Ask The BellHunters: Mom's in the Hospital

Ask the BellHunters

Hello, I'm Dawn Hunter-Bellwether...er, formerly Dawn Bellwether if you didn't recognize the added surname. And before you ask, yes 'that' Dawn Bellwether. Ex-Assistant Mayor, Ex-Mayor, Ex-Criminal Mastermind (Reformed thank you very much), City Savior, Controversial Author, and Predator/Prey relationship advocate. I'm also, as you probably guess by the hyphenated last name, married, and happily so to my mate Vernon Hunter, a gray wolf. I'm also a mother to three wonderful pups, something I never thought I'd ever have the chance to be! But, lamb sakes, I've gushed enough about myself here without explaining exactly what this blog is for. You see, after the release of my book “Predator Seeking Prey”, our little family started to get a lot of public attention again, and with it came a lot of question from curious mammals and other pred/prey couples from all over Animalia. My best friend and mate Vernon thought it would be a good idea to deal with these questions directly by opening a sort of blog/forum and taking those questions about our lives directly. Since then, I'd like to say our little blog has been quite successful, with even members of our family and friend circle pitching in and taking a few questions as well. So with all that said., please feel free to Ask Away!

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(Blog Author Note: This blog is based on the fanfiction “The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether” as well as it's pseudo-sequel “A Lamb Among Wolves”. If you haven't read them, it'll probably help you better understand what's going on here if you do. I'll link both stories below. Oh Also, I'm open to questions as well. Simply direct “Author” emails to “WastedTime” when composing them. And before I forget, I have a Patreon! Five dollars gets you access to in progress fics, Ask priority, and art previews of both SFW and NSFW art. Of course, even a dollar would help. Seriously, it's how I keep projects like this alive.

The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11999389/1/The-Rehabilitation-of-Dawn-Bellwether

A Lamb Among Wolves:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12364172/1/A-Lamb-Among-Wolves

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Mom's in the Hospital

It's been a hell of a week at this point. Certainly, a Fourth of July Weekend that feels like it dragged on forever.

As I posted earlier, my Mom fell, and well, initially, we thought she twisted her ankle. I wanted her to go to the ER just to be sure that was the case and that she hadn't suffered a full break. But my Mom is agoraphobic, and so this was a struggle.

Well, on Tuesday, she finally gave in, and EMS took her to the local hospital. And as it turned out, yes, she did indeed break her ankle. Complete fibula break and tibia chip and crack. For a while, it was up in the air as to whether she'd need surgery or not, but at present, it seems that the doctors are confident it will heal clean with a cast or boot. But regardless of whether she ended up having surgery, or a cast, the recovery is going to be a long-term thing. It will be at least a month before she can actually put pressure on her ankle.

I've been more or less living at the hospital since Tuesday and have just now gotten home with the intent of actually sleeping here tonight. So it goes without saying things have been hectic. I'm physically and emotionally exhausted, but I'm too anxious to sleep at the moment. So it seemed like as good a time as any to update everyone.

Tomorrow they should be transferring my Mom to a rehab facility where she'll stay for about a month. By the end of it, hopefully, she'll be back on her feet and have a better range of motion than before she broke her ankle. At least, I'm praying as much. Still, I'm not anticipating getting back to work on much of anything until Monday at the very least. By then, my Mom should be in the facility, and things can kind of slip into a bit of a routine. At the very least, things will be less tumultuous and feeling as up in the air as they still do now. (Seriously, I can't tell you how many conflicting or constantly changing things I've heard from the dozens of doctors that have come in and out of her room for the last 48 hours. And not all of them have my trust.)

So yeah, that's it for now...I'm going to go try and sleep some of this awfulness off and pray things get smoother from here on out. Thanks everyone for the continued support.

-Wasty