#yay vet bills

[traumatas]

Have they considered that, instead of experiencing the horrors, they should be alive and deciding what to have for dinner? 🤔

[maranull]

also today I wrote over 1300 words and I'm proud of me and I'm gonna say it 😤

[rosereign]

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[sibillascribbles08]

Hi I super need money rn

Can I interest literally anyone in some commissions? Even pay what you want ones? (how much you pay will impact how much detail you can get obvs). You can see my regular commission info over here.

I can do stuff from icons to sketches to stain glass to basic refs. Here's just a few recent examples

Skys the limit, I'm fine with trying stuff outside my comfort zone too I just... really need funds rn (massive emergency vet bill haha yay...)

I take payments via paypal invoice or if you wanna just chuck money at my Ko-fi and request something go crazy idc. You can also toss some support by buying an ebook of my novella if literature interests you more than art.

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Sometimes I think about how when I was a little kid, I got an advertisement in the mail from HSUS asking people to write their state congresspeople about banning horse slaughter in the United States. Had a beautiful picture of a horse running wild and free on the envelope and provided a template to follow.

Little me wrote my representative, and I even got a response assuring me that they would support the bill. It ended up passing, and yay we saved the horsies!

Then I grew up and got a job in vet medicine, and was told by an experienced equine vet how because of that bill, horses whose owners either can’t or won’t have them euthanized will be sold to slaughter operations in Canada or Mexico, necessitating them to be transported sometimes hundreds of miles by trailer instead of being granted a swift, merciful death—which they often desperately need. One they would have if humane slaughter of horses was still legal in the United States.

So when I think about the HSUS backing the SWIMS Act, I get scared. Because somewhere out there, there’s going to be a sweet little kid who just loves animals writing their representative, asking them to save the whales. Without realizing they’re only making things worse.

[emberkyrlee]

Neo's vet to the nurses: "Are they okay with us writing 'YAY' in the medical file? Cause I just did."

Yes, my girl got a clean bill of health! Temperature is normal, weight is improving, and she is eating!

[casdeans-pie]

Well. Fuck.

Pumpkin has had a few days off his medication and his overgrooming has started back up again. Just as bad as before.

Good God I can't go through all this again. I just can't.

Long rant below the cut

There is something wrong with what they did during his surgery. There has to be something that went wrong - did they damage a nerve? Damage a bone? Left tooth in there? Damaged his throat? I have no idea - and neither do they!! Every time they look in his mouth they're like ??? It looks fine???

It's clearly not fine or he wouldn't be stressed out to the point of overgrooming !!

Last time she was fairly confident that it's just where his bottom fangs (the last two teeth in his whole mouth) were catching on his top lip. But it's been months and he's still not used to it??? I thought cats were adaptable with those kinds of things???

Did they not anticipate that happening when they left those as the only teeth????

I wish they'd have just taken the entire lot. But she said that they can't take healthy teeth from the bottom jaw or they risk fracturing it. Okay so now he's just going to have chronic pain for the rest of his life??? Cool cool cool

That's the thing that's bothering me so bad is that he's clearly in pain with SOMETHING and nobody knows what. It just means he can't meow without being bothered by it, can't wash without being bothered by it, can't drink without being bothered by it. He eats okay, but he drops a lot of the meat as he's "chewing".

What am I supposed to do????? I don't know what to do.

The gabapentin he was on before isn't a long term solution. (And it was £60 for a month!!!)

He can't keep going back and forth to the vets all the time, that was adding to his stress. And I literally work in a coffee shop - I already have to pay a lot for the only cat litter he'll use, his special easily digestible food, the monthly refill of his calm diffuser, pet insurance, his flea and worming pet plan..... I can't afford much more. I'm already in the red each month, I can't add another bill to that.

What's the solution here??? Do I demand that they do a proper investigation under anaesthetic?? (Which will cost a few hundred pounds, not covered by insurance because it's dental) or do I try out some different anti anxiety medication???

I don't know what to do

I can't watch this little thing suffer and pull his fur all out again. I can't do it, it hurts me so so badly to see him so agitated and clearly hurting and not be able to do a thing about it.

I usually don't care that I live alone - I thrive on it most of the time, I'm quite a solitary creature - but this is one of those rare occasions that I am craving just one other person here right now to help me out with this.

Regardless of anything else there's at least one more vet visit I'll have to do to get something to keep him from ripping out all his fur. The vet said they would think of something less intense than gabapentin if he started up again but they'll have to examine him again first. Yay

Tooth extraction for cats is such a routine operation why has it gone so wrong it's not fair

[oysters-aint-for-me]

BTW dulcinea is coming home today!!! she’s breathing well and she’s eating well although she has not pooped yet but that might be due to the stress of the veterinary ICU. we’re gonna go pick her up at 4.

does anyone know if vets have rules like human doctors and therapists where they can’t accept thank you gifts from clients? we want to give them something but i’m not sure it’s appropriate. my mom got them cupcakes but maybe we should just give them a card….idk!

but YAY DULCIE IS COMING HOME!!! i hope she does well once she gets here!!! i hope ianto doesn’t bother her too much! i hope everything works out from here on out! we have a bunch of follow up appointments for her.

also our vet bills are getting seriously out of hand to the point where i might actually have to ask for donations :/ my dad asked if i could set something up. would that be tacky? idk. i don’t think it’s tacky at all when others do it, i just feel like we DO have the means the pay for the vet bills, but we don’t have the means to pay for the vet bills PLUS all of our other bills. idk. i’ll think about it.

[samble]

jesus christ god is really trying to kill me lately

idk if anyone reads these but vent-y shit under the cut + mentions of animal (cat) neglect / illness stuff

mom's cat has been sick for days — eating and using the litterbox very little. can't afford vet care, bc even basic vet visits can be $200+ here. and that's not counting tests and scans they'd need to run. she's very upset over the cat but believes god will "have to help him" (?) and rejected my offer to try and beg local vets for low cost euthanasia as a final option if he doesn't improve.

id offer to help, but 1) the care credit card i use for vet stuff is technically my parents', not mine, and 2) i can't shove it on my credit seeing as another (yay) issue just popped up.

my car's alternator (?) decided being around for almost nine years was just too much and decided to kill itself. it had given me a battery warning upon starting, but went away when i turned the engine again, so i started driving. car fucking neatly nuked me going down the highway. had my gas pedal to the floor and could just barely make the speed limit (55mph) using as much force on it as was possible. had to pull over before the thing decided to stall completely.

obviously, this is not cheap, and turbo sucks. this is all ALSO not helped by the fact i have necessary bills coming up in a few days, and i have to make credit card payments before the debt gets worse.

tl;dr: shit fucking sucks!!!

[felidaefatigue]

I gotta redo the lab in the top right cause i dont like how it turned out and its family so it can wait hence hidden but. So far! Easily have this many more to do and more potentially coming lmfao. I am loving it because yay painting and yay reimbursing for hefty vet bill but also... painting these is slightly exhausting since gotta hunch over for SO LONG aha.

[clovercoin]

YAY SEPTEMBER, CLOVERCOIN IS BACK!

[ Original Patreon Post ] Phew, almost forgot the life updates after doing all those art packs in the other post. So let's catch up with what's happening with CloverCoin! Life has been very very busy since I got back from my mom's funeral. Our dog Junior (rottie) had a previous elbow injury that wasn't healing over and when I got back home we decided to take him to the vet for a second look since the pain meds they gave us ran out. Turns out Junior had big swollen ball of cancer in his elbow and he was never going to regain function in that arm again. He was in so much pain we were really apprehensive on what the right course of action was. But the vets all worked with us since they knew Junior so well from all his previous visits, with their help we managed to get an extra fast amputation surgery scheduled for the infected arm. It was extremely expensive but it gave our dog immediate pain relief while we figured what treatment plan we were going to do next. Originally we all thought it was bone cancer and that he would likely need to be put down to avoid further pain in the very near future even with his amputation. With further testing and investigation of his cancer arm, we found out it was actually a type of blood cancer of his white blood cells. We all assumed if it's blood and fluid that must mean it's everywhere, right? We were wrong AGAIN! Wither further scans we found no further signs of cancer growth in his body, lymph nodes, or organs. With this new information we made the decision as a family to pursue oncologist for Junior and get him chemo / cancer treatments. It drained the rest of our savings account that we've been working so hard for to buy a house next summer... But Junior himself has completely bounced back to the happy dog he's always been. He's eating again, learning how to run and play on his one foreleg, and just excited to still be here. So while it did cost all of my savings, I have to say it's been worth it. With his reviewed case, he went from less than 6 months to live to possibly living 2-3+ more years now. So we're all so happy and grateful to still have our service boy still with us. Now that we're on a routine with Junior and his chemo treatments, I'm also getting back to work on my end! CloverCoin Patreon is back online for September 2024! We're so excited to see so many patrons stuck around and how excited you all are for more art! Thank you!!! I'm currently working on setting up a Bigcartel shop page with all of our stickers and postcard goods. I'll be sure to announce the shop's grand opening here soon as it's all ready. Thank you so much for all of my patrons testing out merch every month with me so we can make this possible! Last big to-do on my list now is that my current desktop Cintiq is not working for me. We had an original Cintiq 22 HD from 2014. But that poor thing died last year. We ordered a new tablet on super sale from amazon but.... We're very unhappy with the product and it doesn't work with my desk or work station. So we'll be taking it down and trying to resell it to get our money back. However this means I still do not have a desktop tablet to work with for online streams and recordings. REALLY BUMS ME OUT! I'm very fortunate that I still have my ipad and it's been working great. So I'm not totally without a tablet for work. But Prov and I will now be making an effort to replace my Cintiq tablet with a new one maybe before the year is over. Ouch my poor savings account, it's already taken such a beating from all the vet bills and now I have to replace very expensive hardware? yuck! So... Lots of money being spent. But overall we're very lucky and we're so happy. I'm just so grateful to have my happy dog recovering really well. I'm glad my ipad works great even after being beat up for past 7-8 years?? Woah! Good job lil buddy. Just... A lot has gone wrong this year. A lot of bad shit has happened. And Prov and I are so damn lucky to be here and have everything we do. So I'm going to keep working VERY HARD to get all this updated, shop posted, commissions completed, and make back every single dime of my savings!!! OR SO HELP ME! >:0 Thanks everyone for sticking it out while we're figuring out every bump in the road. We really appreciate all your patience and kindness. You're all the best and I can't wait to share even more art with you all! AJD . ART

[pebbles-scatter]

update on my kitty cat: she sit on my lap

btw. in case y'all didn't know. i got a kitty cat.

her name is smokey (via the neighbors who used to take care of her before they had to move suddenly) and she's a bit of a bitch but also a sweetie

[blkkizzat]

yay! y'all i got my merit increase at work! not a ton more monies but hell its better than nothing lmfao. and needed cause having to pay for those emergency vet bills really tapped me. and daddy Toji needs more money for his boat races

[tirsynni]

Personal ramblings and my general displeasure with 2024 so far.

Last month, my job interview went very well and I accepted a promotion, which I started on April 8th. Yay! It is a supervision position and it was very unexpected, as I applied for a different position and they decided that I would fit the supervisory position instead. It was awesome, very flattering, and a great way to leave my old position and the frustrating stressors (and people) associated with it.

Then my kitty, my best friend of 18 years, died on the 6th. Needless to say, pretty much all of my enthusiasm for the new position has died. I still very much enjoy it and I have high hopes for it, but everything happened very suddenly on the 6th and there was no time for mental or emotional preparation. It isn't helped by my youngest cat struggling, as he is very social and is a social eater, which is affecting everyone's meal times.

Next week will be my first promotion-related paycheck, and the extra is going towards Demon Spawn's last vet bill, as will the next paycheck. It also kills a bit of the joy connected to my pay raise. Whee.

If anyone has any ideas for nice, little kitty memorial things, they would be greatly appreciated. I always joked that if I had a familiar, it would be Demon Spawn. Of my pets, she was my most constant companion. She always demanded my attention, her favorite spot was my lap (or chest or shoulder), and in her mind, what was mine was hers. Especially food. She had a larger than life personality, and everything has been very quiet since her passing. I can't do anything about that, but I would at least like something acknowledgment to that.

Another pic of her for kitty tax.

[danandphilchronology]

Phil the Viking + Tim’s Adventure +  Worst Day Ever. + The Rabit iz comin to get you

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Hello besties! Another day of AmazingPhil circa 2008! We have quite a few I wanted to cover in a single sitting because I was inspired by their very in-depth and meticulous Met Gala review that you can see on Phil’s Instagram. Just looking at the titles, I can tell we are going to be in for an adventure!

Phil the Viking

I’m already nervous for what this could be. This past weekend I did a ton of independent research into Dip and Pip lore and I watched a video that was just Phil barking at the camera and let me tell y’all, that shit has scarred me. 

Wayback Machine (16 February 2008)

Muhammad Ali… Recipe for Life by loutyr

News In Color - College Edition by NewsInColor

Black History Month Presents- BLA… by agordon101

Ok, originally I was nervous because in these early youtube days, Phil doesn’t really have any rhyme or reason to his titling UNLESS he has made some kind of music lipsyncing video. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this was a vlog! Phil and some of his friend stared ina move called Faintheart which billed itself as “the first user generated movie”. Over 1400 myspace users auditioned for the movie and 11 non-professional actors were selected including our own Phil Lester who played Tim. I will link the imdb page here if you are interested in the plot of the film, but just to be warned, it sounds like it was as… good… and you think it is. 

It was presented at a film festival, received mixed reviews, and actually was nominated for a couple of awards. It’s crazy to think that Phil could have continued a career in actor. What a life that would have been. 

Total Watch Time 15m 30s

Tim’s Adventure

Wayback Machine (11 June 2008)

David Byrne: Playing the Building (BBTV) by boingboingtv

THE COMPLIMENTS COLLAB by PickThisCar

TAG! INSTANT KARMA! PASS THIS VID 4 HUMANITY!!! By KingHuman

Ok yall, the last video spoiled me because Phil is back in business as the king (I assume) of the weird side of youtube. It is very interesting to think that this era of Phil is the one Dan was like, “Yeah, we need to be friends”. 

Tim is a little guy who lives in Faceland (Phil’s actual face). The story of Tim is sad and short. He wished to find live and had to fight many uphill battles to be with his beloved, just for them both to be consumed by a dragon. This is not animated. This is nearly a minute of drawings on Phil’s face that I assume took at least a couple hours. This was, honestly, peak creativity. Bonus points for Phil for washing his face, I guess. 

Total Watch Time 16m 27s

Worst Day Ever.

Wayback Machine (25 June 2008)

the Trons - self playing robot band by pieplateindustries

PiKAPiKA THE MOVIE ~ GO! GO! PiKAPiKA!!~ by pikata08

Sing A Long by checkyourself

This was a song for men about how to check yourself for testicular cancer. I did a bit of research on that one. (10/10 for prioritizing health)

We love a storytime youtuber! Apparently Phil has a fear of rollercoasters? Not really, but he dreamed that he had killed an entire cart of passengers on a rollecoaster because he forgot to engage the harnesses. He was actually killed in his dream by a group of theme park mascots. While wearing a full suit and tie, he just talks us through an awful day from beginning to end. The ending, however, is true 2008 Phil and I 100% recommend you watch it. 

Total Watch Time 19m 11s

The Rabit iz comin to get you

I promise that I did not decide to spell it like that. That title does not contain any mispellings by me, I promise. That is all our Philly’s doing. 

Wayback Machine (7 July 2008)

The Blood Arm featuring Anais “Do I Have Your Attention” by laundryLA

Dynamic Architecture by dynamicarchitecture

The Cheese Incident by hiddentracktv2

CHILDHOOD STORYTIME!! Yay! Did you know baby Phil wanted to be a vet because he liked animals and wanted to help them. I could cry. He has always just been a little bean. He also wrote a murder story though, so I guess the sweet and terrifying evens out. The title comes from a story her wrote with the same name. The rabbit killed everyone and he could only be defeated by an entire army. I feel like I understand Phil less than I did before actually? Like what is going on? Why didn’t he become a horror author or horror movie director? Why didn’t his parents put him in therapy? Maybe they did. Imagine being Phil’s primary teacher and you notice that he as a tendency to write stories about murder and death… I would have nightmares.

Total Watch Time 21m 41s

[creamsickle-writes]

Hey sweet friend, hope all is well. Just poking to make sure you're doing alright. If you need someone to talk/vent/gush/etc. feel free to hit me up <3

I hope you're having a good time and are busy, but I miss ya' ^_^

Don’t worry, I am doing well! Recently moved again (just a small one, not very far at all!) and now have to furnish my first apartment! Which like, yay! But also money 🥲 I also adopted a cat so it’s my first time being a pet parent on my own and he was not making it easy at first (not that it was his fault though)! He came home with an upper respiratory infection (common in shelter cats) but then wasn’t eating so I had to take him to the vet twice (vet bills ugh). He also is a ‘feral’ cat (born in a cat colony) but I knew what I was getting into! He honestly isn’t even that aggressive or anything but the shelter was like, trying to convince me he was so ‘bad’ that I shouldn’t adopt him 🙄 he’s also a black cat with one eye so the odds were stacked against him- I loved him and I have experience with feral cats so I was like ‘okay I do not care, give me my son’

Anyhow- he’s fine, just a bit skittish. So I’ve been mostly busy with figuring out my first place and taking care of a cat who needs tons of love! But I’ve been doing well, Quin; thank you for checking in! 💕