Tomorrow we meet with the doggy dentist but we probably won’t be able to get Kody in for surgery until early next week. When I talked to the receptionist this morning, she said he should be fine with the wait.
I’m not thrilled at the wait, but to tell you the truth, Kody seems to be mostly okay. I’m glad to be meeting with the dentist tomorrow because if Kody’s situation is really bad, I’m sure he would probably bump him up.
But it leads me to question, do dogs feel less pain in their teeth? I know that when humans breaks their tooth off down to the root it’s very painful and the doctors bump them up. But for having the pulp exposed, Kody seems to be basically fine. He is on the mild pain medication, Rimadyl, but it’s just doggy ibuprofen, it’s an NSAID.
I’m on human ibuprofen, because along with everything else that’s going on I’m pretty sure I have an ear infection. I have this intermittent sharp ear pain, but the ibuprofen mostly takes care of it. If it doesn’t go away in a few days, though, I’m going to have to see a doctor, too.
This morning I realized I was going to have to step way back and remove as much stress from my life as possible. There was a moment where I realized I was seriously on the verge of a breakdown. Since then, things have been pretty mellow.
Today was a beautiful spring day and Kody and I went for a nice long walk. It was lovely.