So, Suki went in for surgery Wed. Well, she actually just went in to have her teeth cleaned so that the doc could see what was going on in her mouth to cause all the swelling. They found that her left k-9 tooth had a hole in it. But, he said he had never seen anything like it before. The tip of the tooth had a little donut like hole in it that extended up all the way to the root. There was no chips, breaks or cracks anywhere else! (And her other k-9 has a dimple in the end like it is trying to do the same thing! Weird!) Anyway, bacteria got in through the hole and caused a raging infection. The root of the tooth was black and the bone around it was being eaten away. So they had to take the tooth out. Luckily, the k-9 is used for snagging things that are running away… so she doesn’t need it for chewing. Not so luckily she has huge k-9’s. The doc said it was like taking out a walrus’ tooth. They had to cut both sides of the gum around the tooth and fold it back to expose the bone. Then saw away at the bone to get the tooth loose. They then take the flap of gum and fold it over the hole and suture it closed. Poor thing! She is on two types of pain medication and antibiotics. Wed night, she was really groggy and slept most of the time. Thurs. morning, she seemed like her old self again. I can tell she is in some pain, but she is so stoic. I’m giving her the pain medication as prescribed, even if she is running around and chasing chickens, ’cause she had MAJOR surgery!  I’ve got pictures of the surgery on a floppy.  I’ll post them when I can get them on the computer.