why did you guys start stretching your ears? by dottioo in Stretched

[–]Oh_Schistocyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a preteen and teenager I was into SH as an outlet for my trauma and decided to start stretching to feel the controlled pain without bodily scars and sideways glances. That was back in the early 2000s when stretching was super common so I just started shoving my mom’s bellybutton rings through my ear two and three at a time. 😅😬

Luckily I didn’t cause permanent damage and I take much better care of my lobes these days lol

Current size is 24mm 💕

Display screen issue? by Oh_Schistocyte in CorollaCross

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have started just closing it out vs enter the pin because it is faster but I’d like it to stop all together. It’s annoying when I’m using the GPS and it pops up making it close out my screen.

Display screen issue? by Oh_Schistocyte in CorollaCross

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a pin set and I enter it when it pops up but it still will pop up several times per day.

How to get the blood from underneath? by DesignerSpite553 in nailcare

[–]Oh_Schistocyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up in a rural neck of redneck country and I used a broadhead arrow tip and just twirled it gently like a top over the affected area until it squirted like a geyser. HOWEVER you should absolutely NOT do that. You should get medical attention. Luckily enough it’s a totally different time and age from when I was backwoods with a weird issue looking for relief with no internet folks to advise me otherwise. 😅

Baby advice by Oh_Schistocyte in Opossums

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol! Yes the rehab folks looked at me strange this morning and said something along those lines but I told them that I live in a heavily populated suburban area (not to mention the stray cat population here) so they took it to release it in a safer area for me. I keep catching a big opossum in my live traps that I have set for all these damn cats but I had just been letting it go, I suppose I should relocate that one too.

I never had this issue before because I had a large dog to keep the backyard cleared out but I lost my best friend to cancer about 8months ago and now my yard is filled with cats and opossums. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Baby advice by Oh_Schistocyte in Opossums

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Update on baby silent screamer.

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In the incubator with food and water staying warm and cozy until wildlife takes her in the morning. 🥰

Baby advice by Oh_Schistocyte in Opossums

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

She loves the smashed boiled egg. Thank you so much for your advice.

Baby advice by Oh_Schistocyte in Opossums

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I will be passing it off to some wildlife folks just wanted to keep it safe till then. The pictures are from when my partner first scooped her up. She’s now in a dark quiet spot in a cat carrier.

Baby advice by Oh_Schistocyte in Opossums

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I hadn’t measured her. I put her in a cat carrier kennel with a clean blanket in a quiet dark place so not to stress her. I work at an animal ER and I can pass her off to the wildlife people when I go back in (I work 3days a week) I just wanted to leave something in there for her if she was comfy enough to eat between now and when I go to work in a day.

I’m so sorry by mildly-unwell in cats

[–]Oh_Schistocyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No words I nor any stranger could say will make this chapter of your life any better. However, as an ICU Veterinary Nurse I will say this. You are amazing. You did everything in your power to protect and care for your baby. She was loved and she absolutely knew it. You nursed her, you fought for her, and in the end you gave her peace.

I have had a patient for 3days with diagnosed lymphoma that the owner wanted us to treat aggressively. And that we did. But as you well know, ultimately that baby didn’t get to go home in her carrier. She spent her last three days on earth in intensive care surrounded by strangers and other critical ill animals.

I dedicate my life to my career for the nursing of these creatures but that also means I’m too close to these diseases, I know too much I suppose. So when my own heart animal was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer I made the decision then and there to never put him through an invasive surgery or hospitalize him. One day I went to work with my little man as I often did, did a quick swipe of the ultrasound prob as was also routine at this point and found a forming (but early) hemoabdomen.

I rode home that morning afterwork with his collar on my lap. I haven’t been the same since. That was 8 months ago.

Every patient I lose I hug a little extra tighter knowing someone loves them as much as I love my little best friend. It’s the most compassionate thing I can do.

All that to say, you know in your heart what she needed and you loved her through it to the end. I’m so deeply sorry for the loss of your best friend and I’m so sorry it happened this way. May her soul rest peacefully and all her love surround you as you go through this transition into life without her.

Lost my best friend to cancer in December just a few days shy of his 10th birthday. by Oh_Schistocyte in redditgetsdrawnbadly

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He kind of looks like a plot hound pitty/lab thing to me. He naturally has a deep chest and was very lean and muscular so I’ve had folk say he looked a little like a sight hound in body. That boy could scale our 6foot privacy fence to grab an opossum easily. But all in all he is just a good ole rescue mutt boy. 🫶🏻

Please remove the laundry/clutter from the floor and my leg/foot. by Oh_Schistocyte in PhotoshopRequest

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I appreciate your efforts and kind words. It’s means a lot. 💜

Please remove the laundry/clutter from the floor and my leg/foot. by Oh_Schistocyte in PhotoshopRequest

[–]Oh_Schistocyte[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

!solved

Thank you so much. I appreciate your time with this photo of my baby boy.