This is a story about my 17-year-old old Quaker Parrot Nikki. Nikki had wing amputation surgery on Tuesday, January 25th due to a large tumor that was discovered.
The vet said that removing the tumor alone would pose a couple problems.
- There is muscle involvement so removing just the tumor could result in loss of function of the wing.
- The tumor is more likely to return if you just remove the tumor as opposed to the wing.
The entire wing was not amputated. She has a stump.
Nikki is truly a walking miracle. The procedure itself went well, but she had an adverse reaction from the anesthesia. While they were trying to wake her up, her heart stopped. They did CPR and got her heart going again. Things looked pretty grim for her, though. It was thought she was going to either pass away on her own or I would have to put her down as she would remain in a vegetative state due to what was perceived as brain damage. She stayed at the clinic overnight.
We all resigned to the fact that it was Nikki’s time to go back to God, but He had other plans. The next morning at 8am I got a call that Nikki was 100 times better. She was alert and responsive, and she even bit the vet.
She came home that afternoon and since then has been very happy to see her 17-year-old sister Sunny (her cage mate though Nikki is recuperating in her own small cage next to Sunny’s).
She is eating, drinking, talking and chirping and moving around. She is getting stronger every day. I believe God had His hand in this and heard my prayers to quickly relieve her suffering whether that be to quickly call her home or quickly snap her out of it.
Spectrum 
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