Miracles do happen - Pichooku the Pigeon

 The Pigeon was hurt, probably bitten by a dog…it could not fly and was unable to keep its neck steady….

I was holding it in my hand and waiting for Anand so that we could  go to Blue Cross, Velachery, Chennai, – we had earlier taken a Kingfisher bird and a pigeon to Blue Cross where these birds would be attended to by Doctors and taken care.

But Blue Cross was closed, time being 7.45 PM.  We then went in search of a Veterinarian on OMR and finally found one.  On examining the pigeon, we were told that it had internal injuries in the neck and hence it could not keep its neck steady and could not fly…we were also told that birds generally don’t survive beyond few hours if it is injured internally in the neck.  The Doctor asked us to leave the bird somewhere since it would die soon.  Somewhere...where?

Both Anand and I did not have the heart to leave the pigeon in that condition and so we brought it home (I named it Pichooku)…but the problem was we could not keep it at home bcoz of our pet dog Sparky – he would definitely pounce on it.  So we kept it in a box in the little garden near our door.  It was pathetic to see Pichooku struggling with its broken neck and we were sad to know that it would die any time. Anand smeared Vibuthi (sacred ash) around its neck and we both prayed for Pichooku’s speedy recovery.

Next day early morning when Anand took Sparky for walk, Pichooku was out of the box, sitting on the compound wall.  Seeing us, it tried to fly but could not fly high. We both tried to catch it hoping to take it to Blue Cross/Vet for thorough check up so that it does not get bitten by dogs but it flew little by little and then flew high up.....what a joy it was to see Pichooku fly high up...

I strongly believe in the power of prayers.