Running out of time.

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Raven chewing a bone in the snow yesterday morning. He doesn't mind the cold and wet — loves it, in fact. The pred in his cancer cocktail makes him overheated (I should know; it does the same thing to me), and he's always been a very clean dog besides, always wanting to roll in snow or wet grass. He was miserable during last year's drought, with no ability to roll to clean his fur, and no water in the pond for a full-scale bath.

He had a rough night (which meant, of course, that I did, too), but this morning, his appetite is back, and he spent some time outside in the rain/snow mix with a bone again. Now he's lying on the floor a few feet away, snoozing heavily. We know he's running out of time, but for now, he's happy, and where he's concerned, we're living in the moment with him.

Very little sleep last night, and a bad episode this morning. I'm feeling a little better now, but "a little better" is very low bar to clear on days like this. And the stress of the medical bills is still killing me.

I'm running out of time, and running out of everything else with it.

Here are the links, because I have to bring in this full $30K somehow, and now:

• Wings's site, for sales, with lots of new items posted;
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to all of our medical bills, which continue to mount);
• My Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds) (and if you subscribe today you won't be billed until June 1st for May);
• Amazon wishlist, which mostly consists of animal and household stuff, the big one being the fly spray;
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. I've added two or three new kitchen-y things on it now, stuff that I didn't realize we'd need.

I'm ecstatic to be able to forget, at least for now, about my thyroid (yes, there's still some swelling and so forth, but it's not nearly as noticeable as after the first botched biopsy). Now I have to work on the asthma/respiratory and autoimmune stuff. And most of all, I need to pay off these bills. That will go further than just about anything right now to allowing me to breathe again. Wings dropped two new works yesterday, in addition to the new cuff and two new pairs of earrings that I posted here two days ago. Please share the links around, offer recommendations and testimonials, consider purchases, and help me be able to breathe, literally.

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