Dr. Daniel Yosher at Texas Children's has a specialty in vascular malformations and is highly rated. He was neurosurgeon for my niece who had a different cause for her epilepsy. He is not only one of the best, but quite caring and empathetic.

Gosh, we did the same thing for my dad's 90th a couple of years ago. His birthday is in September (coincidently, was also my nephew's 13th) and we gathered at the end of July. Everyone, EVERYONE, came. He loves that memory and speaks of it often. Was perhaps the best gift possible, to have all gathered together. We gave gifts here and there but they were low-key as he doesn't enjoy managing too much stuff these days. He was also in WWII- in the Army Air Corps. I hope the mini-reunion is wonderful and that all have a great time celebrating him!

If after a good bathing he still smells badly, consider that he may have an ear infection or yeast infection. Both can appear suddenly and can smell like dead animal, fish, or fritos. If the ears are fine, try Malapet shampoo- it works miracles with yeast infections.

Also- do not get him a felt hat for August in NM. Get a straw one. They are cooler, let the wind pass through and keep the sun off his face and neck.

My 13 year old shaved for the first time last week. It was overdue. And I'm still a little weepy about it.

This one is my dog's favorite as well. I really miss Costco, but I see he may miss it even more than I. I am not happy with the food choices we have here so right now my dog's favorite food is mommy's chicken livers with green beans, carrots, and a farm fresh raw egg.

I leash trained mine with a gentle leader, but that was because he's huge and very strong. It does put pressure on a different area though, and is far less stressful to them than tugging on their necks, so maybe it would work in this case. If you can find one small enough.

We started with 15 but whittled them down to 11 at lockdown. Eight have hatched, one never made it out of the shell (I think it was just way too big and suffocated), and two are still just sitting there with no pips yet. The two that I smashed hatched just fine! (Edited to adjust starting quantity, per DS)

Another one just pushed out of its shell :)

Okay, now that I've figured that out, I'll add some more :)

Let's see if this works

We went to bed disappointed that none were out of their shells. I woke this morning to three perfect baby chicks. I'll post a pic in a little while - it's not working from my phone.

I dread that day, too. Sorry you are facing this right now.