Guest guest Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 My Prayers are with you. Anxiously awaiting results. Steve59 from WA IPF 2006 Reply-To: Breathe-Support To: <Breathe-Support >Subject: Re: FW: Eagle StoryDate: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:38:50 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) No he did not fly. As far as I know they are still alive. Just a quick note, something for me to worry about. Two weeks ago my son came down with pneumonia.(youngest 37 years - 38 in Dec.) the Dr. Said he needs a full physical which he was going for today and they want a CT scan(HR) as they did not like the looks of x-rays. He did not tell the Dr. prior that I have IPF. He said he wanted them to diagnose without finding something he did not have. I told him they need to specifically look for anything related as these diseases are hereditary and even though he is young he could possibly have a similar disease. I tried not to put fear in him but do want him to be overly cautious. Thanks for love, support and above all PRAYERS!!!!    JOE/JOANIE JOE 60 IPF1/2008 GRIFFIN, GA. -- Re: FW: Eagle Story Joe....what a remarkable story! I'm left wondering tho' did the eagle every fly? Thanks for sending this. Animals are so unique and precious. What a great guy to spend so much time. I'm so glad he is cancer free. Mama-Sher, age 69.IPF 3/06, NSIP 4/08 OR. Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! Eagle StoryTo: cheryl.bishopmacktrucks, bjb0650, wcummins_jrhotmail, wwdancr, blueyes63charter (DOT) net, carollndancerhotmail, CassieEarpaol, ciba367, Dahoward3aol, danyellecnetzero (DOT) net, debbiedo3, dlperry58, eliverett, fennellkeithbellsouth (DOT) net, floaaron, geobecwindstream (DOT) net, gildamindspring, jody.earp, lindamwatermanhotmail, margaret10charter (DOT) net, outlaw1155, sbreedlovefirstcityonline, SherW1960aol, suzyq_susie, tgoins66Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008, 2:44 PM 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. 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 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 week s, 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 Freedom's. Hope you enjoy this. Jeff"Never regret something that once made you smile."-Anon. Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. 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Guest guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Joe what a terrible time you must be going through waiting for an answer. I have the same fear about my children, wondering if it was the house I still live in that some how caused this. I will be praying for a speedy answer and good outcome. IPF 2/07 IL ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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