When I am old and too stubborn to be married, I will be a bird lady (as opposed to cat lady). We have three birds, counting Rose; an umbrella cockatoo we adopted (he was neglected and had taken to eating his own feathers off out of loneliness, so he's super ugly and scraggly. But he sings and dances and is so full of love and cuddliness) and a perfect little cockatiel. They are as much my family as anyone. Anyway. Rose probably won't ever heal correctly. Her legs are a little messed up too; she gets around by launching herself in the air and landing on her back, and then she does this odd break-dancing thing with her one working wing trying to get back up on her feet. It's pretty pathetic. But I love her, because she is brave, and she is mine <3

Yes! I can relate with this one. Share-something-personal-about-yourself-story-time-since-you-did-it-first-time: We have two birds; I think they're parakeets (Australian parakeets, I don't know; all I know is that they're d*mn cute). A couple of months ago, the female bird hurt her leg, We're not sure what happened with her. We took her to the vet in like the middle of the night, since we were so worried that she wouldn't make it till the next day. They put a cast of her leg. But she refused to give up. She wasn't allowed to perch; but it didn't matter to her. With one good leg and the other one in a cast, she would perch, climb the cage, get on top of the cage and the house my dad built for her and the other male bird. A little fighter really. Now, she's all better. No more with the cast on her leg. Just laid four eggs recently. I hope they all hatch. Fingers crossed. So, I'm hoping this bird of yours fights as well. And makes it. It's tough for them. But, they teach so many lessons to us. Don't give up even when everything is tough. One good wing. One leg. I can't still make it, they say. She'll gain your trust soon enough. Your words are always full of caring and nuturing love for your friends, even if they have wings. ^u^ And promising too. Lovely.