not tolerate the z/d obviously, he just plain hates it... fair enough I think it stinks too! so new plan, I am going to ask the butcher to get him some rabbits and try home cooking. he has never had rabbit, but I hear they taste like chicken and he loves that!! Guess I will just roast them, or boil them :eek::confused::eek:I will have to look up a rabbit recipe for him online, plus I am going to swap giving his liver supplement in the morning to last thing at night as I have often thought that upsets his tummy in the morning although Mike told me that is not a common side effect. Anyway, he has loved the fact he has had decent food tonight and gone to bed happier after his nightly run around the house to check no cats are lurking in his garden! Nighty nite, blah Monday nearly here already, that sucks :rolleyes: xx

He sure loves his old food, loved the video, Trish. Doesn't seem to be a sore mouth, just distaste for the new food.

Maybe home cooking is the way to go. I toyed with that idea with Zoe for awhile.

Hopefully the antibiotic with Metronidazole will set things right. Maybe it is just a flare up and maybe you dont have to change his food?? Could that be possible? In the early days, Zoe would get flare ups and a few weeks on metronidazole would set her right again and I did not have to change food. I think Barbara has a similar issue with Trixie.

Just a thought as I watch him lick that bowl clean:):):):):):)

He is beautiful! Hope he feels better!

Hi Trish....awww what's all this with Flynny!!?? Hope that benign lump just stays as is and does not cause trouble or need surgery. You know Trixie has these gastro bouts here and there. My vet gave me a script of Metronidazole and I use it as needed to control the mucousy poops and bad stuff. I can always tell stuff is going on when she wakes us at 4am and wants to go out, which happened two nights ago. Gene said the poops were not terrible but soft, I gave her half a metron and by the next afternoon she's usually back on track. In fact since I've had the pills at my disposal we haven't even had the mucousy stuff...nipping in the bud before it gets bad. After these episodes I usually give her a couple more doses until she's all firmed up again. I read online that metrod helps dogs with colitis but they are not sure why. Trixie was not diagnosed with colitis but sometimes she gets a little blood in the soft poops.
We had a terrible bout pre-Cushings a few years ago with bad poops and vomiting intermittently for weeks...they finally diagnosed a clostridium over growth...and once we eradicated it with a combo of metron and tylan she was fine! Clostridium is in all dogs but maybe with Trixie it overgrows too much...I don't know but we go thru these things here and there..but nothing has gotten out of hand now that I have the pills. Do you find the metro helps Flynn..it really works wonders with Trixie.
Hope that mouth sore goes away too!! November sounds icky for you..so good that it's almost over..on to December!! :D
Barbara

Oh my gosh...love seeing the Flynn show on video!! No doubt he hates the z/d!! He showed that for sure. :D:D Just love the taste test!! Hope you can come up with a food plan that will be what he needs to have but that he likes!
Barbara

The metronidazole has anti inflammatory properties.:):):):):)

How are things??????

Glad to see Barbara visiting!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

Yes so nice to see you Barbara and to hear Trixie is doing so well :D:D We have had a better week, tummy seems to have settled down. I ended up swapping his protein back to lamb but keeping him on the same brand as he does well on it. Seems to have done the trick *fingers crossed*.

His next scan is booked 17/12 so assess that stomach mass. So another long trip to Auckland unfortunately, but he must have the high resolution scanner so that is what we must do! Think I will stay the night this time though, although is hard as work so busy just before Christmas. Will see how I feel and how Flynny is doing at the time. Will do updated bloods and UPC on the Monday before we go up.

I have weaned him down to half a previcox with his tummy feeling better, hopefully in a couple of days if he keeps doing well I will stop it.

Mouth lump still there and I think it has grown some, but we are going to do objective assessment of that and visit for next photo next week some time. Honestly Mr Flynn, I have told him before... one thing at a time!!!!! He no listen :D:D:D But last couple of days poops have been much better, bit more a spring in his step.. so YAY!! Big hugs to all xxxxx

So glad to hear Flynn is feeling better. November is almost over so I hope we are going uphill for December.:):):):)

Christmas will soon be here. Last year Mel and I werei in to penguins!

I hope she is well, I have been missing her.

It sure felt good to be off work for five days, Monday will be hard:(

Have a good week!

OH MY GOSH.... I have missed all Flynny's anniversaries :rolleyes::eek::p But they have all been in the last couple of weeks so putting them up here at once :D:)

25th Nov 2011 - 3 years Liver Resection 650g massive hepatocellular tumour :D:D:D

3rd Dec 2012 - 2 years Right Adrenalectomy Pheochromocytoma invading vena cava :D:D

20th Nov 2013 - 1 year Liver Resection 9 cm hepatocellular tumour :D

He really is such a super dog :D, even after all this he does still love his vets. You guys have been with us through his last two big surgeries, hard to believe how well he has done time and time again.... we love our surgeons and we love all of you too for your all your support! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Awwwwww, Super big hugs to our Super Dog and his Super Mom!!! :D :D

It's a lovefest all the way around, Trish! ;) :) :) :)

Super dog and super mom, I love that and we love you both!

I hope our energetic Flynny sails through the rest of the year and 2015 is surgery free:):):)

Yup, SUPER DOG and SUPER MOM!!! ;););););)
Love & hugs.

WOOHOO! Way to go Flynn and Mom!

Me too, me too, me too, me too! Continuing the "love fest" here!;):D

Love, love, love our Energizer Doggy and his mom too! :p xxxxoooo

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Originally Posted by addy

I hope our energetic Flynny sails through the rest of the year and 2015 is surgery free:):):)

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Awww thanks girls!!! He sure is amazing, as are all the pups on here! Addy, I guess Dec 17th scan will tell the story of whether this year he is going to break the habit of a major end of year surgery. He did have the lipomas earlier in the year, but they don't count as major in my book! Fingers crossed this stomach mass has just disappeared!! I am ignoring the little mouth one for now, will get it checked in Auckland.

I'm going with a clear scan 12/17!!!!:):):):)

He needs to break this habit!!!;););););)

I think the lipomas don't really count as major surgery, you are exactly right and the mouth thing is not major, right? So I am sending the best vibes possible for a surgery free 2015!!! Oh and 2014 too because we cant be having surgery on Christmas because then Virginia, there would not be a Santa Claus!!!

Sure wish I could join you on shopping night. A bit of wine would put me in the right shopping mood as well!!

Ohhh, late to the party but love you and Flynn Man. You guys are the bomb!!
hahahahahaha

huggers

Well here is something to kinda get us in the Christmas spirit... I know some of you have listened to me talk about devil cat Elle... well here she is posing beside her very own Christmas Wreath that my dear Mum has made her and it is now on their front door... really, a cat with its own wreath... spoilt much?@!:D:p I hope Flynny's wreath is in production or he will be getting jealous :p:rolleyes:

http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/albu...pictureid=7262

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

OH that is hilarious! :D:p:p:D:p:p:D:p:p

Go Elle!! Getting her own wreath, what a gal. hahahahaha

Joining in for no more surgeries and a good report .

Hi! I just popped in quickly and see Flynn has had some milestones recently! What a guy! Super dog! Which reminds me, that's what Kaibo was got Halloween. I know I should visit more. Hope all is well. I'll post an update on Kaibo's page :)