One of my friends offline, Michael - my best friend actually, has a pet ferret. This ferret's name is Krispee. Unfortunately, Krispee has been diagnosed with cancer. We have reason to believe that Krispee can be saved, though. Soon, tests will be done confirm this. In the meanwhile, we are going to start a fund for Krispee, because Michael's financial situation is rather abysmal at the moment and so is his family's. This will likely happen later on today, at which point I'm going to put out the details for anyone that can help Krispee out.

I'm writing this right now to tell you that we'll be needing any help that you're willing to give. I'll be taking donations for anything someone would want me to write for them - image captions(roughly a paragraph to give an image some context or additional flavor) and short stories primarily. I'll likely set the price at whatever you're willing to donate, but that's a detail I'm going to hammer out later on today.

If you're an artist and you're reading this, it would be a huge and awesome favor that I would owe you if you'd be willing to extend your arting abilities to help Krispee out in any capacity you care to. I won't be offended in the least if you choose to decline my plea for help here. However, if you are willing to do charity work for this cause, please either comment here or send me a note, and we'll hammer out the finer details.

For those of you that are inclined to send a donation of any sort, Michael and I have agreed that if we recieve any donations before a firm diagnosis comes through, if that diagnosis is terminal, ALL of the cash will be refunded to those that gave it. Also, if we are unable to meet our goal in a reasonable amount of time, likely a period of 1-3 months, then it will be time to end Krispee's suffering and Michael will have him put to sleep by a proper vet, and ALL money will be refunded from that point as well.

This charity is for the sole purpose of saving Krispee, and giving him another 1-2 years with Michael before he will inevitably pass away due to old age and the natural lifespan of the ferret. I would much rather do everything in my power to give my best friend another 1-2 years with a member of his family than to sit idly by and watch him suffer the unnecessary death of his pet simply because of a lack of financial ability.

This is the last avenue Krispee and Michael have to turn to. Krispee, Michael, and I would be infinitely grateful for anything you're willing to do.

Also, we'll be setting up a website so you can see pictures of Krispee soon, and I'll be updating the progress toward the goal we'll need to set once a firm diagnosis comes through. When that happens, I'll be writing up another post here.

Thanks for reading this.