Today has been a slower day for Sampson. I wanted to stay on the cautious side because when he woke up this morning he seemed a little stiffer than in the previous days. This could be due to the fact that he slept soundly through most of the night, only stirring a little bit, so his leg may have stiffened up a bit without our usual midnight walk. I gave him a good massage and did some small leg movements with him, and after that he seemed to be back to normal and was ready to head out the door for our short morning walk to the mailbox. We were all caught off guard and jumped a little when we came upon three pheasants just inches away. I'm not sure who was more startled but we jumped and they flew off high through the trees making more noise than you would expect of three birds. I was a little worried that Sampson may have jumped as high as I did so we made our way very slowly back home.
After checking his incision and seeing that it seemed to heal even more during the night, I decided not to take any chances so it was another bone chewing afternoon and only two short walks to do his business.
He made a few successful passes on his new ramp. It should really help when he gets in and out of the vehicles, but for now it seems he doesn't see the point in using the ramp when there are two perfectly good stairs right there. That will be something we continue to work on.
Overall a good day, looking forward to getting past the ten day mark then our big check up with the vet on day 14! I know we are doing everything possible to make sure the recovery is a success, but I still get nervous. All we can do is give it our all!
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