Geez... I was just doing some reading on the internet and got a punch in the gut.

This started because I saw a post in a womb twin survivor support group where someone had posted and was describing how they were born with a pin hole in their spine, which sounded very similar to my own diagnosis of Spina Bifida Occulta.

Anyway, certain health problems are more common in Vanishing Twin Survivors, and I thought I remembered that Spina Bifida was one of them, so I was looking it up to see if I was remembering correctly.

As I'm scrolling, one link said, "Spina Bifida a vanishing nightmare." So I clicked on it, and it was a quick thing about how numbers were going down, and they weren't sure why, but part was attributed to terminating affected pregnancies. The conclusion was that if they continued "preventative measures" i.e. termination, Spina Bifida could disappear. Of course! The solution to this health problem isn't to work on an *actual* cure or improve treatments... it's to just kill the people who have it. That will solve everything.

I'm just... I don't even know why I'm surprised. They wanted to kill me then. Of course, they would want to kill me if I was born today. I don't know why I would expect anything else... but it made me so... sad.

You know... I had an older cousin who had a much more severe case of Spina Bifida than I do. And when I say older, I mean he was like my parents' age. He was worse off than me, but he was always smiling. He was always joking with people. He volunteered his time to his local church, he stood by his principals, he helped out people in need without ever asking anything in return... and when he died, the funeral home was packed. There was a line around the building of people waiting to say their goodbyes, and it kept up the entire visitation. People were parked way down the road and had to walk to get there. My cousin was a light in people's lives.

But if he had been born right now, people would just weigh his life based on his disability and determine that he should be killed before his light could reach anyone. But sure... we can eliminate this disorder by killing the people who have it. It's disgusting that people think that way. There's no other word for it.

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Bendable boy

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What do you know about getting a VTS? Do you know anyone who's gotten one? I'm looking at starting to pursue a VTS in behavior, anesthesia/analgesia, or ECC. Is it possible to get multiple throughout my career?

Well, I know that specializing isn't for me; I get way too bored when we have too much of one type of case in a row! :)

Each specialty has their own requirements, but my understanding is that most include already being a credentialed vet tech in good standing in your state for a certain number of years, submitting case reports, and having a DVM boarded in the specialty sign off on you completing the various skills and knowledge requirements. At the end you take an exam, and then you have certain CE requirements independent of state credentialing requirements to maintain your specialization.

It is possible to have multiple specialties; from what I've seen people who get specialized in multiple fields usually do so in ones with a lot of overlap (like surgery and anesthesia).

I've met a few VTS irl, mostly at professional conferences where they were giving CE lectures or labs. There are also FB groups with VTS moderators, such as Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds (anesthesia/analgesia).

Any VTS on here feel free to chime in!

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WHEN. I. GET. YOU.

WHEN I FUCKINF GET YOUUU .

I’m not sorry I love skk being bitter and snappy all while still being desperately in love

I have a paradox. I have this friend who is an identical twin. His bother has ALS. And I just... it's weird, because I used to be (and still kinda am) jealous of the fact that they got to grow up together, but at the same time, I can't imagine what it would have been like to have had that and then watch my sister slowly lose function of her body and fade away. It's horrifying, honestly. Anyway... please pray for my friend and his family. This is so hard on all of them. It's a horrible disease.

Really curious about 8!

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

Mmm. I like to think every story idea I have is simply in storage and never permanently cancelled...

But one that comes to mind is my old sparkle dog comic that kinda got me started. I still like to revisit it for fun sometimes, but I just don't really ever think I'll go back to drawing colorful dogs on a regular basis. Sorry to the 4 TTD fans out there from like 2007.

Hey look it’s the level the fandom collectively forgot existed....

Yep, I didn’t forget em...in JSAI, EVERYTHING gets characterized....

Basic idea is he’s considered NA, meaning the game doesn’t see him as corrupt nor pure....

He also has alt faces, he can use whatever but restricts itself to 3.

Goes by whatever, doesn’t really matter....

I’ll add lore later...

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Got to do a VASH quick con commission WEEEEE 🙏🙏🙏

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just a cute and simple showcase of my Finale Pamu 2.0 rig. I definitely struggled in new ways with this and maybe its just nostalgia or something but I prefer her 1.0 rig from a couple months ago but I did learn new things here. I’m pretty proud of that and am taking constructive critiscism so I can improve.

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It was my first time rigging/animating a clip-on VTS asset!

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