Hey all, I know I haven't really been on this site. Life has been... a lot. And being on FA is very hard.

I meant to do an update on Amanda/here-kitty--kitty ages ago, and I failed on that. What happened to her was a lot and I can't tell you how much I miss her. I haven't heard her voice in years and only had one sided conversations with her over the phone. But I at least had that. You all never got the update until now. I'm so sorry.

I recently was able to get back in contact with Amanda's mom, which is a major relief. I had been slacking on contacting due to a lot of loss in my life. I lost my mom to cancer and my grandmother shortly after. That left a huge hole in my family that we're still trying to figure out how to handle. I also know the last few years have been tough for everyone, so I don't think I have to explain how much that didn't help either. Amanda's mom has def been handling a lot on her side as well.

So the big thing was Amanda was able to leave the hospital and return home after a year of being in there. There was a great deal of progress, she got the trach out, was responding to questions by blinking and wiggling her fingers and toes. But it seems she has been unable to avoid the hospital. She has been re-hospitalized a few times, but now she's back in and is currently fighting infections again. Her mom goes to see her almost daily and is constantly fighting and caring for her. I'm just so happy she has such an amazing mother to be there for her. They have gone through so much, and her mom is just constantly so proud of her. Always says how beautiful she is and speaks of her with so much love.

I never really talked to her mom much until this happened... but she really is an amazing person. Amanda has had the support of her family and I know all of you have been thinking about her too. I told her about it during the talks I had with her and I know she felt loved by everyone.

I think I will be able to talk to her on the phone again this week and I can tell her anything ya'll want me to. I think that would be a great help for her recovery.

Also I am unable to sign into her account. The password I had is no longer working so I may have to figure something out. For now I'll post on my account and toss it into shouts. I apologize for that. I may have to ask her mom about email or something so I can get on the account again. Unless ya'll are okay with updates from my account. I don't know if I'll ever use it again outside of doing that. Drawing has been almost impossible for me after what happened to her. I'm more active on my dice business socials, but I gotta be to pay my bills.

But thank you everyone for reading. I'm so sorry again for how long it's been. I hope this update helps everyone feel a little more at ease and I'll try to be back with another update soon. Hopefully posted from her account.