Natto Baby PERSISTS!

HE LIVES!  Well, for now. Natto pulled through; the emergency vet at the university was able to drain 200ml of fluid from his chest and prescribe him some medication to keep him going.  Unfortunately, his heart condition has worsened since they last saw him a year ago.  He has very advanced congenital heart failure, as well as blood clots in his heart.  The medications he's on now will help keep fluid out of his chest cavity, help his heart pump more strongly, and help prevent blood clots.

Bald spot from where he was shaved so the fluid could be drained

Getting him to take the medication was a HUGE struggle.  Tried everything I could find online, and have settled for crushing the pills (they are chewables and also supposed to be cut) and mixing with milk and butter and smearing it on his paws. He is very upset by it, but will groom it off.  Honestly, I may buy a syringe so I can shoot it down his throat in one go -_-;

Extremely grateful for all the kind and sweet comments! He's still such a sweet boy and comes for cuddles and boops his nose on my nose and all that good stuff.

I also filmed a hair tutorial but I'm using a different video editing software and cannot figure out how to sync the audio and video O_Q  So that will be coming.... EVENTUALLY!!!

Thank you everybody for sticking around and for commenting!

Took a much-needed bubble bath with my teddy bear to relax -_-;