I live to see another day! (Patreon)

Hey all!

I lived, woo! 

I was in critical condition and in the ICU up until this morning -- I went into diabetic ketoacidosis after apparently getting sudden onset diabetes. It was MISERABLE -- getting woken up every hour for blood tests and injections. We're pretty sure I'm type 1 based on how quickly my symptoms came on, among other things. (genetics and I'm not obese/my diet was not something that could cause type 2) I got a lot of lifestyle changes and a lot of things I need to educate myself on, but I'm feeling so much better now that I've gotten treatment. Insulin is great, and expensive.

I did have a lot of issues after getting discharged -- I managed to get my insulin filled last second to my usual pharmacy, but they gave me the wrong needles so I had to panic-call my doctor to call the pharmacy across town to get an emergency filling so that I can get my insulin tonight and not worry about going back into DKA.  I have everything now to where I can live at home, yay!

I'm very thankful to my husband, my best friend, and my family that came and saw me. I was only alone for maybe 30 minutes the entire almost 3 days I was there. My sister drove 5 hours to stay the night with me the first night, and my best friend and husband took turns switching watching our dogs so that they can also be with me. 

I'm going to try to work tomorrow but take it easy. Now that I feel a lot better, my motivation to draw is back which is great. I hope you all have a great day! Thank you all for the kind words on the last few posts. This is probably the worst week of my life and I'm hopeful it'll get better from here!