but I'm in a space where he is so precious to me that I'm not feeling the pain right now. He is a constant blessing to me just for now.

I know that come this Friday, he'll be seeing his doctor and we'll be making a decision, but somehow, I am able to just let that go and enjoy the now. Funny, that's how dogs live their whole lives, in the here and now.

Thank you for your empathy. I'll save it for Friday.

My kiddo has severe autism so there is a chance that he relieved his stress and he'll actually enjoy the reopening this morning. Who knows? The silly goose blew his cover by coming to me to ask for batteries! He was so stealthy and then, boom, he outed himself. We told him that we were going to have to send them back to Santa to get wrapped again, so he had to go to bed right away to give Santa enough time. I'm pretty sure the Santa gig is up, but he went to bed, so?