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“Andy Manuel Herrera Reyes was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic on October 27, 2004 and two months after his birth, was diagnosed with a complex Congenital Heart Disease. Over the next 7 years, Andy would require two open heart surgeries.​Again in 2011, Andy required what became his third surgery. The fourth and most recent surgery took place on September 14, 2017, in Cayman Islands. 

After this surgery, it was found that his lung pressure was very high and his heart could not sustain without a machine called Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO). This machine offers necessary rest to the heart while it does the work as heart and lung.  Although the ECMO represents a temporary solution, its prolonged use will adversely affect the functions of the other organs. 

Currently, Andy’s doctors indicate that the only true solution for this case is a heart - lung transplant. Andy has been accepted into New York Presbyterian’s transplant program, but without the financing for his medical procedures, Andy will not be able to receive the care he needs. ​Andy has fought tirelessly for months now, beating sepsis, kidney failure, irregular cardiac rhythm, and has beaten all the odds. Please help us help him.“

“114 days ago Andy’s heart stopped functioing, and was connected to the heart-lung machine and requires a heart transplant as soon as possible, otherwise we are gonna lose him. Andy’s family is a low income family, a poor family and does not have the monetary resources to pay for the required surgery. The surgery cost 1.3 million US dollars but we require right now only 60% of the cost which is about 800,000 US dollars, which we have only collected 350,000 US dollars. Without the rest of the money, Andy will not be accepted to the other hospital. It is long over due that Andy should have received his transplant but the money isn’t there, and without the money the transplant is not possible.

Yesterday i talked with Andy, and his will, his stare, his smile, the strong will he shows and he doesn’t even imagine what is happening to him right now. He doesn’t know that if we don’t collect this money he will die. I cannot imagine the pain he is feeling being there on that bed with all those tubes and it scares me. Andy smiles and wants to live (…)

We don’t have much time, Andy has survived 114 days in that machine and the longest the last person has survived has been 65 days (…) we cannot leave Andy alone like this. I don’t want Andy to die. (…)

How is possible that for lack of money Andy may lose his life? No. It’s not fair. Help us before it is too late.”

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just a quick friendly reminder that the closing vote for net neutrality is on december 14th. so call your state representatives. if you can’t do that for any reason, it’s okay. you can still help by texting  “RESIST”  to 50409 and you’ll get a text back from resistbot. from there, you tell it your name, and then address (so it can find your officials) and then you can chose to send a fax to a) congress b) house c) senate d) president or e) governor after that’s all good and done and you’ve picked your option it’ll have you write a quick little message (or a long one, you can send as many messages as you want) and then the resistbot will fax your messages for you! i probably don’t need to say this, but once it’s gone, it’s GONE. we need to do what we can to save it.

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The realization

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Just staring in the distance with my glowing Mech

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it’s 4 am again

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She’s smart, and though, and has a lovely yellow raincoat. She belongs elsewhere.

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Did someone call

ok, one more time. transparency shenanigans - this time, more options to choose from. go wild. here a couple examples:

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So since the remake is now here, guess who’s not gonna sleep for a week

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According to legend, smol doodles of your favorite boys reduce sadness

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It’s never too late for mermaids

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Excuse me but do you have time for more Victor and sparkles

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Happy to join this magical phenomenon @yuris-on-ice

here, have some transparent podium family - whatfor? idk. maybe something like this?

or this

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I love them

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He did it

The best part about this is that it’s a real book

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The best part about this is that it’s a real book

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Smol poster-ish painting and a sketch dump based on this thrilling fanfiction written by the amazing and lovely @katyaton! Seriously, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read. If you don’t mind some mystery and psychological drama in your life, go ahead and give it a try  ❤ (edit: click the images for better res <3)

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I have been tagged, what must be done must be done

brought to me by the sweet and amazing @katyaton . Thank you! RULES: answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag as many people as there are questions. (but that’s so many D: I’m too awkward for so many)

Tagging these three wonders: @stripedturtlenecksweater @caleztyn @lionesslindsey (only if ya fellas want to of course) Whoever wants to do this though, go ahead! Let the fun begin :)

1. coke or pepsi: Coke, though pepsi is a great substitute when the times get though

2. disney or dreamworks:  Lot of my favorite movies are from Disney so I’m gonna roll with that, but Dreamworks does some fantastic things as well!

3. coffee or tea: Tea. Absolutely. One time I had to go a week without tea and I died inside.

4. books or movies: I think they’re so different forms of art that it’s quite hard to compare. I’m a friend of both!

5. windows or mac: Windows. It runs all my drawing programs, it runs all my games, we’re partners for life.

6. dc or marvel: Gonna go with Marvel. Though I’m a bit behind with its movies and comics, I like how colorful it can get. Also Spiderman.

7. xbox or playstation: Xbox was my childhood but then I somehow adapted to playstation.

8. dragon age or mass effect: Dragon age, used to play the second one for a fair amount and it was alright

9. night owl or early riser: Absolute Night owl

10. cards or chess: Chess, though poker with computer AI is quite fun

11. chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate

12. vans or converse: converses look a bit more comfortable

13. lavellan, trevelyan, cadash, or adaar: These are going way beyond my inferior dragon age II knowledge :(

14.  fluff or angst: Both? Both. Both is good.

15. beach or forest: I love the sea and I love the forests, but what about… A beach with a forest? I’m gonna choose a beach with a forest  

16.  dogs or cats: Cats are love, cats are life

17.  clear skies or rain: Rain just has that certain feeling, you know? It’s super nice.

18.  cooking or eating out: I’m a terrible cook but restaurants ain’t cheap mate. Also unless I get a corner to sit at I will probably get anxious (if there’s too many people), so I’ll rather stay home.

19. Spicy food or mild food: Mild mainly, spicy likes to burn my mouth even with the smallest amount

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: Christmas is warm and fuzzy and one of the few days of the year when all of my siblings are in the same place at the same time. It’s magical.

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: I live in a land of “shit my bike froze on a wooden porch again”, so I THINK I would probably be able to live with the little too cold. Maybe. At least with a massive mountain of blankets aiding me.

22.  if you could have a superpower, what would it be: Rewinding time in Max Claulfield style would be cool

23.  animation or live action: Most of my faves are animation, I’ll go with that

24.  paragon or renegade: No idea what these are ☹

25. baths or showers: shower

26. team cap or team ironman:  My first impression says team ironman but a quiz I took just for this says team cap

27.  fantasy or sci-fi: I’m more for Fantasy

28. do you have three or four  favourite quotes? if so what are they:

“Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman/G. K. Chesterton

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” – Gandalf the Grey/J.R.R Tolkien

“As long as you pass” – half of my student friends battling towards graduation

29.  youtube or netflix: youtube

30.  harry potter or percy jackson: Harry potter, never had a chance to read Percy Jacksons

31.  when you feel accomplished: when I finally finish a drawing/comic I’ve been fighting with for days. Also when I manage to sit down and write, even if it’s just a bit.

32.  star wars or star trek: never got time to really see neither of those, but I did watch few episodes of star trek (the next generation I believe?) some years ago and they were pretty great

33.  paperback books or hardback books: Paperbacks are lighter and easier to take around

34. horror or rom-com: I rarely watch/read neither of those, but both do have their gems.

35.  to live in a world without literature or music: The day I have to choose is the day I jump out of the universe

36.  pastel colours or dark colours: pastels are sweet and nice

37.  tv shows or movies: tv-shows, more journey to go through, though movies tend to have a bit more visually stunning experiences

38.  city or countryside: City has all I need, as long as I have my own peaceful corner I’m fine

39.  if any other zodiac sign could describe you, what would it be: Oh took quizzes for this one too and they all say Sagittarius for reasons I’m not aware of

40.  if you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life what would it be: I don’t listen albums that much (my playlists are a strange mix of everything), but I could probably go with Adrian von Ziegler in this case

41.  cinema or theatre: cinema, though I enjoy theatres too on the very rare cases I happen to be in one

42.  if you could be any fictional character’s best friend, who’d you be: Max from Life is Strange. Would also go with Yuuri Katsuki just for how relatable he is but he’s like, too good for me to handle

43.  smiling or smirking: Smiling 😊

44.  are you an ‘all or nothing’ type or are you more consistent: Consistent, I rarely take great risks without several plan B’s

45.  playlists or your whole library on shuffle: Shuffle for some reason, I skip a lot and suffer along but the habit lives on!

46. travelling or staying at home: Staying home, mainly because I get easily anxious and worried over way too many things. Shame, since there’s so many amazing things I would like to see and visit.

47.  books or fanfiction: Don’t make me choose! I love reading both, but sadly I haven’t gotten that much time to start an actual book for a while. Luckily there’s plenty of passionate writers who are willing to share their own creations within the fandom!

48.  If you could live in a fantasy world, what world would it be: Middle-Earth maybe? I would totally just hang around Shire all day

49. your favorite cartoon: Does Yuri on Ice count as a cartoon? Oh and Gravity Falls

50.  name the weirdest five songs on your itunes, current or past: (I don’t think spotify and itunes are the same thing but I’m gonna do this with spotify anyway) Grump it from Xzevious (technically is just a remix of one of the guys from game grumps screaming and cursing in the beat of “drop it”) Don’t stare at the sun (from those high school musical bad lip reading parodies) Laulu Salatuille Elämille by Justimus (it’s a very fitting parody of this one very popular Finnish soap opera) Titenic by Schmoyoho (a very catchy remix of Jontron) Inn at the End of Time remix by Professor Elemental ( it’s a rap about a time travel party I think?)

51. mountains or plains: all mighty mountains

52. favorite anime (or tv show if you don’t watch anime): Yuri on ice, absolutely. I used to watch tons of anime some years ago, but these days I haven’t really gotten into anything besides yoi.

53. which social media platform are you most like yourself on: Tumblr I think?

54. What are some of your passions: Art consumes half of my life, it’s frustrating and makes a nervous wreck like me break down once a day but’s all worth it in the end. I love drawing to death. I also adore animation and try to doodle some of that whenever I can. Writing is a huge part of me as well, though I was struck by an aggressive writers block some years ago and never really gave myself the time to recover. the year 2017, however, has started with throwing tons of motivation at my face and now I work as much as I can to finally get back to writing.

Overall, I would say creating. Creating is my passion.

Also studying different cultures and history. I think it’s important for the sake of understanding people and happenings around us and bringing unity among such a stormy world we live in😊 55. What are some of your current goals in life?: Fight my way into an art university and write a book. Could happen.