had to share. even if you have seen it.
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
October 18, 2012 5:29pm CST
This is such and inspirational story. especially from someone whos survived cancer like myself.
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.
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.
I never forget the honor I have of being so close
to such a magnificent spirit as
Freedom.
Hope you enjoyed this!
But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0O0SAgPuc
NOT A REFERRAL
4 responses
@celticeagle (159572)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 12
WOW! Made me tear up. Sure I liked it. Eagles, buffalo, wolves, elephants, mountain lions, and Falcon are probably my favorite of all animals on Earth. Your story was really something. It was like human helping animal helping human. Thank you so much for sharing this with me.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Oct 12
you are welcome dear. i really like sharing good things once in a while.
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
27 Oct 12
hi bunnybon I just watched the video and its sooooo impressive. I believe there are such special connections between animals and people, more often than you think......
Hope you enjoy a great weekend. Hugs to you
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Oct 12
hope you are enjoying yours also and hope you enjoy wATCHING THESE FROM TIME to time like i do
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
19 Oct 12
This story is so very heart touching. Though you posted the story in text (thanks a million for this) I was still trying to see this video at You tube. And after an hour i have finally watched it completely thrice (I dont like the slow speed we have for internet during this time of the day).
Definitely true that many of the illnesses are more dangerous because they play on the mind. i am glad to read this as the story does give me hope
may Jeff and Freedom live healthy for many more yeas together
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Oct 12
sorry it was so hard to find the video dear. glad you finally enjoyed it. i thought about just posting the video but then figured some would not understand why i didnt explain.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
20 Oct 12
That was a touching story. I was teary-eyed reading it till the end. Somethings are really unexplainable. But I am happy that both of you have found each other and was given a second chance in life. I wish you well!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Oct 12
[Jeff personally. but you are right, its a very touching good experience.em]confused[/em]this is a story about something i found on the interneto. dnt know