thought all of you would appreciate this story. dorlis
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> Subject: FW: Eagles, Communication, Love and Beyond
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:26:30 -0500
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> Grab the kleenex, people! I dare you to read and not weep.....the television
> program is in my TVO forever and the day it was first viewed I cried for an
> hour. But then, you know how emotional I am, anyway. Let me know how you
> reacted.
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> Wove, wove, Mom (and or just plain Eileen).
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> Wove Wove - Mama
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> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:48:09 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fw: Eagles,
> Communication, Love and BeyondTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Eagles, Communication,
> Love and BeyondTo: "Jim Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thursday, December 4,
> 2008, 4:03 PM
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> Editor WantedBellaOnline's Animal Life EditorEagles, Communication, Love and
> Beyond
> Guest Author - Samantha BlackEvery once in a while, I come across something
> so extraordinary that it soars on the wings of eagles. This is such a story,
> told by my new friend and guest author, Jeff Guidry. This is Jeff's story.
> Freedom and Jeff Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She
> came in as a babyin 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open
> all the way evenafter surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby. When
> Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken, her leftwing in
> 4 places. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made thedecision 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 carrierwith the top off, and it
> was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her tolay in. I used to sit and
> talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; andshe would lay there looking at
> me with those big brown eyes. We also had totube feed her for weeks. This
> went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still couldn't stand. It got tothe
> point where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't standin a
> week. You know you don't want to cross that line between torture andrehab,
> and it looked like death was winning. She was going to be put downthat
> Friday, and I was supposed to come in on that Thursday afternoon. Ididn't
> want to go to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't bear thethought of
> her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked ineveryone 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 wasready to live. I was
> just about in tears by then. That was a very goodday. We knew she could never
> fly, so the director asked me to glove train her. Igot her used to the glove,
> and then to jesses, and we started doingeducation programs for schools in
> western Washington. We wound up in thenewspapers, on radio (believe it or
> not) and some TV. Miracle Pets even dida show about us. In the spring of
> 2000, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I hadstage 3, which is not
> good (one major organ plus everywhere), so I wound updoing 8 months of chemo.
> Lost the hair - the whole bit. I missed a lot ofwork. When I felt good
> enough, I would go to Sarvey and take Freedom outfor walks. Freedom would
> also come to me in my dreams and help me fight thecancer. This happened time
> and time again. Fast forward to November 2000, the day after Thanksgiving, I
> went in for mylast checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone
> after 8 roundsof chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant.
> Anyway, they didthe 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. Yahoo! So the
> first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out fora walk.
> It was misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, andwe 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 meto where I could
> feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in eaglewings), and she
> touched my nose with her beak and stared into my eyes, andwe just stood there
> like that for I don't know how long. That was a magicmoment. We have been
> soul mates ever since she came in. This is a veryspecial bird. On a side
> note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we areout, and
> Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who wasterminal come
> up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just about buckledand he swore he
> could feel her power course through his body. I have somany stories like
> that. I never forget the honor I have of being so closeto such a magnificent
> spirit as Freedom's. Hope you enjoy this. Jeff Jeff Guidry and FreedomSarvey
> Wildlife CenterFreedom is 3½ years old in the second photograph below.
> Remarkably, she molted when Jeff was going through his ordeal, then, after 8
> months of chemo, Freedom sprouted her new feathers at the same time Jeff
> regrew his hair. Freedom & Jeff share a bond that’s incredibly strong and
> undeniable. For Jeff to fall so deeply in love with Freedom from the moment
> she arrived; broken, riddled with lice and literally on death’s door -
> willing her to live, loving her, sitting with her, talking with her, giving
> her the courage to stand and live is nothing short of the kind of commitment
> most people will never know. But for Freedom to reciprocate in kind – even
> coming to Jeff in his dreams during what had to be the most challenging time
> of his life - is a premiere example of the kind of heart-tugging love that
> builds an indestructible bridge between our species and gives us a glimpse of
> what can be. And if you can believe Freedom and Jeff’s story, showcasing
> their respective commitment and unyielding love, then it isn’t a giant leap
> to believing that all animals are capable of love, joy, bonding,
> disappointment, hope, grief, depression, happiness and yes, crossing that
> indestructible bridge to communicate with us. CREDITS: Story reprinted with
> permission from Jeff Guidry.PHOTOS: Freedom & Jeff (top photo) by Anne Chase
> Photography, Woodinville, WAFreedom & Jeff 2000 & 2001 by Ceal KightThis site
> needs an editor - click to learn more!
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