The good news is the colic treatment, which included pumping in oil, water and her pulling piles of dried little manure turds out of his butt by hand, gave him immense relief. He made it through the sub-zero temps comfortably under 3 layers of blankets. By yesterday he was eating slowly and steadily without painkillers. Still pooping only 2 piles/day (normal would be 12-14), but today it looks like the pooping is picking up speed and volume too. And bright eyed and cheery for the first time in a couple weeks. 
The bad news is the chemistry labs show decreased liver function. Not enough to call cirrhosis, but liver fibrosis. So it's looking like he'll be with us on the earth plane for a while longer. 
The annoying and frankly painful news is the bill. If the vet had just listened to me and done the colic treatment on Wednesday, it would have saved me several hundred dollars and him 2 more days of pain and weight loss.... Hopefully as she gets to know me better she'll trust me and listen more...
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