(Greetings all my wonderful followers! Your everyday normal mod here. First off, let me say that I hope you all had a wonderful and happy Christmas and I hope you got what you were hoping for (for those that celebrate it anyways) and I hope the rest of the holiday season will be good to you.
Now for the important part of this.
Something I never brought up when it happened, but was the cause of a lot of stress early in the year, was that grandmother came very, very close to passing away on us.
Back in the second week of April, she had gone into the hospital for pneumonia. Simple enough, it’s almost a yearly thing and I’ve at least kinda gotten used to it. However, this time was different.
A week later, after she had recovered from the pneumonia and was about to be released, she collapsed. She had become severely paralyzed from her feet all the way up to her lungs and had to be rushed to the ICU and put on a ventilator to help breath.
As it turns out, she had contracted a very rare disease called Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a type of autoimmune disease that attacks the nerves. Normally it takes a few days to spread, but it was an almost immediate onset with my grandmother.
Needless to say that it was a very trying time for my family, especially my mother who was the main one doing anything for her.
To make a long story short, she did recover and has been home for a little over a month now. However, she still has a hard time getting around and needs someone around to be there in case anything happens and to prepare her meals during the week. That someone happens to be me.
Unfortunately, this keeps me from being able to even consider looking for a job. While I do get compensation, it happens to be from my grandmother since no program will assist and is only about $125 a month.
So, we’re talking not even a quarter of minimum wage for my state for basically doing 40 hours a week of taking care of a family member for an indefinite period of time.
Now this is where it becomes extremely relevant to the blog. I have been considering ways to supplement this income and one thing that constantly pops up is Patreon. I’ve always kinda shied away from it because, let’s be honest, I’m no artist or video creator or musician and the meager writings I do on my other blog are hardly worth asking for donations for.
That situation is different now. This brings up a very important question: If I were to set up a Patreon, what kind of rewards would you like to see? What kind of tiers?
Please keep in mind that I don’t draw at all and am merely an inker and colorist. Any suggestions and advice is very appreciated. I apologize for the long post as well, but background information was needed.
Thank you for your time and if you’re curious, here’s a link where you can learn a bit more about Guillain-Barré Syndrome: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/guillainbarre.htm )
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