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This is Leucy Liu after her dressing change. If you look at her right wing (bandaged wing) you can see where one of the K wires used as an intramedullary nail was removed. Sadly the bone shattered by the bullet did not fully heal and her wing collapsed. My vet was gutted as on xray and with movement it appeared to have healed so nicely but ravens have fairly primitive blood supplies to their wings so no.
He wanted to euthanize her but she's been coming to me since she was a youngster so he sent her home with me to see how she felt about remaining in captivity for the remainder of her life, which could be 25-35 more years.
As you can see she's ok with it. Today's menu was In n Out Cheeseburger (no fries she had those yesterday with her Salmon). So now we wait for her to gain some strength and my vet to return from vacation. I'm just hoping she doesn't go septic between now and then. I guess we get to see if I'm as good with sterile technique as I once was. So dressing changes twice a day with physical therapy to keep her shoulder and elbow functional so she can retain as much wing as possible.
My grow continues but I'm paying scant attention to it as she and the baby in the outdoor aviary are my focus.
However my plants are doing what plants do even without my attention:
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Sorry for the rotten picture but I didn't get up there to water until after lights out. Turns out they don't need me!! I'm crushed. But I've been a shitty parent I can't even tell you who that is.