Afraid of losing my dog

[Carnation]

Poppy, live in the now with Chisum.
You can't make assumptions about years of life for an animal or human. That's why you need to live in the now. x

[.Poppy.]

Thank you, Darksky. I’ll give him plenty of hugs. You’re right Carnation, I keep telling myself that I only want to lose him once, and all of this fretting means I have to go through it daily up until it actually happens. I have to be more stubborn than the anxiety. I am still waking up in a panic and getting teary at times but am trying to ride the wave.

He has to get his staples out sometime next week - I think I’m going to see about having an in person vet appointment at that time and asking a couple of questions and clarifying what I need to be looking for, since he does have some lumps and bumps as a result of age. Then taking that on as a game plan moving forward. A bit of logic helps some, I just have to kick out the feelings of dread and anxiety in favor of the logic.