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Gemini’s Story Chapter 5

Gemini is almost a year old now, Her vocabulary is astounding She will even ask “Why are YOU Upside Down?” I’m starting to relax just a bit and I’m NOT hovering over her like a Mother Hen quite as much(it was VERY Hard) as a Matter of Fact My Daughter had a Great big part in Helping to raise Gemini-If for some reason I couldn’t be there for a feeding Jamie would Jump at the chance , mainly because She was just as protective of her as I was! So all is going well, Gemini is as normal as a Bird can be with their Head on upside down! The starting plans are being made For Jamie’s Move to NC, Life is as good as it can be with ALL that we have been through! Until one day, Gemini was doing her normal wandering around on the floor, I was on the bed reading(Bird-Talk of coarse) and all of a sudden Gemini starts screaming and growling and spinning around in circles-OMG I’m on the floor with her in a Heart-beat, trying to get her into my arms, looking for blood or anything that could be scaring her. I’m Trying to talk to Her to comfort her-SHE is NOT Hearing me, nor will she allow me to hold her, she just kept growling and flailing about. ALL I could do was to make sure that she did not hit anything that would injure her and try to keep myself calm. Finally after what seemed like forever-but was probably only minutes Gemini’s Seizure stopped and she weakly went under my bed. She still did not respond to my voice or to My out stretched hand of comfort. You just cannot imagine how heart sick I felt, Here was “Mommy’s Sweet Baby Grey” Not even knowing her Mommy. I Laid on the floor for 2 hours just talking to her and watching her slowly regain her strength. I could even SEE the recognition come into her face when it finally did! After she had I guess returned to Normal-she waddled out from under the bed-”Its OK Mommy-Its OK?” Lord have Mercy -I had NO Idea what I had just witnessed, how to prevent it from happening again-IF it would happen again! That was when I found out just How UN-Educated the Local Vets were when it came to Birds. My first call(after Gemini had climbed into her cage for something to eat and settled in for a nap) was to My Daughter-She would be up in a short while(Gemini was her Baby sister after all)Then I called every Vet in a 100 mile radius to try and find out what the Heck had happened!(Where OH Where was the Internet when I needed It)!Well I could have saved the time of calling the vets-They didn’t have a clue! SO I started pulling out every Bird book that I owned and I actually DID find a small mention of Calcium deficiency seizures! Gemini seemed OK now-she knew Me again was talking and playing when Jamie got there-----Jamie of coarse went to pick her up and love on her like she always did! MY Heart Breaks Yet again - Gemini Acted like she did not know Jamie-she even bit her, Jamie was crushed! Their Bond was some how broken from the seizure and was never the same again! I don’t know what tore me up more-seeing My Gemini having the seizure or seeing Jamie’s reaction to Gemini not seeming to even know her anymore-a Very close call! After Jamie left, I made a big batch of Hand-food and fed Gemini as much as she would eat, I knew it could not hurt her and until I knew what was wrong, I was going to give her any extra nutrition etc that I could. I did not sleep much that night-beside the fact that I had to keep my eye on Her for a repeat-I had to read everything that I could get my hands on and try to find out what was wrong! Gemini slept peacefully through the night, I had found a wee bit more info and had found the names of some AVIAN Vets(from Bird Talk) so now I’m on a crusade to get as much info as possible! To be continued in the next Chapter!

Thanks again for everyone that’s taking the time to read this and for all of Your wonderful comments. Your Comments and encouragement to continue are making it worth allowing myself to relive even those Darkest of Days in My life!