Poor Old Man

So – today I’m asking you to keep my little old man in your thoughts. See toward the end of this past summer his face started swelling. We thought he’d been stung by a bee, gave him Benadryl and the swelling went down. He was still eating fine and nothing seemed to be bothering him so – essentially we ignored it. About a month later his face was swollen again. Strange – he seems to be getting stung a lot – maybe he’s chasing bees. Well just after Christmas we notice he just didn’t want to hang with us. He was still eating fine, running and playing and as Chan pointed out – he is an old man of 11.5! So we decided to take him mid – year for a check – up. Just make sure everything was okay. Seems poor boy has an abscessed tooth. The vet drew blood and put him on antibiotics. His bloodwork came back fine – in fact you would never know he was an old man based on his blood. Tomorrow he’s having the bad tooth (and maybe one more) extracted and the remaining teeth cleaned. He’s always has a problem with tartar – he tends to inhale his food rather than chew. I hate having him put under but know that he will feel much better once the offending tooth is removed. So feel free to lash out at me for neglecting my dog who had no outward symptoms of having a tooth ache. I feel horrible, like I’ve been neglecting him, and I’m asking you all to do whatever it is that you do when doggies need good wishes. Thank you – and I’ll let you know how he does.