dead dog

So my dog died. He was a 6 month old Great Pyrenees puppy and he died at home yesterday morning after weeks of being bafflingly ill and taking every antibiotic and bloodtest and antiviral known to veterinary science.

And suffice it to say that figuring out what to do with a very, very large dead dog in a downtown neighborhood until he can be picked up is challenging, to say the least.

I am really, really sad and also, reminded that ultimately, even with medicine and technology, it's all really beyond our control.