And I'm extremely happy to hear it. 
I know for most people, it's a terrible diagnosis. For Judy, since it was at the point of causing neurological issues, it was the best case scenario. So far, both test for asper had come back negative. We went in today to get blood drawn for a titer. If you remember the epic rhinoliths the first few days I had Judy, they were the key. They were still in her records and when I brought her records to Dr. Doolen, I took them too. Toward the end of our visit he mentioned them and looked at them under a microscope. He said you can see the fungus and yeast in the rhinoliths. So, 2 1/2 months ago when I first took Judy to the vet, if they'd just looked at the rhinoliths under a microscope, we could potentially have avoided a seizure and nearly $1000 in testing. They never bothered to look at them or test them at all. I am so happy to finally have a thorough vet. We're still waiting to find out what the bacteria is that she has. It's growing in the culture, but not enough to identify. We still submitted the titer to get a baseline, but Judy does have asper. The first vet gave her an antifungal, but it wasn't one used to treat asper. The nebulizer meds were, but they were only for two weeks. Judy's now on terbinafine (lamisil) until she's better and will be getting an antibiotic soon. My sweet birdie is on her way to recovery 
In related news, I ordered a double macaw cage for the CAGs last month. It was on backorder, then I didn't know if I wanted to move them into the same cage in case Judy was contagious. I talked to Dr. Doolen about it and we have the go ahead for the new cage
I know for most people, it's a terrible diagnosis. For Judy, since it was at the point of causing neurological issues, it was the best case scenario. So far, both test for asper had come back negative. We went in today to get blood drawn for a titer. If you remember the epic rhinoliths the first few days I had Judy, they were the key. They were still in her records and when I brought her records to Dr. Doolen, I took them too. Toward the end of our visit he mentioned them and looked at them under a microscope. He said you can see the fungus and yeast in the rhinoliths. So, 2 1/2 months ago when I first took Judy to the vet, if they'd just looked at the rhinoliths under a microscope, we could potentially have avoided a seizure and nearly $1000 in testing. They never bothered to look at them or test them at all. I am so happy to finally have a thorough vet. We're still waiting to find out what the bacteria is that she has. It's growing in the culture, but not enough to identify. We still submitted the titer to get a baseline, but Judy does have asper. The first vet gave her an antifungal, but it wasn't one used to treat asper. The nebulizer meds were, but they were only for two weeks. Judy's now on terbinafine (lamisil) until she's better and will be getting an antibiotic soon. My sweet birdie is on her way to recovery In related news, I ordered a double macaw cage for the CAGs last month. It was on backorder, then I didn't know if I wanted to move them into the same cage in case Judy was contagious. I talked to Dr. Doolen about it and we have the go ahead for the new cage
I'm so glad you guys have a diagnosis and can start treatment! I agree with you, asper is easy compared to the alternatives. Thank god Dr. Doolen is on top of things so Judy can get healthy now!
