This episode kind of makes me wish I'd started writing Pony Persona sooner, because they've taken things in a direction very similar to mine. [small spoiler] It's not a coincidence that one of Piv's strongest memory fragments is of the battle in Canterlot; that is where he also was struck with the realization that there might be another way. Also, based on the episode it seems like changeling
Part of her stomach had died and needed to be removed, and she had an unrelated issue with her gall bladder called a mucus seal that had caused it to swell such that it needed to be removed before it burst, but my Bloodhound is ok! She seems like her old self right now, but I'm told she needs to be kept from any strenuous activity while her incision heals back together. Her incision staples
I had to take my Bloodhound (not the cute St. Bernard featured in my profile pic) into surgery today for Bloat, caused by her spleen twisting around her stomach and preventing the normal flow of materials. Left untreated Bloat is 100% fatal, usually within a day, as the effected region will swell and then burst from accumulated gas.
The first five chapters that I've got published now were phase 1, and now I'm trying to figure out phase 2. I know what needs to happen during phase 2, but I'm still fuzzy on the specific scenes that will make it happen. I think this segment will need some careful planning so that I don't end up making a mess for myself to clean up later on!