Poor Smokey

Well, here is the latest excitement in our lives.
Smokey was drooling a lot and his breath smelled awful so we took him in to get checked. He had a broken tooth, and they couldn't get it out, so he had surgery today to get it removed. As a part of the surgery they did an x-ray and found that his jaw was fractured along that side as well, and inside the fracture had developed an infection. So he now has one side of his jaw wired. For the next 3-4 weeks he'll be eating only mush, and he isn't allowed to chew anything! We've been advised to keep him confined to the house unless he is on a leash and may need to muzzle him if we can't keep him from chewing. This is going to be interesting!!! Hopefully we can get the infection under control and keep the wire stable enough for the fracture to heal. Keep us all 3 in your prayers as we are probably going to go stark raving mad over the next 4 weeks!!