Feeling very anxious
On top of the fear about the election I am really having anxiety about taking my dog into the vet on Thursday. He freaks there and snaps at the staff, when he is normally a sweet dog with everyone.
As a result we have to sedate him before we go. Then they put him totally out so they can give him his shots and a full exam.Then they keep him until he comes to enough to walk and get in my sister's SUV. We've done it before, but it's hard for me to leave him even for a little bit. We are rarely apart.
Part of me is scared what if something goes wrong and he doesn't come out of the anesthesia. I would be lost without him. I have my sister, a few cousins, and a few friends, that I love but they aren't here with me all the time. Sometimes I feel like he and my shed kitty are all I really have.
Then I go on Facebook and see a post on a cat group that I follow where a kitten undergoing a spay procedure had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and died. Then a post on a German Shepherd group showing a post of puppies in a field and it says when I die I hope this is what greets me in heaven. He's a GSD. I know it's silly but now I am even more afraid.
My sister helps me out in many ways but she's not very patient about my anxiety and just thinks I am being ridiculous, so I can't talk to her about this. My anxiety is being treated professionally, but lately it's been breaking through more. Thanks for reading this.
Please cross your fingers for me and Dakota that he comes out okay.
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Other complications can occur, of course, but they're pretty rare.
I completely understand, though. We had a cat who had a chronic medical condition, and she went under several times over the period of a couple years, and those were the few times we were ever apart. She was always fine with it, but there's concern each time.
Crossing fingers and sending positive thoughts. 
Sending good thoughts. 
