{"id":202,"date":"2023-08-11T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/lungs-hands-and-other-updates\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T02:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T02:15:00","slug":"lungs-hands-and-other-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/lungs-hands-and-other-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Lungs, Hands, and Other Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgGAxmcYURVYJX3llPzoePQ3toJPQPBQq8u5QpMb1cYtkwwzKyd00UE07B6dW4M0StyIED5pfFotCM3vYVDN6kof2rTZBf4iXA82pCSFEzE89LyK0WIEKKbgsSd01iN9dynC9F4EBQMe5A3iHKL5hynOZrFgQa5DxXcFxb36bK_a8yKoSjzivtYquF7aO0M\/s1974\/60743423_433817217408480_6337094266652721152_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"612\" data-original-width=\"1974\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgGAxmcYURVYJX3llPzoePQ3toJPQPBQq8u5QpMb1cYtkwwzKyd00UE07B6dW4M0StyIED5pfFotCM3vYVDN6kof2rTZBf4iXA82pCSFEzE89LyK0WIEKKbgsSd01iN9dynC9F4EBQMe5A3iHKL5hynOZrFgQa5DxXcFxb36bK_a8yKoSjzivtYquF7aO0M\/s320\/60743423_433817217408480_6337094266652721152_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Whew! I almost didn&#8217;t get a post up today. I had a doctor&#8217;s appointment, went shopping, came home, and after lunch took a three hour nap. Then, tonight, I was on a livestream to help promote an awesome anthology called Cthulhu Invades Neverland. It&#8217;s currently on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bd4db-issue3\/cthulhu-invades-neverland-200-graphic-novel-anthology\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a>. If you&#8217;re into either of these fandoms, you should check it out.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But, I&#8217;m here now and wanted to give you an update. I&#8217;m still coughing a lot, but I saw my doctor today. She&#8217;s put me on a 5 day course of prednisone to help clear out the remaining gunk in my lungs so that&#8217;s good. She also checked out my hands and is sending me to get a nerve test done. I&#8217;ve heard these are quite painful so I&#8217;m a little bit nervous but it&#8217;s better to know than not. Or at least that&#8217;s what people keep telling me&#8230;heh.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In more positive news, I&#8217;ve finished Holidays at the Toy Store! I finished formatting it last night. I&#8217;m still holding off on the art until finances look a bit better, but the stories themselves are done. I&#8217;m so excited to share it with all of you. Who knows, I might do another Sneak Peek before the campaign launches to bring the book to life. I wrote one of my favorite stories last night that was inspired by my friend Lucid. I can&#8217;t wait for all of you to read it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anyway, that&#8217;s it for this week. Keep coming back for more updates and thank you all for your continued support.<\/div>\n<div>No wait! I almost forgot! I&#8217;m planning a giveaway for your choice of one of my books! It will run once my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lifewithkatie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;reaches 750 followers. So, if you haven&#8217;t followed me there and you&#8217;re interested in winning one of my books, go and check it out.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now that&#8217;s it! I&#8217;ll see you guys next week. Keep an eye out for more #CrockpotMonday recipes coming soon!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhDn-S-C4jytb_3MqNBUSHh41cLl25heHWaEz1lrOd70zWW47OQydcXiLCO51Q-SRc2ALhVqzl_H2CcfUCktC-eLTSp7ryhcDGiKsZTTgEXe9nw_o3PK5QTAEwuJZMzyvwMpMQuHHzXfzF8Ia_xf1558dmOMEOo1edWl_uJ1YYzXB5FHafYMScF4hxn7v9i\/s160\/katrina-black-n-white.gif\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"47\" data-original-width=\"160\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhDn-S-C4jytb_3MqNBUSHh41cLl25heHWaEz1lrOd70zWW47OQydcXiLCO51Q-SRc2ALhVqzl_H2CcfUCktC-eLTSp7ryhcDGiKsZTTgEXe9nw_o3PK5QTAEwuJZMzyvwMpMQuHHzXfzF8Ia_xf1558dmOMEOo1edWl_uJ1YYzXB5FHafYMScF4hxn7v9i\/s1600\/katrina-black-n-white.gif\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If you like what you&#8217;ve read here, please share it with others using these buttons:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew! I almost didn&#8217;t get a post up today. I had a doctor&#8217;s appointment, went shopping, came home, and after lunch took a three hour nap. 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