Odin has a new, second condition, called atrial fibrillation. We're going to treat it with digitalis. Basically, his atrium (upper heart) isn't beating properly (it's all fluttery) and so he's not getting enough oxygen, and that's why he's been especially lethargic.
In addition, the reason his butt has been leaking poo is because he's got too much medication in his blood (for the other heart condition) that his body can't properly circulate or pump out. That's why he doesn't want to eat either. So we have to cut back on the one (which is keeping his heart from detiriorating) to keep him alive with the other one.
The vet called it "good" news, but I think she just meant good because he wasn't about to keel over dead right then and it's possible to treat it.
I should have brought him in when it first happened in May though. It's probably been going on that long, and she said he probably would have died soon if I hadn't brought him in.
He got a $1 bacon cheeseburger on the way home (after his $500 vet visit).
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