It was another gloomy and dreary day today. Got up, had to pass out some information about an upcoming community meeting to the households in two blocks I’m in charge of (another thing I’ll have to write about someday)… came home to take care of the “zoo”.
After giving one of the birds some medicine, it started acting strange. Poto started fluffing up, shaking his head back and forth, opening his mouth… then he threw up once, then again and again and again…
Yes, at this point, I was freaking out!! I was PRAYING that there wasn’t going to be another bird death… if that happened it would be another in less than a week! 😦 While being in panic mode, it was odd because I’d never seen a bird throw up before.
Anyway, Poto needed to go to the vet for his medicine refill. So, got his cage and off we went. He actually started singing in the car, so I felt a little bit better. (Only a little…) Arrived at the vet, only had to wait a few minutes before we were called in. While Poto was getting weighed, I explained about his nausea. The vet said it sounded like he had just eaten too much just before I gave him his medicine. (Whew…) She proceeded to check inside his mouth, his ears, the color of his beak, his wings, his heartbeat… then his one foot. He had had a wound on it, but it was clear and the vet gave him a clean bill of health. (BIG sigh of relief!!)
After getting home and getting settled, I sent an update text to his “mom”. She was happy to hear he’s better. (I was just happy that I wasn’t having to send a, “Something terrible has happened to one of your birds…” message!)
So, today hasn’t been as blue as yesterday, but as I sat down in front of the computer, I started to think about my mom whose is in Hawaii at this very moment. Kept thinking how simply wonderful it would be to be able to blink a few times and instantly be there, zooming on the freeway, listening to some great classic rock tunes (maybe some Cream or Fleetwood Mac), driving up past Schofield Barracks, up to the North Shore to Giovanni’s to get some garlic shrimp.
Man, I need a vacation… (~_~;)
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