Buckyyyyyyyyy!

Hiiiiiii how are you?

Also your profile says you're a fellow industry professional, so I just want to say "you're welcome!" for explaining your own industry to you. 🫣

Thank you for the reminder. I was feeling a little too safe for a moment there, and that's how it creeps in.

< myself contemplating applying to some companies I have been avoiding for moral reasons. It's extremely difficult to choose between feeding your family or upholding your values if you get desperate enough.

So no, I take back my initial reaction. I agree with you. This is so, so bad.

< the top, and so many times had pressure on us to be less "alienating" with character choices, and

2) the industry is in shambles, and there are thousands upon thousands of us looking for work and growing increasingly desperate as emergency funds dry up. I've been out of work myself and I found >

I was going to protest on behalf of the game industry, being in it for nearly 20 years myself and knowing the level of passion so many game industry professionals have for inclusivity, representation, and diversity.

But then I remembered two things:

1) we were always controlled by the execs at >

She is home now and struggling a bit with her meds, new food, and energy levels.

Her kidneys show some degradation, hopefully just from the dehydration + inflammation. 🤞 Retesting once she heals.

So glad she's going to be okay. 💕

(Also really fucking glad we have that no-limit pet insurance.)

Turns out she has IBD, and inflammation = easy blockages = trapped wind = bloat.

Sheppie's IBD is controlled through Rx diet + occasional antacids — no other meds required — so hopefully Clem will be that lucky. 🤞

My poor sick girl. She's in the right home, that's for sure. 💕

Wednesday night, she came home with strict supportive care instructions, meds, and prescription food.

Thursday night she bloated AGAIN and we rushed back in. >

The vet thinks she had GDV, commonly known as bloat, where the stomach twists and death can occur in less than an hour. 😭 Theory goes, her stomach untwisted during the ride to the vet and dumped all the air into the intestines at once. >

Omg I'm having too much fun with alt text.

Anyway, original tests showed her small intestines were dilated and pushing her colon off to the side, which looked like it had twisted. Luckily it untwisted by itself as the air trickled through, so no surgery was required. 😮‍💨 >

We rushed poor Clementine to the ER on Tuesday night with bloat. Look at her poor tummy. 😭 I expanded her harness strap by 5" and it STILL wouldn't close. 😭💔💔💔 >