I recently caught up with the new Steven Universe episodes and golly, things are getting REAL INTENSE š
I completed this yearās inktober! Here is week 1 ā»
Happy holidays, everyone!
This is probably going to be my last piece of the year as I'll be on vacation in a few days āļø
Hereās week 4 of this yearās inktober! Some of these prompts were tricky to draw ā»
Iām selling the original print of my Marceline piece! Check out my Etsy store for more details š
āSleep Apneaā
This is something that Iāve been wanting to delve more deeply and apply into my work. I donāt think that many people are aware of the severity of this common but serious sleeping disorder.
About 10 years ago I was diagnosed and, like many people, believed that it was simply just snoring. But after getting informed and doing further research, I realized how much it severely affected my overall well being.
āSleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain -- and the rest of the body -- may not get enough oxygen.ā -- Nayana Ambardekar, MD
Iāve been told that, before using the equipment to help with sleeping (the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine, or CPAP), my breathing sounded like a loud creature getting choked from its own body. I can joke about it now, but it was a really scary discovery! But despite this health condition, Iām still thankful that I got to be educated, to find out in my early years, to get the help and resources I need, and to be more understanding to those that are also diagnosed with it or something similar.
You can find out more about sleep apnea in your own time. I just hope that there will be more awareness about it, that itās not just snoring, that seeing the term or the supplies used wonāt be so foreign, and that there are solutions to improving their health in the long run.
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how things turned out
the way it is
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