I have to tell you guys the sweetest little story. Well, it didn't start out sweet! Brendan has been complaining of a "funny feeling" in his ear the last couple of days that raged into a full-blown earache last night. He came into our bed about 2:00. About 4:00, he was still distraught. We had tried heat and peroxide, Tylenol and snuggles, but although he would doze, he would soon wake up sobbing again. After a couple of hours, I decided to try something that wasn't in the Ask a Nurse book I'd pulled off my shelf when this-all started: I let the dog out of his crate. He, of course, darted upstairs and into bed with Brendan, where he licked his sore ear (how could he have known that?) and burrowed down next to him. Brendan LAUGHED and laughed ... and a few minutes later he was asleep. He hasn't woken up since. What is it about dogs that make them so GOOD for ailing people? I don't know! But I've certainly been grateful, many times over, for ours.
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