Lorraine Karpinski

"... atop a tree. Mom weighs 17 pounds and has a wing span of 9 feet, one inch. She and Pop llave lived nt for almost 20 years. Veterinary Dr. Lorralne Karpinski, left, and a team of assistants and Interns perform eye surgery on the condor. Park employees first noticed she had developed a cataract that limited her vision in 1991. Since ..."

"... to feet above sea level. Mom, a rare Andean condor estimated to be more than 40 years old, recovers in her aviary at the Miami after surgery. Veterinary Dr. Lorraine Karpinski, left, and a team of assistants and interns perform eye surgery on the rare condor Thursday. Insurance program seeks more help Cause of harmful bacteria unknown CONTINUED FROM IB recovery. ..."

"... CORTE Priss Writer MIAMI Mom, a yearold Andean condor, successfully underwent surgery on her right eye Thursday to have a cataract removed and to repair a damaged Veterinary Dr. Lorralne Karpinski waited until Mom was anesthetized with gas before taking a look at her bad eye, which was clouded and gray because of the cataract. Karpinski, wearing green and tiny, microscopic surgeon glasses, carefully placed sterile cloths around Mom's head and upper body so that only her eye was exposed. Propping open the eyelid, Karpinski made an incision in thc lens of the eye, and washed out thc with a solution. She sutured the damaged and an antibiotic into the eye. Karpinski then sutured the eyelid shut so the eye could heal. The sutures on the eyelid will come out in about a month. The procedure, which took place at the Christopher ..."

"... MIAMI Mom, a J earold Andean condor, success- ully underwent surgery on her right eye Thursday to have a cataract removed and to repair a damaged cornea. Veterinary Dr. Lorraine Karpinski waited until Mom was anesthetized with gas before taking a look at her bad eye, which was clouded and gray because of the cataract. Karpinski, wearing green scrubs and tiny, microscopic surgeon glasses, carefully placed sterile cloths around Mom's head and upper body so that only her eye was exposed. Propping open the eyelid, Karpinski made an incision in die lens of the eye, and washed out the cataract with a solution. She sutured the damaged and injected an antibiotic into the eye. Karpinski then sutured the eyelid shut so the eye could heal. The sutures on the eyelid will come out in about a month. The procedure, which took place at the Christopher ..."