Just a quick update while I have a second.. I called Astro’s vet and he suggested I take the cone off if it is upsetting him and making him sick. I asked what to do about the wound and he casually said “Can you put a t-shirt or something on him?” and right then I was speechless. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders and I also felt like a gianormous idiot for not thinking of this idea on my own.

So Astro is struttin’ an XXL Race For The Cure t-shirt. He’s cute and looks like he is going to a pajama party. I have to pull the shirt up and use a chip clip to hold it up whenever I take him outside so that he doesn’t pee on it. It’s quite amusing, let me tell ya. It’s kind of a pain because I am having to walk him in the front because I want to monitor his bowel movements (gross, I know, you don’t have to tell me) so I know how long to keep feeding him this Putting Us Into The Poorhouse canned food that we are feeding him.

So far he is doing well. He has been laying around all evening. I think having the cone off of his head this long is making him so happy. I think having it on for a week made him emotionally and physically exhausted and he seems a lot more tired than usual.

Here is to hoping that tomorrow I don’t break down into tears. I don’t think I can do 3 days in a row sobbing over dog poo. It might just kill me!