My sister's 10-month-old St. Bernard, Nemo, was hit by a car Friday. He's in really bad shape - his leg was almost ripped off, and he had massive blood loss. The vets gave him a 5% chance of surviving surgery. He got through a 6-hour operation, where his back leg was amputated and he had numerous blood transfusions, but he's not out of the woods yet. The vets say the biggest danger is infection, and they're not at all optimistic (one of them, bless his heart, is staying overnight at the clinic to keep tabs on Nemo's condition). So if you've got a thought to spare for a huge, slobbering, totally lovable "hulk", please hope/pray that his young life is spared. One of the kids left the gate unproperly latched, and this is the horrible result.