A broadwing hawk with an injured eye received surgery today from our eye specialist. Dr. Lorraine Karpinski, is a veterinary ophthalmologist who provides this very valuable service to our facility. This bird presented with an injury to its eye possibly caused by a projectile. Because scar tissue formed around the original injury despite our best efforts at treatment, the pupil became stuck in the constricted position. Dr. Karpinski was able to free the scar tissue therefore opening the pupil. Only time will tell if this bird will regain sight in this eye. The gentleman that rescued this bird keeps in touch with me for periodic updates about the bird's future. It is my hope that all who contributed to this bird's journey can join us for a release in the future. Stay tuned for updates. In the meantime, the following shots show the clinic owner Dr. Dugan preparing the bird for anesthesia, Dr Karpinski performing the surgery, and the bird's eye post operation. Look closely, you will see the remainder of bubbles from a substance injected into the eye that were purposely left in to monitor closely whether or not the sutures have kept the interior of the eye water tight.
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Glad to find you through NBN. I know you get plenty of reward from what you do, but let me say thanks also. Rehabbers are great; I've helped out but mostly with mammals. I'll enjoy following your blog.
I've been a volunteer with this peregrine observation program. http://www.hawkridge.org/education/pw.html
A couple years ago, one of the young banded birds from our site wound up at the Raptor Center in St. Paul with a broken wing. http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu
Thought you might be interested in checking it out if you're not familiar with it.
Thanks for all your effort and caring.
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