Begin forwarded message: Subject: Fw: Fwd: An Eagle Kiss
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March 20, 2015 5:34:07 PM CDT
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Subject: Fwd: FW: An Eagle
Kiss
There isn't enough
room in your mind for both
worry and faith,
you must decide which one will live
there~
AN
Eagle
Kiss…indeed
a beautiful story.
This
is the kind of story you need when it
seems like the world is spiraling out of control.. Not
many people get a picture of this proud bird snuggled
up next to them!
Freedom
and Jeff
Freedom
and I have been together 11 years this summer. She came in as a baby
in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the
way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby.
When
Freedom came in, she could not stand and both wings were broken. She was
emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance
at life, so I took her to the vet's office. From then on, I was always
around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier with the top off, and it was
loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to lay in.
I
used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would
lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also had to tube
feed her for weeks. This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still
couldn't stand. It got to the point where the decision was made to
euthanize her if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't want to
cross that line between torture and rehab, and it looked like death was
winning.
She
was going to be put down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in on
that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go to the center that Thursday,
because I couldn't bear the thought of her being euthanized; but I went
anyway, and when I walked in everyone was grinning from ear to ear. I went
immediately back to her cage; and there she was, standing on her own, a
big beautiful eagle. She was ready to live. I was just about in tears by
then.
That
was a very good day. We knew she could never fly, so the director asked me
to glove train her. I got her used to the glove, and then to jesses, and
we started doing education programs for schools in western Washington. We
wound up in the newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV. Miracle
Pets even did a show about us.
In
the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had
stage 3, which is not good (one major organ plus everywhere), so I wound
up doing 8 months of chemo. Lost the hair - the whole bit. I missed a lot
of work.
When
I felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey and take Freedom out for walks.
Freedom would also come to me in my dreams and help me fight the cancer.
This happened time and time again.
Fast
forward to November 2000. The day after Thanksgiving, I went in for
my last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone
after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant.
Anyway, they did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for the results.
I went in Monday, and I was told that all the cancer was
gone.
So
the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out for a
walk. It was misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, and
we went out front to the top of the hill. I hadn't said a word to Freedom,
but somehow she knew. She looked at me and wrapped both her wings around
me to where I could feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in
eagle wings), and she touched my nose with her beak and stared into my
eyes, and we just stood there like that for I don't know how long.
That
was a magic moment. We have been soul mates ever since she came in. This
is a very special bird.
On
a side note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we
are out, and Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who
was terminal come up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just
about buckled and he swore he could feel her power course through his
body. I have so many stories like that.
I
never forget the honor I have of being so close to such a magnificent
spirit as Freedom.
Hope
you enjoyed this!
A
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