Miya
Miya was an extremely sick baby king pigeon rescued from SFACC on 4/30.
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And he was a very brave baby.
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His breathing was terribly compromised by very aggressive respiratory infection.
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Miya was initially treated with antibiotics and nebulization but on 5/12, his breathing was so bad and he was so weak that a MickaCoo volunteer helping at the Garage Sale Fundraiser left to drive him back to Dr. Sanders at Wildwood Vet Clinic where he was hospitalized, in oxygen, for almost a week (at a discounted cost of more than $1000).
When Miya was discharged to my care on 5/17, he was to have the support of my late mother's oxygen concentrator.
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But it failed and Miya was without supportive oxygen for almost 24 hours that it took me to get another. In that time, Miya lost 90 grams (25% of his body weight) just from expending so much effort to breathe. Despite being on multiple antibiotics.
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Once I had gotten the alternate concentrator and Miya had a night with oxygen, he rallied a bit and showed a little energy which made a whole lot of people very happy.
But Miya's condition worsened rather than improved after that, even with the constant O2.
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On May 25th, after an incredibly epic battle to survive, baby king pigeon Miya died.
Baby Miya is profoundly missed and will never be forgotten.
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