Puppy Love

• Puppy starts coughing...
• $300 later, puppy has allergies...
• 4 days of vomiting in a row (one of those times, in my lap while I was driving to work, which brings new meaning to the term "casual dress at work")...
• It turns out, puppy is allergic to allergy medicine...
• Now puppy is on a bland diet and hopefully she will stop vomiting...
• As has happened every time she's gotten sick, I have to go out of town in a few days, so I am STRESSED out and hoping she gets better, like, 5 minutes ago...
  

It could be worse. At puppy playtime this week, I found out Livi's best friend Mugsy (an Australian Sheppard puppy) recently swallowed a plush toy and his mom had to pay $1300 at the vet. Livi's other best friend Chloe is a pit bull rescue dog who has terrible skin allergies and her dad has been paying an arm and a leg in vet bills, allergy medication and new foods to try to figure out how to get it under control. So I'm not complaining... not complaining that much.

I am remembering back to the 6 months my puppy biological clock ticked uncontrollably as I waited for a breeder to have a bully available for me to adopt. I had a full bank account, hair-free floors, vomit-free clothing, but I desperately wanted a puppy. Now I have a puppy who I love and the adventures that come with that. Stressful, but worth it. I have to remember that...