This is going to be a long post, so I'll put the TLDR here at the top:

My dad has brain cancer. Just found out about it this weekend through roller coaster of chaotic happenings that has left me shaken and exhausted. I have been mostly out of town since Saturday night, spent last night (tuesday night) at home, and am heading back out, today. I hope to be home on Friday and in a good enough frame of mind to stream. I'll be doing pre-pose flasbacks to make things easier on myself. Because I won't have the time to go back and alter the pages, the sets that include Os and my characters will carry over the discount listed.

Here is the long version- which I've already told the folks on my discord, and am posting here primarily so everyone is in the loop:

On the evening of Saturday the 15th I was informed that my father had a stroke. I got lots of confusing and conflicting information about this, and was told that it was actually a cancerous tumor that had begun to bleed and he was declining rapidly. At this point Os drove me to the city so he would not be alone, and I could say goodbye. This turned out to be an over reaction, as his non-responsive behavior was revealed to be the result of a very high dose of sedative to try and keep him calm for the airvac.

We still do not have answers as to exactly what kind of cancer it is, but his doctors believe it to be an extremely aggressive form. It was decided that'd we forego a biopsy because no matter what it is- it will need to be removed. They'll figure out exactly what we're dealing with after they've removed it. A tumor formed in his brain, causing swelling, which caused seizures, which caused a bleed- which caused more seizures. I have spent the last 2 days at the hospital with him and my siblings trying to navigate this difficult and terrifying situation.

My anxiety was compounded by incorrect information being circulated on facebook (we live in a small town) and I was constantly having to feild phone calls from people I don't know- and having to turn people away and not let them come into the hospital room as it is a family issue and we do not need random people from the bar invading our privacy. This resulted in me becoming extremely ill, as my anxiety combined with my soy allergy (can't avoid soy if you have to eat out).

As of Tuesday evening the seizures had gotten worse, and he was put on more sedatives and intubated. Wendseday, when the surgery was originally planned, they discovered he's running a fever, likely due to a respritory infection. The surgery has been delayed until the fever is gone, but his surgeon has assured us that she will be ready on stand by and get him taken care of as soon as it is safe to do so.

I humbly ask for your grace and patience as I figure this out. We are hoping for him to recover his mobility and to slow the spread of the cancer with treatment. Unfortunately we were told that the suspected type of cancer always comes back. We are looking at a very long road of treatment, and difficult times ahead.

That being said, I do not know what my work schedule will be. I will, Of course, do my best to continue working but I will need my clients to be understanding of delays. I am the only family member who lives in state, (just down the road from him, actually) and I think a lot of my time will be going to this. My dad, to be blunt, is a hoarder and it is going to take a very long time just to het his home in a state he is capable of living in after rehab.

If you feel inclined to help out during this trying time please donate to my ko-fi, here: https://ko-fi.com/olisnowpaw

Please note that there is no obligation to do such, and I will be extremely grateful for any help (even if I do not have time to express it, I am truly exhausted)

I am going to disable comments on this, I hope no one is offended by that. I just won't have the time to check them or respond, and this is by no means a 'woe is me give me pity' situation... I just feel it is necessary let folks know as a fair number of my clients only reach out to me on FA. Ya'll deserve to know what's up and why I'm unresponsive.