My vet emailed me after I sent her the graphic photos of Craow Dum's head and nodule.
I had an appointment with her this morning.
Since the hole is still open on top of Craow Dum's head the vet would have access to getting accurate mucus/ debris samples as well as tissue samples from the plaque still on the inside walls of the sinus.
I was really hoping we would see trichomonas on the samples since there was white patches all over in the sinus. This is commonly known as "canker" -which is a fairly common disease in pigeons. This way, we could set our sights on bombarding the "bugs" with pathogen specific meds rather than doing this crap shoot experimental mix of anti-fungal/bacterial/protozoa in hopes of hitting it right.
Unfortunately, no trich squiggles were present on the slides.
The vet was concerned of what she found, and prepped samples to be sent off to the lab for evaluation.
She thought it could be crytococcus-which is NOT a good thing.
In the meantime, she said to continue on with the rest of the meds (a two weeks supply) until we get the test results and to use a chlorahexadine flush to clean out the hole/sinus area.
Ah...this poor bird.
He/she is eating and carrying on normally.
Craow Dum is as happy as a clam to just cuddle up to me.(Seriously, not many people would want to do that!)
I just can't give up hope.
Not yet.
Imagine eating, carrying on normally, and cuddling with a huge hole in your head. How can it not be hurting her?
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