Update I've ordered the parts, thank you so much everyone who shared and donated to this, it's been genuinely heartwarming, I didn't expect the amount of help we've gotten.
thank you to everyone who shared the above post, I'm (mostly) confident this won't be a problem to keep paying, I chose 10 instead of 12 so it'll be over sooner even though the monthly payment's a little higher that way.
I think we'll keep the donation drive going and promoting it, though definitely not for the whole 10 months, maybe for the next few weeks? I don't wanna come across as being annoying for begging for the better part of an entire year, that'd feel bad, especially since we don't need to beg, just need to keep getting commission work and keep doing patreon work.