deviantART: by:SULTRYBABY http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:SULTRYBABY&section=today deviantART RSS for by:SULTRYBABY en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:01:32 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png 4 Spots to Feature YOU, & We are HOME :) http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/27028756/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/27028756/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:12:30 PDT My Cat Website l Gallery l dA Portfolio l Watch Me l Note Me

First Thank you for all the good wishes and prayers for my husband Carmelo, all info is on my last few journals.
I am still drawing by my Hubbie's bedside and here is my current drawing and has given me the inspiration to start a series of "Girl with Cat".



Saturday Sept 19, Carmelo was allowed to go home Tuesday, 9/15, I drove us home 4.5 hours that day. I have been very busy getting his prescriptions and making sure he takes all his meds and breathing treatments again (as I did before). He is so much better this time home, he knows who he is, where he is, what day it is and also he is able to walk on his own. He realizes that this is so important and he is sticking to his diet and also his fluid restriction. He is making it so much easier for me to nurse him this time.
One thing, I noticed, is that he keeps looking at me with loving eyes and wants me by his side constantly. He tells me he knows I love him because I took care of him through the months he was in a walking coma state.
We talked tonight and he told me about his hallucinations he had and one was he was in a replica home, just like ours but in another state and he was looking for me but could not find me and it was so painful for him that it literally made his stomach feel like it was burning inside in so much pain. He had other wild hallucinations but that one really touched me, because I told him, I was seeing him as a walking coma patient. No blinking and movements took forever for him to do and we figured he lost months from March till now.
It is a miracle he is back with all senses right now but I thank God that we were able to get him to that Transplant hospital and that he is on the list now.
I do know that he understands everything and it is so wonderful, I have my SoulMate back once again. Through this trial we have found that the pain of it has literally burned our Souls as One. Our Love is so much closer than it was before this, infact, we know we are SoulMates because our Love has conquered this disease arrows and we are preparing for the next attack and the next one as One Army.

I want to Feature someone who has been such a Angel to me through this, we just met recently and I am very very thankful for her caring words. She herself is a survivor of Cancer and is such a Angel of Mercy, Thank You so Much Margo for being here and giving me Hope.
Please take a look at her Gallery of lovely photos, uplifting art and read her Positive Beautiful Messages.
:iconseekingmysoul:



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:iconrtyson: is doing a tag journal from :iconlittlegett: & :iconpernilles: is doing a tag from http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26829839/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:09:22 PDT My Cat Website l Gallery l dA Portfolio l Watch Me l Note Me


{My drawing as I wait}
First, I would like to thank all who commented on my prior Journals about Carmelo.
Update: 8-31-09
Well if you are keeping track with this, I can tell you I found out alot more information regarding Carmelo.
First, he was initially admitted in TTI for a work up (prepare tests) for a transplant. He is not on the list yet, he will be put on the list only if he pass the tests.
The tests take about 2 days to do but due to Carmelo being so ill, his blood pressure is way too low for the tests, they stopped doing the tests and are monitoring him and trying to get his blood pressure back up to 90 or over.
Today, he was ok to do the stress test for his heart by catheter, I am not sure how they did it but good news.. .His heart is healthy and able to withstand a transplant.
This morning before I could make it to the hospital, his liver team came to talk to him and he was so down and depressed, he told them he wanted to stop all of this and go home.
They told him up front, his liver has failed him and if he was to go home now, he would die. I think it has hit home finally how sick he really is and he was very quiet today.
I am glad he is understanding but I am so sad he is so depressed.
The Father came to pray over him and after he left, Carmelo seemed better.
I do not know if he is going to do more tests yet and the nurse told us they still do not know when he will be allowed out of ICU.
Thank you all again for noting and commenting.
Update: 8-29-09
We flew to San Antonio on the 27th to admit Carmelo into the Transplant hospital to get prepared for a new liver. He is right now in ICU because he was very sick when he arrived. I am there by his side as much as I can be and when visiting hours are over I go back to my lonely hotel room and pray he will get strong enough and pass all tests to be able to handle a surgery for a new liver.
I have so many thoughts going through my head, I do know I am the cross roads of either this is the Beginning of a new life for him or it the Beginning of him being close with God. I am trying to prepare myself for all options but it is not easy as it is to type or even think about.
I have so many unfinished words and things I want to do with him and it is like it was all turned off and put on hold.
I know it will be more long minutes of waiting and not knowing what is ahead but one thing I do hold onto is that we are in the right place and have a top Liver Doctor taking his case now.
I want to thank all of you for being here for me and all the nice replies in comments or notes are greatly appreciated...it is so hard to be alone and your words do help me to cope with this.
This goes to all of you, friends I have known for awhile and new ones who just met me here.

8-27-09 Update:
We went to see the Specialist for Carmelo yesterday and he is going to admit him in San Antonio Hospital for tests to see where on the list he will be put to wait for a new liver! We are over joyed and are going to fly to San Antonio tonight. So I did get a wonderful Birthday Present yesterday. :)
I have a netbook, so I will keep in touch while I am there with him. I am also taking my art sketch pad.

Now for the Feature Information:

Watchers & New Watchers if you add me you may be Featured if you follow the Rules below:

:iconrtyson: is doing a tag journal from :iconlittlegett: so I am answering both of their Journals and doing one also.

Here is 3 from :iconrtyson:

http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26634600/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:01:18 PDT My Cat Website l Gallery l dA Portfolio l Watch Me l Note Me

Carmelo has end stage liver disease and he also has acites due to this.

It gets so bad that it gives him Plural Effusion and they had to do a Thoracentesis, a procedure to remove excess fluid in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. This space is called the pleural space. It is done to determine why he has this and also so he can breathe better.

Carmelo is better today, they took out 1.25 liters from his lung. This caused him to be so lethargic and almost like a walking coma patient.

Today he is awake, knows who he is; where he is; and best of all, who I am. I am so happy and thankful right now, you just do not know how much.

Thank you all again...and also for letting me write when I was very scared of the outcome.

Now, I would like to do something new on my Journals, when I was so stressed and worried, I felt better looking at artwork here, so I looked at new artwork not popular,I found this newbe 4 mth new member with only 98 page views as I write this.

Please take a look at this up and coming Artist gallery and welcome her to DA.
Of course, I liked this one alot. Wonder why? lol
:iconmypetcat3:


Also look at this Deviant's work too, I think more comments is needed
:iconabaddon66:

Last but not Least
This Artist does not have a membership so he could not have his work critiqued. I am featuring him because I really like this surreal piece. Please take a look and decide what you think of this.
:iconiamspook:

Here is my comment to him:
Very well done my friend, I see a story in this.

I feel the way you drew the young man, in a whirl of light effect, he is looking back in time at himself as a young boy. He is with a an adult female figure of who ever has made an effect in his lifetime.
He is looking back in TIME either in a day dream, or dream.
He could even be in a out of body experience that maybe he has died and is now experiencing his lifetime before him. We are seeing one of the instances he is seeing as he watches his life flash before him.

Very, very good thought provoking work.

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Texture by `Princess-of-Shadows ]]> *SULTRYBABY He is in the hospital again http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26578668/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26578668/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:20:45 PDT Facebook l Gallery l dA Portfolio l Watch Me l Note Me

I am writing here because I need to.
I have been caring for my man every day and every day he has been slipping away from me.

I watch his eyes turn from recognition to a blank stare to lids closed and not openning at all.

When they do, they seem to look through me and maybe even to another time.

He may not even comprehend any images before him.

His smile, now a memory to me as I look at his parted lips that seem to have forgotten how to meet again.

He does not even realize his mouth is open and when I try to help him close it, he will close it for a little while but it will drop open yet again.

He is not coherent enough to manage his mouth muscles or even cares to.

He can not sleep even with the medications that are suppose to help him rest.

I have awoken to find him roaming around the house and in his own world.

He has fallen a few times because he is losing his balance and I was asleep.

He was sent back to the hospital because of a high fever and chills...He was not able to stand on his shaking legs.

I called 911 and the crew picked him up and told me he had a high fever, I was so worried about his shaking, it did not dawn on me, he was hot. His nose was ice cold and his hands were too.

He was in ER all day yesterday and they finally put him in PCU last night.

My visit with him today was short because they wanted him to rest, so I was able to
spoon feed him a little bit of hospital food and he ate mechanically but he was not sure of where he was and who I was. He did not even realize we moved from Ct to Texas.
I think he is in his past.

It is so hard to see this 6'1" hard working man deteriate in front of my eyes. It is also very hard for me to see my Soulmate suffering like this.

I used to feel a sense of safeness and content when I held his hand or hugged him as he hugged me.

I used to look up to him for all answers and knew he would be able to handle any dilemnas that may come our way.

I used to have a such a bond with him that when our eyes met, we knew what each other were thinking.

I used to be able to look at him and see him smile with total recognition of who I was to him.

If your reading this, thank you and please hold Carmelo in your thoughts and prayers,

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Texture by `Princess-of-Shadows ]]> *SULTRYBABY Sent to Draw and Paint by Doctor http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26261273/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/26261273/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:19:43 PDT
Hi Everyone
I am not sure if most of you know what I have been dealing with in a personal basis. My husband is in end stage liver disease and we almost lost him twice with this horrible disease.

I have been caring for him and also I am still breeding my cats and even though he cannot help anymore, he does love them.

I stopped drawing and painting because I felt guilty doing it, here he is ill and not feeling well and I am selfishly doing what I love. I found that if I even tried, I did not have the inspiration to keep up a painting or even drawing.

So, caring for my loving man, I have lost myself in a way, I stopped doing my make up, I stopped worrying about dying my hair ( I get alot of grey, since I was young). I completely lived for him (and the kitties). I keep the house clean and all the other chores needed but I was slowly fading out.

I started to feel tremendous pain in my limbs and mostly hands and feet. I have been diagnosed with fibermyalgia; osteoporosis and even beginning stages of rheumatoid arthritis. While I have been taking a lot of meds but they are not what makes me feel better.

My husband's doctor took me aside (not my doctor) and told me I needed to take care of me also, or my husband would not have anyone there for him. I finally saw what his doctor meant, also his home health nurses even took him away from me for two weeks and cared for him in a nursing home so he could go to therapy but also for me to get some needed rest.
I took that time to cut my hair really short, dye it and also put a little make up on. I do not want my husband to stare at a sick old grey hair witch all the time. Now he stares at a sick old dark haired lady. lol

Anyways, the doc told me to find a hobby for myself and do it to get peace of mind. I told him I love to draw and paint but I have not felt inspired to... he told me try to get back to it.

I am happy to say, that I am getting the inspiration back and also I think it has a lot to do with not feeling guilty.

So, thanks for being patient with me and I will be posting more artwork soon.
In fact, I am working on Valients painting and I am also sketching on a kitten image from my mind. It helps to take it along on his doctor visits.

On a different note:
There is a club I belong to that is for cats and they are looking for new moderator (if you have the love for cats and the time to do it, by all means contact Cat-Lovers Anon.
They are also looking for clubs to be affiliated with.

Thank you all for being patient with me and when I can, I will be giving my constructive comments again when I do get time to.

Clubs I belong to:
:iconsurrealsociety: :iconcat-lovers-anon: :iconemoticiety: ]]> *SULTRYBABY New Litter of Kittens http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/24167987/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/24167987/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:28 PDT
Hi Everyone
I am sorry for not being here but my new Queen Venitia, Traditional Siamese Applehead Lilac Point gave birth to five healthy beautiful kittens. Of course, their daddy is Valient.

I thought I would post a few photos to show you what we have now.

If you want to know more about my cats please my visit my website: [link]
You can sign guestbook (does not mean you want a kitten) but it helps me if you rate my site. :)

Thanks,
Judy

Clubs I belong to:
:iconsurrealsociety: :iconcat-lovers-anon: :iconemoticiety: ]]> *SULTRYBABY I am back http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/22249731/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/22249731/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:03:14 PST
Missed everyone and due to many personal reasons I was away (way too long). I have not been able to draw due to many things that kept me very busy and stressed out. This caused such a artist block.

I am just starting to feel the inspiration for art again. Not in drawing so much but in painting. I will be posting what I just started is a acrylic painting of Valleboy wip.

I did see many beautiful deviations but since there were more than 13000 of them, I did not get to comment.

I did see many improvements; more creativity and also such pro work.

Hope to chat with you soon,

Clubs I belong to:
:iconsurrealsociety: :iconcat-lovers-anon: :iconemoticiety: ]]> *SULTRYBABY <p>Need <em>4</em> More to FEATURE</p> http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/18114031/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/18114031/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:22:38 PDT
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:iconcutecatplz: Hi, Everyone,
I will feature 8 watchers,
Here are some of :iconluckylinx: *SULTRYBABY 3 Kittens http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/17498788/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/17498788/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:33:20 PDT
Venus (my traditional balinese female) just had 2 kittens one hour apart. ValleBoy (my Traditional Applehead Siamese), is so curious and is watching her so intently. He also howls at us and runs back to her basket to peek in on her. :) Well, I think two is all she will have for her first litter. I am so glad, because she looks so exhausted but happy
UPDATE April 11th, She surprised us and went back into labor again, she had number three at 2:40 PM. Vet explained cats do that rarely if they have a distraction and they make their labor stop. We think it is Valleboy who distracted her, she was so concerned about him after she had two kittens and decided to go to him and lick his face to stop him from meowing at her by the basket. Here she is with her babies & ValleBoy
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If you want to see how the kittens may look, go to the bottom of this journal and see Venus on video as a kitten

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http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/16958955/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:14:39 PST I'm Back,


Hi Everyone,
Sorry but alot has happened in 2007 for me. I went through a severe artist block (besides loosing my kitty) and 4 deaths in the family, medical complications. Right now I am recovering from a surgery which was Feb 08, 08 and I am not allowed to do much. Sent to rest most of the day, I have two cats laying here with me and my laptop to keep me company.

So thought I would look in on my old haunts, deviantart being one of them, I slowly saw a glimpse of a inspiration to draw again. Until I saw my friends site imaginee,
:iconimaginee:

She has made quite a few wonderful tutorials that show alot of her technique. If that could not make me want to draw, nothing could.

I am happy to say, I picked up a 3b and started to sketch again and even have a subject in mind to start to drawing. I may be posting the wip soon but for now I am just practicing a little to get back into it.
Below is one of her wonderful tutorials, go look, you will amazed. Also her rendering of Marilyn Monroe is so beautiful.



Anyways, glad to see everyone is still producing beautiful work and hope you have a wonderful 2008.
Hugs,
Judy

:iconsurrealsociety: ]]> *SULTRYBABY More Pet Videos http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/13699064/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/13699064/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:41 PDT
Thank you for looking & commenting before.
Please do comment it is appreciated...If you have a yahoo account please do rate the videos. :)

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Take care all
sults

]]> *SULTRYBABY Devious Journal Entry http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/13090190/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/13090190/ Fri, 25 May 2007 15:00:57 PDT We Lost Our Lil Vixen,


It has been a very very hard couple of weeks for us. My cat Vixen has been ill with a upper respiratory tract infection and we have been taking her to the vet back and forth. I am very sad to say we lost her Wednesday, May 23rd to a viral infection.

I am still not able to write much right now or even comment much on everyone's work. Please give me time and I will be back.

As some of you know, lil Vixen was so precious to me. I still cannot beleive she is not lying next to me anymore.

We adopted her from the animal shelter and now we learned a valuable lesson. Our vet explained to us that FIV is very contagious to cats and she may of very well contacted it there. My poor lil kitty was doomed from the beginning. My bf did tell me one beautiful thing though, that God may of chose us for her mommy and daddy because we gave her such a loving home. She could of gone to another home where they may of had lil children who did not know better and could of pulled her tail and squeezed her too tight.

Vix was losing weight and her tummy was hanging (we did not realize it was filling up with fluid, one of the effects of the disease). She was slowly deteriating with this horrible condition and the vet could not figure it out. Eventually, her beautiful blue eyes turned green to orange to yellow. This is signs of the liver shutting down, it was all in a matter of 48 hours. When the symptoms are at this stage it is too late to save her. The vet was not seeing the signs of the disease till it was too late. She died at 7 months.

I will be adding some photos of her here as a tribute to her.

<... ]]> *SULTRYBABY Devious Journal Entry http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/12874861/ http://SULTRYBABY.deviantart.com/journal/12874861/ Mon, 07 May 2007 10:54:55 PDT 2 Items that may Interest You ,


If you want to apply color and font colors to your back ground, you will like this. Click at the bottom of this journal to go to the great Journal Tutorial. ( I changed some of the colors she has to make it my style).

I Also just started to post in the forum and wow it really does help you get people to view and comment on your work. Try it and see how fun it is. Just post a thumbnail in the thumbnail forums and also comment on the others. I have made new friends this way also.

I am trying to complete my WIP and I still am having a hard time on what to title it ( I did get many ideas thanks to all of you who suggested them. I appreciate it.


I decided on the Kodak Z712 digital camera. I will be posting pics soon. :)

I do frequent another Art site WC and I used to attend their classes and even sub some but personal reasons, I had to stop. I am happy to say, I have just started a new class and the legend is teaching it (some of you may know him from here) Armin and his assignment is what I am used to doing.

Here is what I told him ....
Armin, Bro, (oops cannot call the teacher Bro anymore)
Not sure if you want to know the reason why and what yet but I just wanted to let you know you have given me that push to start a long time due Portrait. I have been putting aside doing my father's portrait for a long time and now with your watchful eye and this great explanation of how to do a symbol one I feel I am ready to start.

My father passed in 2002 but he still is with me in so many ways, I was Daddy's Girl and so when he died it was very very hard for me to accept. Even now it may sound silly but I still add him in my day, so much so, that Carmelo, (my bf) even mentions him to me.
My sister told me he visits in two crows but I see him when I see one crow. So yes I will do his portrait but the crows will also be in there too.
Thank you Armin for giving me the reason to do this. I know this portrait will probably give me some closeness to him and to finally accept his passing ( because I still greive ).

Well that is all for now, Carmelo, my bf is away till Wednesday night and also my bestfriend will be flying in that morning. I will be busy but hopefully I will still be able to work on the new Portrait. :)

Hope you all have a great week.
Hugs,
sultzzzz

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