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TLDR: my mother was hospitalized two weeks ago, and I paid 10,000 UAH (~$240) for medications (as well as a surgical pedicure, mother's transportation by taxi and food) and now I am deep in the red and now I want to earn the necessary amount to cover the credit cart debt, and if possible, start saving money to continue her (and what's the point, mine too) treatment.

Long story: My mother is disabled with heart failure, and a diabetic with diabetic foot and trophic ulcers on it. This has been a long-standing problem, and the last time, exactly a year ago, my mother had phlegmon on the same leg and she was hospitalized, the same hospital, the same department, the same doctor. (more about it in this journal: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10867562/) Since then, everything was relatively stable with her legs, but on May 3rd of this year, I decided to look at her leg after the bandage (she is changing her bandages daily herself), as I usually do once every week or two, and found that it was swollen and the big toe was red and... We got to the surgeon on Tuesday and that same day, mother was admitted to the purulent surgery department with suspected recurrent phlegmon. Antibiotic injections began, and then after all the x-rays, the pus was not confirmed, that is, the disease came from bad blood vessels under the skin, so then expensive vascular drugs in IVs began. After two weeks of IVs and bandages, my mother was discharged from the hospital, and she has been home since Monday. Her leg is still red at the moment, so we continue to carefully bandage her leg ourselves and observe. If the redness goes away soon - we will need to continue the examination and treatment: do an MRI of the leg vessels and consult a vascular surgeon regarding a possible surgery or... Honestly, I don't know, it all depends on what the doctor says.

In the last two weeks, between trips to the hospital, cleaning the apartment (cleaned all surfaces to reduce the chance of any new infections), fighting my own ailments, I tried to draw a little and contact all my clients to give them some kind of update (so if I haven't contacted you in the last month - CONTACT ME). And as an (un)funny bonus, I got a gumboil, which I couldn't deal with for several weeks because of caring for my mother, and I can't afford treatment in a private dental clinic, so tomorrow I'll try to get to a free dentist (although I suspect that the surgery and antibiotics will cost money anyway, which I don't have). So... I'm stressed and tired as hell, life isn't getting any easier, but I keep trying.

If this journal is partially a rambling vent, I apologize. It's all boiling inside me and it's pouring out in panic attacks, insomnia, and shaking hands. I've been putting off writing this journal for the last two weeks, but the money situation is so draining that I just don't have the strength left.

Snippets of life and info from my twitter: https://x.com/GodOfDeadDog/status/1.....98659522572351 https://x.com/GodOfDeadDog/status/1.....69027464864133 https://x.com/GodOfDeadDog/status/1.....39192866091311

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Feel free to ask me any questions in the comments. Also preferably contact me via discord (degodog) or telegram (https://t.me/GodofDeadDog), as FA notes are very inconvenient (but I will still try to check them more often in the coming weeks) 🙇‍♂️