Re: [Felvtalk] Fwd: FW: Eagles, Communication, Love and Beyond
hey! i keep the Kleenix company in business. now if you want some more tears, join up on [EMAIL PROTECTED] dorlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thought all of you would appreciate this story. dorlis > > From: Eileen Bone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: ann walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carolyn Smotherman -Stichnote > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darlene Smith Whitson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dorlis > Rose > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ellyn Parker-Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Frank Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gail Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Glen Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Jackie Meeks Schlef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jessie Carter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Judy Gnau Nardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Judy Gale- > Womble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pat Inglish McNeil > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phyllis Ortyl-Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > ponytail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Pikey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sally > Cantwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sue > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, termite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tim > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: FW: Eagles, Communication, Love and Beyond > > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:26:30 -0500 > > > > > > 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. > > > > Wove, wove, Mom (and or just plain Eileen). > > > > Wove Wove - Mama > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:48:09 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fw: Eagles, > > Communication, Love and BeyondTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --- On Thu, 12/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Eagles, Communication, > > Love and BeyondTo: "Jim Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thursday, December > > 4, 2008, 4:03 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Animal Life Site > > > > 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
[Felvtalk] Fwd: FW: Eagles, Communication, Love and Beyond
thought all of you would appreciate this story. dorlis > From: Eileen Bone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ann walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carolyn Smotherman -Stichnote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darlene Smith Whitson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dorlis Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ellyn Parker-Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gail Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glen Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jackie Meeks Schlef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jessie Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Judy Gnau Nardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Judy Gale- Womble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pat Inglish McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phyllis Ortyl-Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ponytail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Pikey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sally Cantwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, termite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FW: Eagles, Communication, Love and Beyond > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:26:30 -0500 > > > 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. > > Wove, wove, Mom (and or just plain Eileen). > > Wove Wove - Mama > > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:48:09 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fw: Eagles, > Communication, Love and BeyondTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- On Thu, 12/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Eagles, Communication, > Love and BeyondTo: "Jim Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thursday, December 4, > 2008, 4:03 PM > > > > > > > Animal Life Site > > 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 w
