Thank you, @Mark Billadeau.
Thank you, @Journey. It's been devastating, to say the least. I fault myself to some extent, as- when the vet made her initial assessment of stool obstruction, she also said "I haven't pulled any labs..." I should've said, yes, let's look at labs, a white count would be good ..."
I should've, I SHOULD HAVE- but I didn't. Maybe he could've shown an elevation, and if an ex-lap had been done, maybe, just maybe, just a small segment of bowel might only have been affected at that moment, and been resected. The only issue seemed to be "the elephant in the room".
So many what-if's. It's been just over a week, and feels like only yesterday that we lost him.
Thank you.