April 1, 2009

We receive a call from the hospital. Sampson's front left leg has been unresponsive to any touching/poking. They run tests and determine that he has massive nerve damage in his armpit (as this is the side they determined he was hit on according to the damage on the left side of his pelvis). Shocking news- they would have to amputate his arm entirely, and they plan to do so while he is put under for the pelvis reconstruction. They plan to perform the surgeries on Thursday, given our "go ahead." After much discussion with the doctors & family members, we feel confident that depending on how the surgery goes, Sampson (the tri-pod dog) would still have a great quality of life. He rests, now entirely off the oxygen, and we prepare for his surgery.