Hi all, so I want to thank you all for your patience with me. I have been slightly stressing and I was worried to the point that it was all I could think about for a while, but now since things have finally resolved, I feel like I can share it with you.

My Alaskan malamute puppy, Titan, had been having a strange lump grow on his inner ear for the past few months. After taking him to our vet, he said it was nothing to worry over and that it was a seasonal thing that would pass if left alone. So, taking his expert advise, I kept an eye on him and then let him hopefully resolve. However, as time progressed he was actually looking worse for it. The mass was slowly growing bigger and he seemed less energetic and not wanting to eat as much. It wasn't something I was too happy about and I couldn't figure out why he was acting different. I tried to play and coax him into things, but he didn't seem as enthusiastic as before.

I checked again with the vet and he still said the same thing, that it wasn't a food allergy, or irritant. He just said keep it clean and from him scratching. So his ears were cleaned and checked to make sure they weren't getting dirty, and I kept a hawk eye on him at all times to make sure he wouldn't scratch it. But as time passed, the mass still got bigger and more lumped [it is a large gray mass about the size of a 50 pence coin with irregular lumps and bumps] which had me freaking out that he had cancer and that no one would consider it cause he was so young and that it would be so unusual. I was really in a panic and trying to see other vets in the area, and I had to visit 3 before one of them finally just sat with me and listened before he finally said that if I didn't mind waiting and doing the charge he would run a test on his ear to see if it was anything. After waiting for 20 mins he came back and said that he had an abnormal amount of bacteria and yeast growing in that region that was probably not responding to the normal body's immune system and it was just slowly growing more and more aggressive. After the tiny panic he finally said that he was going to give me some meds to counteract the yeast and some antibiotics to help, since most cases would have been prescribed an external lotion to apply to the area, this vet felt it was more than that and suggested a more aggressive approach.

After that, and a long haul later of paying and double checking to make sure Titan was ok. It finally started to turn and the swelling has gone down and he has picked up on appetite again. I was extremely happy I couldn't thank that vet enough for listening and trying a different approach. It seems like it's working, though the vet said it will take some time for the meds to fully eradicate the foreign bodies. He has to have this medicine for a month and then he gets checked back to see how much has been reduced by the meds and then either continue with the same amount, reduce it, or if we're lucky it will be completely gone by then. Though I am happy this ordeal has finally approached its near end, the impact still hits hard.

To the commissioners, I am sorry I haven't been streaming much. For the most part I am sitting trying to finish and have myself continue, but I was constantly getting up and making sure the puppy was doing ok and to stop him if he looked like he wanted to scratch. I want to finish the remainder on the list asap! And now that Titan has gotten on the mend, I'm looking forward to also finally making a catch up on everything I've been so behind on.

But, due to the month starting and the vet bills coming in for the meds and the many exams we had to do, I am needing to do a hard load of work now. SO, those commissioner's on the list I will do my best to finish all of them within the next few days. BUT I need to run a batch now to try and help me get things covered here so that they can be settled and I can continue on as normal.

I'll post up a Stream and I'll be making it to Auction off in the stream. I will start it as a sketch, but the higher it goes the more I'll do. So when it goes past 100 I'll make it a line art, past 150 It'll go full color, past 250 and I'll make it a double character, past 350 and I'll do 3 characters [and so on for each 100 increment]. You'll find it here.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14680818/

After that I'll either open for another [if time permits] or continue with the commission list. I know the info is last minute, and I appreciate all of you for helping me get to where I am. I just need to work a little harder and a little less sleep for a bit to fix things up.