So I AM still alive.
Yeah, little bit of a shocker, isn't it? I've been in and out since first being admitted to the hospital, having to go back on the fifth due to the stitches failing (literally the second worst thing that that can happen) and then slight necrosis (literally the worst thing that can happen) but I am right as rain and finally getting to leave the hospital. The only good thing that's happened really is the fact that I was lucky enough to not lose the orbs. (Obviously, you guys here on WN hadn't known this, but those on SB and QQ already knew that I had been hospitalized for Testicular Torsion, which needs immediate surgery.)
As to the future of this story, I currently unsure where to go. I had a plan with it, but never wrote it down \(-_-)/ kinda stupid I know. I can only vaguely remember what I had planned to do. For now consider this on hold to be revisited at a later date.