Friday morning I took Sam to see a specialist. After much poking, prodding and smooches from Sam, he finally declared that he doesn't think the problem has anything to do with Sam's brain. He said Sam's reflexes are great (as evident by Sam swatting him every time he tried to test Sam's blink responses), he has good function in his legs (Sam showed him his awesome Ninja kick - the boy has ticklish feet...), and Sam has excellent strength (it took two interns to hold him still). After eliminating all of those worries he brought in a second vet for another opinion. After her examination, they both agreed on what is the cause of Sam's issues. There is a mass pressing on the nerves that control his front left leg. The bad news? The mass is hard and they both believe it is cancerous.
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| Sam was happy to make new friends at the neurologist. |
Monday I bring him back for further testing. As you can imagine, we are very anxious about the news. We've been trying to keep from thinking of it, although it is impossible to not do so.
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| Taking my stallion, Baron, out. My sister, Kathy, is on her Clydesdale, Baie. |
We are so appreciative of all the kind words and thoughts our boy is receiving. Knowing that Sam has so many friends in the world is helping us so much right now. We are still hopeful that he will fully recover and I can feel silly for being so worried.
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| We is worried too! |
In the meantime, we are letting Sam just be happy and do what he wants.
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| Feeling the wind in his snooter... |
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| Snoopervising the pool fill-in. |
