Sam is a little black and blue from the shots and blood drawing, but seems completely recovered other than a little soreness. I still have the horrors from the blood drawing, but we'll try again in three months, or I'll go to the hospital and do it there. Maybe the hospital will do it better.

Samantha and Ella are wonderful together. There was a little piece of bark on the floor, about 7 inches long. Ella wanted it after she saw Sam waving it around. I figured out why Ella is not food or toy aggressive at all, other than she is a sweetie. She thinks we are holding it so she can get a better angle to chew on it. We are serving her, as she sees it. Anyway, Sam is holding one end of the bark, and Ella is pulling on the other end, but not so hard to tip Sam over. She could do that very easily, so I know Ella is being very careful. The bark quickly breaks in half in Ella's jaws, and Sam holds the other end. Sam takes the little bit, waves it under Ella's nose, and then puts the bark between the bars of the baby gate so Ella can't get to it. She does this several times. Ella waits patiently for the bark to come back within reach, and carefully chews on the half inch showing in Sam's hand. By the time they are done, I have miniscule pieces of bark collected and they both had a good 15 minutes of fun. And Sam didn't eat a single bit of bark!