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A doctor at the Arkansas Children's Hospital conducted a surgery on a Little Rock zoo chimpanzee. The Children's Hospital can, at times, be a wild place. Especially for ear, nose and throat doctor, Abby Nolder. She works to heal little wild kids like Zack; a three-year-old who was getting his final checkup on his ears from Dr. Nolder. Last week, Nolder conducted a similar surgery she would on a child, but on a chimpanzee. The surgery came about when Little Rock Zoo Veterinarian, Sarah Kline noticed a polyp inside the chimpanzee's nose. Kline said Mikey the chimp had been suffering from seasonal allergies for as long as she'd known him, but when she saw the blockage in his nose, she knew she couldn't remove it on her own. "When we saw it, we knew we needed to do something physical about it," said Kline. "The polyp that came out of his sinuses was basically filling the entire right side of his nose, he couldn't breathe at all through the right side of his nose," said Nolder. Nolder said the polyp grew as big as a golf ball. The Zoo staff would give Mikey medication for his headaches but that only worked as a temporary fix. "He was very good at letting us know (about his headaches), he would touch his hand to his head," said Kline. Nolder agreed to Kline's request to perform a surgery on Mikey and remove his polyp. "I'm a little bit nervous, it'll be our first time," said Nolder. Nolder said while she was studying CT scans the anatomy of the chimp's sinus cavity is similar to a human's. The Zoo staff trained Mikey to present his arm for anesthesia, but on the day of the surgery, Kline said the high adrenaline level caused the staff to use a higher level of anesthesia to put him under. All of the sinus scopes and video instruments were donated for the procedure. The Children's staff were able to remove the polyp in just 20 minutes. "It went really well, I didn't know what to expect but once I got in there it went really smoothly. I'm used to working on children, but his nose was much bigger than most of the kids I work on so it made for more room to work on which made it a little easier," said Nolder. Both Nolder and Kline said this surgery is another measure the Little Rock Zoo takes to ensure a good quality of life for their animals. "We want people to make a very visceral connection with them so we need them to be healthy and their hundred percent," said Kline. Little Rock Zoo Spokesperson Susan Altrui said "he's doing great!" When asked about Mikey's current condition.