Poor Elijah Blue-eyes! This weekend I realized that one of his upper canine teeth was hanging lower than the opposite one. It looked pretty weird and so I held him in my lap so I could get a better look. The tooth looked bad, really bad and was loose. His face has never looked swollen and he has been eating.
This morning, first thing, I ran him (and Anna, she needed her rabies vac.) to the vet. The tooth has abcessed and will need to be pulled. So Anna is home with me and Eli stayed at the vet for dental work. They are going to pull the bad tooth and clean the others. Hopefully, that will be the only extraction he needs. I asked them to do a mini-blood panel before the dental. He's eleven years old and needs his kidney function tested anyway. I go to pick him up after three-thirty this afternoon.
I feel guilty knowing he had to have been in pain from the bad tooth. The vet said he has been eating out of the other side of his mouth and with no swelling or loss of appetite there wasn't anyway to tell something was wrong.
So Eli and I could use some wonderful TCS vibes that the dental goes well and his blood work is normal. Also, good vibes for a quick recovery from having the tooth pulled.
This morning, first thing, I ran him (and Anna, she needed her rabies vac.) to the vet. The tooth has abcessed and will need to be pulled. So Anna is home with me and Eli stayed at the vet for dental work. They are going to pull the bad tooth and clean the others. Hopefully, that will be the only extraction he needs. I asked them to do a mini-blood panel before the dental. He's eleven years old and needs his kidney function tested anyway. I go to pick him up after three-thirty this afternoon.
I feel guilty knowing he had to have been in pain from the bad tooth. The vet said he has been eating out of the other side of his mouth and with no swelling or loss of appetite there wasn't anyway to tell something was wrong.
So Eli and I could use some wonderful TCS vibes that the dental goes well and his blood work is normal. Also, good vibes for a quick recovery from having the tooth pulled.