Sammy Upvotes
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I need help for the future. Throne is coming.
🕑 Added 2024-08-17 19:26:13 +0000 UTCPatrons are getting a first preview of this blurb that will be going live later today on DA/Twitter.
That title may startle you. I'm starting a Throne soon. I'm doing so out of a call for help from you, my fans, my friends, and supporters.
TL;DR: at the bottom. This may run long.
My father is sick and fatigued. He has an auto immune disease and will be soon receiving a bone marrow transfer to help alleviate him from it. Our family has spent the last couple years dealing with doctor visits and medications for him. Ups and downs were abound. It has produced a lot of stress for me and accounts for some of my absence over the last couple years. Mental burdens grow heavy when my father is as down as he has been.
We finally have a path forward with the bone marrow transfer. Here's the catch: I am the one chosen as his caregiver in this regard. What that means is he gets to spend 3 months in a special home designed for transplant/transfer receivers and I have to stay with him the entire time to take care of him. Him and I alone in a room for three months. (There will be spaces we can go to get away from each other, don't worry). I'm happy to do this! Don't get me wrong!
In addition: Dad and I will be spending 10 days together near this hospital he'll get the bone marrow transfer from. That is coming in the first week of September. The bone marrow transfer is coming after but we don't have a set date. It'll be soon. As early as late September.
The speed that this all came out is putting me in an incredibly tight spot. Not having consistent work time has stifled my output and reduced my ability to take work. Spending three months away from home and from my setup will possibly only make that worse. I have a mobile tablet but it's old and I don't have the equipment to create a workspace away from home.
So I'm asking for your help. I don't want donations directly. I instead am trying something new.
Behold my Throne: A place where you can chip in money to buy me things I've placed upon a wishlist.
https://throne.com/sammyupvotes
In here you'll find, currently, six items that I perceive that I'll need for both the 10 days and the 3 months coming up. I have listed them so that the very left and upper is the most important. The very lowest is least. I would love to have all items but only the things I have typed, "I am buying this NO MATTER WHAT" (or similar) are the most important. If I don't get them via throne, I'll find a way to afford them myself because they'll be integral to keeping me working while away from home.
I ask you to chip in what you can. If you can't, that's fine too, as your support still keeps me forging ahead. I'm gonna repay with as much art as I can muster with the months ahead. I am ever striving to continue forward and a renewed interest to grow has me eager to push my content again.
If you have any questions, or comments, or concerns, please share them in the comments and I'll do my best to address them. Thank you for reading all of this.
TL;DR: I'm going to be away from home for extended periods of time soon and can't financially support myself and equip myself at the same time for those periods to keep working. I need your help to equip me so my finances can go to my bills and necessities that come first.
Comments
Sammy Upvotes
It'll be interesting! We love each other dearly but 3 months is indeed a long time to be in one room. Thank you for your support! It comes in views, comments, and sundry other forms and I appreciate it all :>! And I have faith that all things will work out as they should. Life flows all the same!
Sammy Upvotes
I can see this care in real time every day but today it poured forth and I am overwhelmed! Thank you! I will do my best for my father first, and my art after!
bmobeehsnab
I hate to hear what your dad's having to go through. And the though of you both having to essentially spend the rest of 2024 in one room doesn't sound fun so I'll help out any way I can to make things easier for you! I can't promise that I can increase my tier here any time soon but I was able to get to something on Throne! I hope your dad's treatment goes well!
¤ 《Faded Existence》¤
Down to just a tablet upgrade already? Sammy your community cares for you deeply and I think I can safely speak on behalf of everyone here when I say we wish you and your father well, in the best possible health, and happy as can be. You're strong and compassionate fire furnace of a heart will keep burning on and we will be there to fan the flames whenever needed <3 keep being awesome and I pray things go well for your father.
Sammy Upvotes
Whatever you can do, sub, contribute, comments, heart, repost, and even just view, it's all good for motivating me to continue forward! I appreciate it immensely what you have done and continue to do. I have faith for the future :>!
Jens ibsen
First of all im sorry to hear your father is having such a time, I hope to be able to up my contribution from next month, but unfortunately I cannot promise that yet. I really hope your father gets the treatment he needs, and that it is as effective at possible!
Sammy Upvotes
Thank you for this! The support being shown is melting my heart.
Sammy Upvotes
Thank you tremendously! Right now every bit helps and my engine needs to roar to help meet this astounding support!
Sawed Off Laser
Hopefully your dad recovers well and this time is not too hard on you! I'll see about upping my monthly contribution to help.
RickDias
Well, I'm glad you've got a bunch of loyal supporters! I'll make my donation quick then! ^^;
Sammy Upvotes
._. 4 were immediately bought.
RickDias
I'm so sorry you're going through a rough spot. I'm more than happy to help chip in... although I only see two items on your wishlist at the moment.
