i realized i never gave a proper update!!!

she's doing much better now, it turns out she suffered a mild heart attack but it wasn't due to artery blockage, which from what we're told, is the best kind to have if you're going to have one. she hasn't been quite back to herself since coming back but she's doing much better, a lot of is is emotional and still struggling with the symptoms after all of this + her usual symptoms. but we're working on it, little by little. thank you again to everyone who showed us kindness during this time. it was extremely scary but we go through it, thank you ; w ;

mirroring post from our kofi: https://ko-fi.com/Post/xmas-has-not-gone-as-planned-D1D6SQ1SS

"so previously, i updated you guys that we were going to visit my parents for christmas, and we have and it has been nice up until recent. my niece had covid and it spread to me and pawmie, and exasperated the virus my dad already had and my mom had started to show symptoms as well. so we had to put off christmas / gift exchanging / the bigger family get together. well, my mom has been in poor health for a while and part of the reason for coming out was to just in general help them and be there to help take care. a couple days ago, when my dad went to check on her because she was sleeping for an unusually long time (it's not uncommon for her to sleep through a day due to her pain) he found he couldn't wake her up. she was snoring, so she was breathing, but she was unresponsive. we called 911 and we were given instructions for cpr as we carefully brought her to the floor. paramedics and help came very quickly and got her taken to the hospital. it turns out the medications she took the night previously plus a patch she needs for pain was too much for her system and it was a bad interaction. like an overdose. (not intentional, she's just has to take so much, she needs a better system for organizing and tracking what she takes) she's in care now, she's been awake and more alert, i got to visit and see her but she is very very much out of it. i'm so thankful we were all here and she was able to get help as quick as possible. the nurse told me and my sister she's lucky to be alive. she's been getting a plethora of tests done. just today they gave her something for her chest pain that also did not interact well and caused her blood pressure to spike and her heart rate to dip, but noticing this they gave her something to counter act it, and her body is just exhausted and her heart overworked. but they are taking care of her. my dad is there now, my sister is there now as well, i'll be visiting her soon but i'm watching her dogs. i know this is extremely personal, but my mom is everything to me and this has genuinely been extremely traumatizing. we're going to be staying out here until i know she's ok and can come back home. but for now, there's just too much happening.
i want to help out here as much as i'm able to. i'm going to be emptying out all currently finished designs for sale to raise funds for helping them. we're not in a good financial position and i apologize that we still have commissions needing to be finished, but i absolutely must prioritize making some income for them. i feel absolutely powerless to all of this, so if it's something i can do, i will. i cannot take on anymore work, i'm going to be too busy going back and forth to the hospital and running errands for my dad. i appreciate all of you who have been supporting me. i didn't expect kofi to have to be a place i ask for help, i wanted this to just be where i could update everyone on artwork because that's what you follow us for, not for life things, so i understand if these kinds of updates are overwhelming. thank you to everyone who's been sticking with us through all these things, it sincerely means the world to me."

edit: thank you all so much for your overwhelming support and kindness, it really means so much to me, i've been so stressed this year and i just want to be able to help the people i love. i'm always so anxious when posting anything online anymore and it makes me so sad i have to make life updates like these, but seeing the love makes it much easier to bear, so thank you sincerely ; _ ; i hope next year will be softer on my loved ones and yours as well