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

[Tina]

Hi Trish, I see you are on now! Gosh, I just wanted to pop on the forum real quick because it is so late here, and I see that we have lost Murphy. So sad. And it seems like every day there is someone else whose pup is having Addison's issues. I feel like I need to try to keep track of those pups after all that Jasper went through.

Have you received Flynn's lab report? Looking forward to those results.

Sharlene, I don't know how I manage on this lack of sleep either!! I need to stop checking on the forum when I am up for Jasper's pit stops, but I can't help myself. And now I see a few threads that I want to post on, so it will be a bit before I go back to bed.
I haven't had a full night sleep since last May or June I think. And by that I mean 5-6 hours consecutive. But I really can't full on complain, I am just glad my little sweet wakes me up when he needs to go. He is such a good little boy.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

[Trish]

Hi Tina
I am still here, just watching a rugby game... YAY it's Friday night, sleep in for me tomorrow and I need it after such a busy week at work.

No I have not got the results yet, my vet has forgotten us!! No doubt just busy so I have not hassled him as the other ones were OK. I have to pop into the surgery to pick up supplement they ordered for me over the weekend so I will ask then if he is on. I kinda feel I should give him a break especially as Flynn is so good now! No recurrence of mouth issues, so really do think it was trauma from his toys!

How does Jasper wake you up? If Flynn wants out during the night, he goes and sits by the front door which is just outside my bedroom and does a quiet little "eeeeahyah" kinda squeak which is just enough to wake me up. Sometimes if he hears something outside he suddenly barks like a banshee which scares the bejeezus out of me and certainly gets me leaping out of bed!!

[Tina]

Yay, Friday night for you!! And I will just be starting my Friday. And then the weekend!! My plan is to try to leave work a bit early if I can after this busy week. And yay, no more mouth issues for Flynn!! I will be watching for the labs when you get them.

Jasper wakes me up by jumping down off the bed. That will usually do the trick, and then I hear him kind of pacing a bit, so know he is restless because he has to go. If I don't wake up right away when he jumps down, then he will stand up with his front paws on the bed near my face and bump my face with his nose, and sometimes quietly whimper. If I ignore that and don't get up fast enough, he will let out a quick yip to let me know "Mom, this is urgent here!" And then I get up in a flash!

Well, I think I am going to lay back down for few minutes since my alarm will be going off in about a half hour. Yikes, I should probably just stay up, but need to rest my eyes for just a few minutes! Glad it's Friday so I will be able to make it through in my zombie state. I talked to my vet yesterday so need to post a bit of a update on Jasper, but that will have to wait. See ya tomorrow night!

Hugs from me and Jasper, and smooches for Flynn.

[Trish]

Well hope you get at least 40 winks in that half hr!! I have to start early at 7.30 every Friday and I was sleep walking this morning when the alarm went off, Flynn did not want to get up either, he stayed in bed while I showered etc and only got up when he heard the fridge door!! I only just run into the meeting on time today I am so not a morning person, usually dying for a sleep in by Saturday morning but then wake up same time anyway, lay in bed a while... then I get bored and get up anyway

Jasper is very considerate waking you up in that gentle way, so cute! But he gets his point across escalating the urgency if required I love these boys of ours and their sweet ways... hope your Friday at work goes fast and no drama!! See you on the weekend sometime xx

[Budsters Mom]

Hi Trish,
I am so glad that Flynny's little mouth is better and the SEB has seemed to help. It looks like it might be a while before he gets any toys back. I have missed our night visits with Mel. Xxxxx

[Trish]

HI

Flynn's vet has emailed me his results today,

UPC is up to 1.93 from 1.84 in May. It is weird as the total protein in the sample is the lowest it has been since April 2012 so I was very happy to read that, but creatinine is also low in the urine so that means the ratio increases. I cannot get my head around that test properly!! I "think" it means that the protein level may be down but the urine may be more dilute or concentrated and the ratio takes those fluctuations into account.

Renal blood tests good, protein, albumin in blood fine. But liver tests up again..
ALP 817 in April.... now 1419 (13-87)
ALT 308 in April.... now 357 (23-88)

He has been so good, I do not understand it. My one thought is the time stamp on results show it was not processed by the lab till over 30 hrs after the samples were (blood and UPC) taken, not sure how that would affect the results. I have emailed the vet back to ask that, also maybe it is time to go onto liver support meds. STINK!!!!

[Budsters Mom]

Trish,
You just said that he's been doing so well! Remember that my dear! I wish I could interpret the tests for you, but I'm no good with that stuff. But I'm here to listen if you need to talk. There are so many tests and so many numbers, it can drive a person insane! Big hugs to you and a belly rub for Flynny. Tell him that Auntie Kathy is working on the toy issue.

[molly muffin]

Oh Trish, what a pooper that is.

Well, nothing wrong with using some liver supplements maybe? To see if they will help, but they do take time to work. Months from what I can tell with molly.

30 hours!! hmmm, I do hope that it is kept on ice during that time but it seems a bit long. Course I'm comparing that to what they like to see with people, which is sooner into the lab the better.

Hang in there. I hope you are having a good sunday!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[Trish]

Hi and thanks Kathy and Sharlene

I think what I will do is get them repeated in one month, make sure they get to the lab in a timely manner and see what is happening.

It just seems weird, that he is the best he has been in ages... no IBD flaring, mouth finally good, full of energy and we see these deteriorate.

I can interpret them Kathy! It means his liver is not improving like we saw on his last tests, he does have a history of liver cancer. I do not think it is that as no sign of recurrence on last scan only two months ago. The liver tests that measure if anything major in the liver is getting blocked up are normal so not worried about that. These tests measure the general state of liver. We know he has benign liver nodules so that is most likely the reason they have never normalised following his liver resection for a low grade cancer which was done 21 months ago.

So I am not going to panic just yet I will wait and hear what vet says, he just forwarded results but has not commented on them.

Renal wise not too concerned as he has fluctuated up and down before, blood wise the numbers are good so that is positive.

I would just feel better if they had stayed the same or lowered!! Oh well, we take what we are given

[Trish]

God I am such a dunce sometimes!! I was just replying to a thread and for the first time EVER I realised I can scoll down on the "reply to thread" page to see all the comments to date in the thread!! I have ALWAYS opened another window so I can see the thread I am replying to as I need to refer to it to get all the questions hahaha DOH!!