Oh damn....oh damn.... :\
It'll take this poor guy years to come to terms with and take stock of
what's left to work with. Then there may be the constant uncertainty of
what can be counted on and for how long. It will be "constant warfare"
for as long as he lives.
There is one good thing though. They've determined there's something
left to work with and so he will be going through rehabilitation.
/snippet of long article
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Nightline/World/wounded_reservists_031115-1.html
Shattered Lives
Wounded Reservists Back From Iraq Face Uncertainty, Bitterness
By Jeffrey Kofman
M I A M I, Nov. 15 — A meager crowd turned out on the streets of Miami
for the annual Veterans Day parade.
Sgt. John Adams returned home from Iraq to his wife Summer in Florida
with slurred speech, sluggish movements, and pieces of shrapnel and bone
in his brain.
(ABCNEWS.com)
(c) 2003 ABC News
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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