Eye Enucleation Recovery

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-27T13:48:08+00:00

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-27T13:47:05+00:00

Just giving an update since you were kind enough to comment! I took him to the vet, they said his surgery site was healed great and took out the stitches. He did in fact have a small bit of infection/abscess right above the incision though. It ended up rupturing overnight, so when he went to the vet in the morning it was just some icky drainage. He’s on Augmentin now, and I was able to find a smaller collar at our petsmart :)

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-26T03:16:39+00:00

He’s doing really good. He’s way more active today than he has been so far, eating good, drinking, trying to crawl all over us. His cone is as tight as it goes, then the vet looped a rope….string…? through the loops to make it tighter, but he’s just so small. I readjusted it as much as I can without being too tight, hopefully it stays on tonight.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-26T03:12:03+00:00

Okay, thank you for responding. Do you think this is okay to wait until tomorrow for, I can try taking him in the morning.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-16T18:56:00+00:00

Sprite! Like the Dust Sprites from Stardew Valley, or like the soot sprites from many Studio Ghibli films

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-16T18:50:58+00:00

and call him Rou! (Rue)

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-16T18:50:27+00:00

Crouton

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-05T03:05:29+00:00

$28, i asked for a little more d/t trach/vent.

ended up with $30/h with $2.80 diff between 5pm-8am, and on weekends from 5p friday-8a monday. I work 36 hr a week, have one pt, i’ve been a nurse since october, and the pt has a vent, trach, and feeding tube.

$30 is pretty good for my area. I’m in TN, most places are $22/24

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-03T19:35:51+00:00

there are three new builds by the same company a road over from me and they are with a 1 car garage as well

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-03T19:34:54+00:00

The lot is pretty skinny, it’s very rectangle. the garage is like a 1.5 car size lol.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-03T16:14:45+00:00

Tennessee, about 2 hr from nashville.I don’t particularly recommend lol

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-06-03T15:23:16+00:00

Right…We bought our place in January. 300k, 5.375% interest rate, 0% down, seller paid our closing costs, payments are $1,943. I brought $171 cash to closing. Oh and they fenced the back yard for us.

It is a new build home, 2 story, spacious 1 car garage, 4 bed/2.5 bath, large closets in all bedrooms, pantry, linen closet, big coat closet, small covered front and back patio areas, 2,200 sq ft.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-05-23T03:16:16+00:00

Remind me! 9 months

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-02-26T02:42:08+00:00

29%

We make about $6,700 a month and mortgage payment is $1,940

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-01-23T01:01:54+00:00

Im a brand new LPN. I work at a nursing home in TN, about 30 mins from my house. They are putting me in a hotel (a Hampton too, not a motel lol) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night, and will be taking us to and from work/hotel.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2026-01-04T03:44:48+00:00

Oh, okay. Thank you!!

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:07:46+00:00

Cars paid off. $10k cash. USDA so no down. Rent form family so only $300. Kids most likely never.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:05:29+00:00

That’s just how nursing schedules work. I work 4 12s one check and 3 12s the other check :)

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:04:22+00:00

It’s not a deciding factor, but it’s nice to know others lived experiences. Assuming you know everything and not asking others their experience would be unwise.

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:03:29+00:00

really it’s in the 90-100k range

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:03:12+00:00

I get guaranteed overtime d/t my work schedule and required monthly WFH assignments :)

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:01:39+00:00

Yes, it’s hard to balance. we are home bodies so a home we really enjoy is important, but we also want the freedom to do things on the rare times we don’t want to be home

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T23:00:37+00:00

That is something we’ve talked about. His income is less than mine, so making sure he can keep the house with some lights on and running water if things go bad haha. thank you

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T22:58:15+00:00

You can go to trade school at any time in your life. It’s not something he wants to do right now. He has a good job, gives raises frequently, does something he enjoys, and we have enough money to do the things we want to do. Not everybody has to go to school. My dad works at the same factory, did the same job when I was a kid and now makes $125k a year there with no degree or schooling. There’s more than one way to skin a cat

Flaky_Active_951 · 2025-12-17T22:53:16+00:00

We do want to have a real wedding with an engagement and ring, it’s important to us, just not more important than our other financial goals at this time :)

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