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Life update, Flash Sale, just a lil check in
7 months ago
Why has parts of March, particularity the weekends, been 5 years long?
Two weeks ago on Sunday I had to get Herbie to an emergency vet for a hot spot that got infected. He was put on hard antibiotics and a steroid. (They quoted us $400-$800 and then it became $1000 which like, fair its emergency but also 💀 blz)
Took his meds like a champ and then on day 13 (Sunday morning at 2am) began getting sick like 8 hours after eating. It was just food and stomach stuff. AND his rash comes back-- all over his body and making him miserable. He had a vet app already scheduled yesterday. Basically cleared him for the meds but the vet thinks he caught a stomach bug. I'm just trying to get him to drink water at this point, but we're both miserable and run down lmao. He's 9 years, gunna be 10 in June, and he's never had allergies like this before, or frankly any health problems? We thought food (chicken allergy) might be the cause but 2x changes over the course of 3 months, each time eliminating certain proteins, haven't done much. And now of course he's not eating, so even trying to get him rice or boiled beef isn't going over well.
The vet said he wasn't dehydrated yesterday, which is kinda surprising but a relief. Got him home and he took in some water but zero interest in food.
So today I'm gunna try to work but also monitor him. I do not want to take him back to that emergency vet, but if he keeps this up I'll need to reach back out to our vet. He's not shaking or panting or doing anything weird, and he's alert for certain questions so I'm really hoping its just a stomach bug after the drugs for 2 weeks.
If anyone knows or has owned a golden retriever, it kills me to see how he acts around me (sad, pathetic, big old yeller eyes of pain) and then we get him to the vet and he's like 8D "Hi hi! I'm so chipper and happy and make my girl look like a liar!!" Kills me. I love that dog though, he's my absolute heart and soul and the animal I'm closest to since I lost my horse. I'm so frustrated with not knowing why things aren't working for him, frustrated I can't just afford every single test to determine that, and angry that I'm letting him down after everything he's done for me, as well as having to start to process that, regardless of health, he is getting older and older and one day I won't have him.
Okay vet stuff over. I need to move away from that topic, here's the stuff for my arts:
Uh obv funds are now basement level low, and I haven't even done taxes yet. With that in mind, there is a flash sale coming up Thursday-Friday of this week. Right now thinking of just colored sketches since I do need munny but also don't want to fall behind on commissions, but if I get some more work done I might add a slot for a discounted lineart 👀👀
And this is a gentle reminder: If you can't pay for a commission in the month you get a slot, please consider waiting. I am willing to be flexible to a point, but this year I've had sketches going unpaid for 2-3 weeks and...longer. And honestly, I have no problem waiting if I get some communication about an expected date. It's sort of discouraging and it makes me want to reopen slots just so I can get by, but then I run the risk of quality dropping if I take on too much work. My commissions don't close in a day or even a week anymore, and that's also starting to get to me.
Sorry this journal is one of the lower mood ones, but I just wanted to keep yall updated. I took off yesterday due to the vet/monitoring him but I plan to be around the rest of the week to work on arts.
Thank you for reading this far, stay hydrated...and love on your creatures if you have 'em. We never get enough time with them, do we?
-Char
Two weeks ago on Sunday I had to get Herbie to an emergency vet for a hot spot that got infected. He was put on hard antibiotics and a steroid. (They quoted us $400-$800 and then it became $1000 which like, fair its emergency but also 💀 blz)
Took his meds like a champ and then on day 13 (Sunday morning at 2am) began getting sick like 8 hours after eating. It was just food and stomach stuff. AND his rash comes back-- all over his body and making him miserable. He had a vet app already scheduled yesterday. Basically cleared him for the meds but the vet thinks he caught a stomach bug. I'm just trying to get him to drink water at this point, but we're both miserable and run down lmao. He's 9 years, gunna be 10 in June, and he's never had allergies like this before, or frankly any health problems? We thought food (chicken allergy) might be the cause but 2x changes over the course of 3 months, each time eliminating certain proteins, haven't done much. And now of course he's not eating, so even trying to get him rice or boiled beef isn't going over well.
The vet said he wasn't dehydrated yesterday, which is kinda surprising but a relief. Got him home and he took in some water but zero interest in food.
So today I'm gunna try to work but also monitor him. I do not want to take him back to that emergency vet, but if he keeps this up I'll need to reach back out to our vet. He's not shaking or panting or doing anything weird, and he's alert for certain questions so I'm really hoping its just a stomach bug after the drugs for 2 weeks.
If anyone knows or has owned a golden retriever, it kills me to see how he acts around me (sad, pathetic, big old yeller eyes of pain) and then we get him to the vet and he's like 8D "Hi hi! I'm so chipper and happy and make my girl look like a liar!!" Kills me. I love that dog though, he's my absolute heart and soul and the animal I'm closest to since I lost my horse. I'm so frustrated with not knowing why things aren't working for him, frustrated I can't just afford every single test to determine that, and angry that I'm letting him down after everything he's done for me, as well as having to start to process that, regardless of health, he is getting older and older and one day I won't have him.
Okay vet stuff over. I need to move away from that topic, here's the stuff for my arts:
Uh obv funds are now basement level low, and I haven't even done taxes yet. With that in mind, there is a flash sale coming up Thursday-Friday of this week. Right now thinking of just colored sketches since I do need munny but also don't want to fall behind on commissions, but if I get some more work done I might add a slot for a discounted lineart 👀👀
And this is a gentle reminder: If you can't pay for a commission in the month you get a slot, please consider waiting. I am willing to be flexible to a point, but this year I've had sketches going unpaid for 2-3 weeks and...longer. And honestly, I have no problem waiting if I get some communication about an expected date. It's sort of discouraging and it makes me want to reopen slots just so I can get by, but then I run the risk of quality dropping if I take on too much work. My commissions don't close in a day or even a week anymore, and that's also starting to get to me.
Sorry this journal is one of the lower mood ones, but I just wanted to keep yall updated. I took off yesterday due to the vet/monitoring him but I plan to be around the rest of the week to work on arts.
Thank you for reading this far, stay hydrated...and love on your creatures if you have 'em. We never get enough time with them, do we?
-Char
