EEEEEEEEEEHHH~~~!!!!!

*much excitment and jibberish of unknown origins babbled here~
I gots a Tablet with my Xmas money! <3 Had just enough to get one! <3

I got a couple of scribbles as a scrap, but ZOMG! I love it! I only played with it for an hour after setting it up and... and~!... ZOMG!

I can't wait to actually start using it. Then I can do more arts without the hassle of paper and pencil to scanner. DD

~rushes off to doodle some more and maybe actually start something~

Got a question everybody....

I've been toying around with some fur and sewing needles for the past... >>;; few hours....

If I actually decide to make this a commitment, would anyone be interested in claiming some paws, tails, or even a full fursuit from me in future months?

Ooook.



So. Amanda has been to many doctors lately. Mostly for her eye and more recently for her spine.

Eye - Exotropia - Nothing too serious. Just gotta do some patching with the high possibilty of laser eye surgery to correct those muscles in the future.

Spine - Curve/Scoliosis - Again, nothing too serious (we caught it early, at least) and it's a minor curve (roughly 15 degrees) with a tethered spinal chord in her L3 (Lumbar region *lower back near tailbone* 3rd vertibrae).


We went to see the Neurosurgeon today about her Tethered Chord and got the following report:

We will have to get surgery on her spine to cut the tethered part from her spinal chord. it's not a must, but it is strongly recommended, so we're going with it. Nothing horrible, just a simple snip. He said that the tethered part was pulling her spine downward which is more than likely the reason for her curve/scoliosis. Doing this surgery may very well get rid of her scoliosis entirely. Worst case scenario on that is, it won't fix the scoliosis but it's a definate that the scoliosis will not get worse from that point. He said that in cutting the chord "free" he might actually get a small nerve ending that might be attached to that region of the chord, but the most that will happen from that is a little numbness in her leg/legs and that will eventually go away.

He also said that he felt very certain that she will be able to go on and play sports, become a cheerleader and do anything else a normal and active child would want to do in her future.

She will be in the hospital for roughly 3-4 days (or more, depending on her rate of recovery) after the surgery to ensure that her incision would heal alright and not reopen in any way - also to monitor her... etc... After that, he said she would be ready to get back to whatever she wants as she wants to. He said in most cases, it will set back her urge to want to walk and stand for about a month at most, but that's a small price to pay.


We have her appointment set for this coming Monday (July 27 - time is currently TBA) so we will more than likely be in the hospital for most of that week. if you want to talk to us, call my cell - leave a message in case my phone gets crappy service. We'll check it every few hours or so.

Pray for us.

~Us

Well, after giving my revamped friendslist a week trial to try and please me and not overwhelm me with 500+ deviations and 200+ journals per day - i'm happy to say that my new and much much much smaller watch list is not only much smaller, but approved by me!

in short - i went through my watch list and got rid of a lot of people that i had noticed didn't do much/didn't know at all/started doing a new style of art than i enjoy .. or... did too much in a style of art i found interesting to look at, but not always my favorite.
i did keep all my friends (both close and semi-close) as well as quite a few Anthro and comic artist, but needless to say - i had to have deleted close to 100 people.
My many apologies if i deleted you but i kept getting overwhelmed with daily deviations and what not. i was starting to just delete everything without so much as blinking at anything everyone had done/said and that made for a sad wolf puppy. BUT! i'm happy to say that i only had 14 deviations to look at from this week and only 6 journals. So now i'm a happy wolf puppy. :3

Hmm... guess that was the longer but simpler version.

From here on out, i'm only going to watch you if you do something special for me and/or i know you. Thanks!

Also, just finished reading "Equal Rites" by Terry Pratchett! Loved it! :3

I don't often do this, but I feel I need to start recognizing some peoples on my friend lists more than I do.

So-

Happy Birthday Maji!! <3
Hope you had a great time!
*hands you a feather as her present*
:3