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So... some life updates, and delays.
3 years ago
About a week ago, my Mum - back in England - had a fall.
At first, they thought it was an infection causing delirium - and while that's not been ruled out entirely, the tests she's had at the hospital have also found as-yet-inconclusively identified shadows on her brain and lungs. So now, they think it was a seizure caused by the brain shadow, whatever it actually is.
As such, she might have cancer. If she does, she's got about 6 months left.
The infection isn't totally ruled out - a friend of hers was a career care-worker when they were working, and told us about two cases she knows of personally where women in very similar situations to Mum turned out to just have an infection. Fingers crossed that's true for Mum too, but we won't know until Tuesday at the earliest, when all the scans are done and studied by the right people.
She is, at present, back to full lucidity and as mobile as she was beforehand (which wasn't much due to a knee injury, but she's at least back to that level), which is a blessing in itself.
mightymightyena and I are making plans as quickly as we can to move to the UK ASAP to become her live-in carers and companionship, whether it turns out to be cancer or (hopefully) something less terminal - because honestly, I could never forgive myself if I wasn't there for her and things got worse. She has the entire rest of my family looking out for her, but they all have families of their own to worry about with my assorted nieces, and we're by far the most able to uproot our lives and take over the lions' share of looking after her.
As such, updates on both
cavesandcritters and commissions will be heavily delayed for the foreseeable future. I will endeavour to get back on both as I can - because honestly, drawing is very calming to me and good de-stresser (and also, capitalism stops for nobody and there's bills to pay) - but life will be taking priority for a while.
I know none of you would judge me or be upset about this, but y'all deserve to know why things slow down for a while.
- Reyn
At first, they thought it was an infection causing delirium - and while that's not been ruled out entirely, the tests she's had at the hospital have also found as-yet-inconclusively identified shadows on her brain and lungs. So now, they think it was a seizure caused by the brain shadow, whatever it actually is.
As such, she might have cancer. If she does, she's got about 6 months left.
The infection isn't totally ruled out - a friend of hers was a career care-worker when they were working, and told us about two cases she knows of personally where women in very similar situations to Mum turned out to just have an infection. Fingers crossed that's true for Mum too, but we won't know until Tuesday at the earliest, when all the scans are done and studied by the right people.
She is, at present, back to full lucidity and as mobile as she was beforehand (which wasn't much due to a knee injury, but she's at least back to that level), which is a blessing in itself.
mightymightyena and I are making plans as quickly as we can to move to the UK ASAP to become her live-in carers and companionship, whether it turns out to be cancer or (hopefully) something less terminal - because honestly, I could never forgive myself if I wasn't there for her and things got worse. She has the entire rest of my family looking out for her, but they all have families of their own to worry about with my assorted nieces, and we're by far the most able to uproot our lives and take over the lions' share of looking after her.As such, updates on both
cavesandcritters and commissions will be heavily delayed for the foreseeable future. I will endeavour to get back on both as I can - because honestly, drawing is very calming to me and good de-stresser (and also, capitalism stops for nobody and there's bills to pay) - but life will be taking priority for a while.I know none of you would judge me or be upset about this, but y'all deserve to know why things slow down for a while.
- Reyn
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Best wishes, and I hope everything works out for the better.
please handle your business, guv!
Best of luck to you, your family and especially your mother!