Patient, pet bird coo via Web cam
By Kathy Lynn Gray
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The last time Randy Cohn was hospitalized for weeks of chemotherapy, his pet bird, Radar, plucked himself nearly bare.

"He looked just like a fryer you'd see in a package at the grocery," Cohn said. "He was so stressed out because I wasn't there. Can you imagine loving something and seeing him self-destruct?"

So when Cohn knew in April that he would be hospitalized again for nearly a month at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, he was worried. How could he keep Radar intact?

"I came up with this idea: Maybe if he could hear my voice, that would help." [LINK: Read on...]

That was good thinking.

Bless their hearts! I wish he could just stay in the hospital room with him. They both would be better off. I know I would. I will says prayers from him. Glad you told us, Karen.