Hey everyone, it's been a little while huh? After my mom's funeral in July, I came home to my dog getting diagnosed with cancer. We spent the next few months getting him treatments and physical therapy. Before his last 2 chemo visits, they did a scan and saw no improvements. They explained to us that he was terminal and we most likely only had 4-8 weeks left with him.
Prov and I were both heart broken by the news, but also some what expected this result. This was a big discussion point for us when we were adopting Junior at 6 months old, that most of his breed will die from a type of cancer. So it wasn't a huge shock to see it come out like this. We decided to put patreon on pause for a few months while we spent the last bit of time we had left with our dog.
Well time kept going and much to our surprise..? Junior only seemed to improve. He was gaining weight, he was stronger and faster than ever. He very recently has been feeling SO good he's even up to being naughty! Wonderful signs! Junior ate a very hard piece of bread and has been coughing a lot since then. Since the cancer was showing up in his lungs last we tested, we assumed his coughing and sputtering meant it was his "time". So we took him into the vet and check his coughing / xrays just to make sure we're right.
And.... Yeah everyone is shocked. Junior's cancer has pretty much disappeared, his lymph nodes are totally back to normal instead of being triple their size? Everyone at the clinic is calling Junior a miracle baby.
We were admittedly confused and scared by these results and contacted Junior's oncologist asap to review the scans and make a new app to get checked. And yep, after today Junior is apparently in remission from his cancer. The oncologist was just as surprised as our local vet, they said it's like scans of 2 different dogs. We all just can't believe it!
The oncologist wanted to do some more expensive tests but sadly we just can't afford any further bills at this time with no savings. So with a lot of discussion we've decided together to monitor junior and just enjoy every moment we have with him now that it looks like he's sticking around a lot longer than planned. What a wonderful surprise for 2025. I could not be happier!
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Patreon updates:
I was taking a long extended break for the autumn and winter months until Junior's passing. I wanted to have no obligations to stress about while we cared for our two senior dogs who were both having a lot of health problems at once.
The terminal one, junior, is no longer terminal? So.... With this new information both Prov and I would like to get all the owed patreon packages together and mail them out this month.
My biggest goal I guess for February 2025 is to just get caught up on the package mail out and all of the owed commissions from speedpaint tier. We really need some more income so I need to get back to work on adopts and commissions!
Just thank you so much everyone who is cheering us on, we appreciate all the support on and off patreon. We were able to do so much more thanks to all of your support and kindness during these difficult times. I'm very excited to have time to draw with you all again real soon!
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