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Crawls out of the depths with mer moon art🤭🐟

She was on a long round of antibiotics and I was the cleaning wound out daily with every other day salt soaks and we saw some brief improvement over the last couple of weeks but last night I noticed her limping and when I checked her foot it had swelled back up and started bleeding.

I thankfully already spoke with the vet because we were working to save the money for her procedure, so I have an invoice which you can see here:

It'll be anywhere between 464.70 to 564.70 to get her foot cleaned out. I have $150 of that already saved up, and I will call and schedule her appointment the second I hit my goal.

150/564.70

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

I felt like painting fabric and textures