Hey guys! I apologize for not updating or posting much in awhile, I hadn't posted any completed work on FA for a month, but I have been working! I have several projects/commissions in the works, and some I just havn't posted yet, I did post 3 completed refs just now though <3.
I've been having a rough time, I'm not going to lie.. Between getting sick the biggest obsticle has been my dog Timber/Mental Health.
He has a tumor on his leg, which we have already gotten tested and it came back non cancerous, however, it has grown significantly since that time and we were considering getting it removed. The thing is, because he is epileptic he is high risk under anesthetic, so we wanted to prevent having to do anything, however it keeps cracking and bleeding and getting knicked on things, and because its grown so much we are worried about it becoming too large to safetly remove.

While this is concerning, its actually the least of our recent issues with him. His eye began bothering him, so we took him into the vet to get it looked at and $900 later they suspected Glaucoma. We were treating glaucoma with no success and that is because after some time we realized he actually had another tumour growing INSIDE his eyeball. That being said, we need to remove his eye completely, and we no longer have the choice to put him under anesthetic because this is a painful condition and will just get worse, grow and ultimately explode his eye. Currently we are administering multiple medicated eye drops several times a day, and giving him pain management to keep him comfortable.

His surgery for the eye removal is schedualed on the 5th, as the earliest date available, we decided to get the mass on his leg also removed during this time.
I have been a mess. We wont know if the tumour in his eye is cancer untill it is removed and sent to a lab for testing, which means we need to pay the $3600ish quote for the tumour/eye removal before we even know if he has cancer, inwhich case might take his life regardless. I'm so worried about him. I'm worried about putting him under anesthetic, I'm worried about if its cancer, I'm worried about how he will adjust to missing an eye, I'm worried about coming up with the money for this and I'm worried about losing my best friend.

I was having a lot of issues focusing on work the last week due to stress/depression so I havnt really worked much and I do apologize, but I needed the break to just enjoy spending time with my baby, making sure he is comfortable and decompressing. Although I'm still worried about him, I'm back to work today and continueing to work on commissions.

I really do appreciate all my clients and your patience during this time, you all have been truly wonderful, supportive and patient with me and it really means the world to me.

Much love, hug your pets <3
- Aimi