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Family Loss + 2017 Review
8 years ago
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I haven't been very active on here in the last while, and I can't say that this journal update is a good one.
This last Saturday we had to have our cat Claire put down. She had been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism earlier in the year and her heath took a turn for the worst around the first week of December, and we spent a good portion of the month running back and forth to the vet. Ultimately on December 22 she suddenly lost most mobility in her hind legs and was in pain. The vet never said what exactly was wrong with her legs, but I suspect it was either a broken hip or another stroke (she had had a stroke about three years prior and her hyperthyroidism made her vulnerable to more) and would have constantly been on pain medication from there on out. We decided it was best to end her suffering rather than prolong it just because we couldn't bear the thought of losing her.
She was 15 years old and had lived a long and very good life, better than a lot of cats lead. I miss her terribly though. We've had since I was 9 and it's hard for me to believe that she's really gone. There isn't another cat like her in the world. I miss her so much.
https://sta.sh/05yv3vja4pq
And so 2017 ends with heartache and 2018 begins. I'm glad to put 2017 behind me. The year absolutely flew by and while I did have a few months of feeling pretty good I also crashed pretty hard and will admit to being rather depressed for the majority of the year. I'm sad that I didn't get to do as much art as I wanted to, or improve much at all, but I'm hoping I'll be able to do a bit more this year.
That being said, I am currently continuing to work on the last two fursuit commissions I have (I'm about 50% or so with one of them). Once those are completed I will be open again for regular art commissions.
Work, trying to move, and dealing with grief are causing a bit of a delay, however. Please bear with me! As always you can see any commission progress on my Trello, as well as updates and randomness on my Twitter.
This last Saturday we had to have our cat Claire put down. She had been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism earlier in the year and her heath took a turn for the worst around the first week of December, and we spent a good portion of the month running back and forth to the vet. Ultimately on December 22 she suddenly lost most mobility in her hind legs and was in pain. The vet never said what exactly was wrong with her legs, but I suspect it was either a broken hip or another stroke (she had had a stroke about three years prior and her hyperthyroidism made her vulnerable to more) and would have constantly been on pain medication from there on out. We decided it was best to end her suffering rather than prolong it just because we couldn't bear the thought of losing her.
She was 15 years old and had lived a long and very good life, better than a lot of cats lead. I miss her terribly though. We've had since I was 9 and it's hard for me to believe that she's really gone. There isn't another cat like her in the world. I miss her so much.
https://sta.sh/05yv3vja4pq
And so 2017 ends with heartache and 2018 begins. I'm glad to put 2017 behind me. The year absolutely flew by and while I did have a few months of feeling pretty good I also crashed pretty hard and will admit to being rather depressed for the majority of the year. I'm sad that I didn't get to do as much art as I wanted to, or improve much at all, but I'm hoping I'll be able to do a bit more this year.
That being said, I am currently continuing to work on the last two fursuit commissions I have (I'm about 50% or so with one of them). Once those are completed I will be open again for regular art commissions.
Work, trying to move, and dealing with grief are causing a bit of a delay, however. Please bear with me! As always you can see any commission progress on my Trello, as well as updates and randomness on my Twitter.
Take care of yourself, Wind! <3 <3 <3