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Post by Sarveswara Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:11 am

A magical eagle - True Story! Freedo10


Freedom and Jeff

Freedom and I have been together 10 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.

Jeff


When Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken, her left wing in 4 places. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets 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 dowl 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-hodgkins 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. Yahoo!

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 coarse 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 Freedoms.

Hope you enjoy this.

A magical eagle - True Story! Freedo11

A special thanks to Whitecloud hug for this beautiful story she sent me through email ... if any of you have some beautiful stories you would like to share with us all at OM, send them to me, and I will put them up if you dont know how to do it yourself.


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Post by Jon28 Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:51 am

Deeply moving, WhiteCloud. Compassion evidenced in man and bird. What a gift for both........and for us here........Thank you for sending it to Shiralee, and thank you Shiralee for bringing the story here, to our ashram. purple lotus om Freedom didn't need her wings for her freedom.......her freedom to love.
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Post by WhiteCloud Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:34 am

Ahhh this was such a story I had to share it with like minded people, I am so glad you enjoyed it Jon and Shiralee thank you for putting it up for me...
your a treasure.

I just read it again and it still gives me goose bumps...God is awsome! Sai Ram

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Post by fhenix Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:53 pm

Thank you WhiteCloud for this deeply moving and touching story and Thank You Shiralee for putting it up. Nature and Animals are such special gifts to us from God and this story is confirmation of the love and healing that they are for us. Being the "bird" person that I am, this story touched me beyond my soul, how blessed this man is. Thanks again for the story, its a real treasure.

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Post by Light Mystic Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:30 pm

Wow! That is SO COOL! What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. Amazing.

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Post by Amber2008 Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:20 pm

Animals are very special beings. To me animals are angels. I feel a special bond with my dog and bird.

I enjoyed the story thank you for sharing.

God Bless
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