I was so happy that the little robin made it through the night. The feedings were about every twenty minutes. I also made her a little nest which sat upon a heating pad.
We took things hour by hour in the beginning. She was so tiny and seemed very frail:
She was eating well which I guess was the main thing at that point.
Stay tuned to see our amazing journey over the last three years!
Today’s symptoms: I had a decent day. I was off and had to take my little mother to an eye appointment. She recently had cataract surgery so she needed to be checked out and acquire a prescription for her new lenses. We headed over to Walmart to get the new lenses made. Once back home, I just did some projects on the house, some cleaning and played with the critters. It’s been a good day and I’m so hopeful that tomorrow will be the same. I got a new position at work and I haven’t been this happy in over ten years. I really look forward to going to work every day.
Lizzy McFly 
looking forward to reading your blog about your baby bird! (Maybe she is now 3 years old!) glad you are happy with your new job!
Thanks so much! Yes, this is certainly a good journey with the robin. I’m looking forward to sharing her amazing life so far! Hope all is well with you!
Hi Lizzy, I haven’t seen or spoken to you in forever. I so admire how you write and describe your health journey and your family of humans and cats and a bird and a gecko. And probably more, since the robin is brand new to your audience. I am expecting a live deer next, to be a pal to Donkey. Anyway, you spoke of your mother having cataract surgery. I had my surgeries at the end of 2022. I certainly consider them a miracle, as I hadn’t seen stars in fifteen years. But, I digress. I hope her surgeries are a total success for her as they are for me. I just thought it might be useful to tell you about some of the “surprises” that came with those operations for me. Although I don’t have to, I wear my new glasses all the time when I am outside in case something flies into them – dust, bugs, snow, any little thing, because my doctor told me that it takes a full year for the lens to take hold, they are just hanging by little teeny threads (who knew?). I also had dry eye for a long time, and used an every-3-hour alarm to alert me to put in drops. There is also a great mask you can get from the optometrist that is so soothing and wonderful, 18 seconds in the microwave, fabulous. My dry eye is gone now, but it was unexpected. As well, I am having a bit of trouble with depth perception now, stepping off curbs I didn’t think were curbs, stumbling through doorways with those stupid strips to hide the join in the flooring, stuff like that. I am only telling you this, because I wish someone would have told me. I am very grateful for my surgeries. Keep on feeding that birdie (in the past). I am totally engaged, and hope there is a happy ending. And how do we know she is a she? Although these days… well, never mind that. Vikki
It’s so nice to hear from you! Thank you so much for all the kind words. And thanks for letting me know about the issues you went through. Yours sounds like my laser eye surgery back in 1999. Severe dry eyes for about six months and a whole slew of other things. Totally worth it though as I’ve had 20/20 since then. My mother said the eye doctor today said in most cases, a film develops over the lens and you need a small surgery to correct it. I hope neither of you get to that point!
Please stay tuned with the robin. It’s a very happy ending/continuation….
And look at not-so-little Freya now. She’s come such a long way!
Glad to hear that work is going well & you are feeling well. Say hi to your mom for us & let her know that it was Daisy’s birthday on the 20th.
Jan says hi back and please wish Daisy a happy belated birthday from us!
I’m happy for you Elizabeth..! Looking forward to getting down your way later this year..
That would be awesome! It would be great to see you!