Kimbers, Best wishes today. Our Vet has always been super at these times.
As for getting another dog . I gave my wife our new Keeshond as a XMAS present, but it was not a surprise or quick decision and as mentioned done before our Pom passed.
We weighed several things like it being a life commitment again (her first dog was a Keeshond who lived for 14 yrs), but also entering in was the fact that we have custody of our grandson and know it 's a great thing to teach him responsibility as well as having a live in friend (no problem with him having human friends). I also had selfish reasons such as the endorphins you get petting such a friend.(when you're down, nothing like a faithful dog to hug -besides my wife of course) It's been challenging with training, but the laughs you get from them makes it worthwhile.
So, after thinking we pushed the go button again and drove to another state to get a puppy (hard to find breed). My wife warned me as yes, starting at the puppy level is hard).
Again, best wishes.