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Jordan Lake Rescue: Grayced
Ever so often someone asks me: Doc, how did you end up at Jordan Lake chasing eagles. Here is the story of how Jordan Lake became a place of healing and refuge for both my body and my heart. Grayced was a starved and badly injured kitten that I found underneath a pickup truck at a boat ramp at the lake. This abandoned kitten and I, a veterinarian whose career was abruptly shortened by injuries, journeyed together as we re-learned life skills and grew contented with where our shared path has taken us. Companions on a trek toward healing – Grayced from his many injuries and me from the results of a serious vehicle accident. There are moments of light, laughter, veterinary medicine, tears of hurt and a lapful of cat purring the aches away. This is the beginning of Doc Ellen’s Jordan Lake Journey as I began building a life as a wildlife photographer and journalist.
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I will be making a ten percent donation of royalties from the sale of Jordan Lake Rescue to the NCSU Veterinary Medical Foundation. This program supports veterinary students at the veterinary college as they learn the skills needed for outreach programs such as spay and neuter clinics.
update on doc ellen
I had to have my knee repaired. Ouch! Sometimes I have to remember that I am not 12 any more….but, wait…I DO believe that I am 12, at least at heart, and in spirit The surgeon was very happy with the procedure. I am up and rambling about, slowly, but my steps are getting longer and that is a good sign. Sun bright and tempting here, but I have to be patient for a few days then back to the lake, the eagles and comfortable walking! And right back to being my 12 year old – long into several decades – self.
peace and grace and on the mend,