Photo: Marine Lance Cpl. Juan Dominguez, one of the patients at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles TimesAfter Severe War Injuries, A New Battlefield -- L.A. Times
Troops with severe war injuries such as multiple limb loss face a long and difficult rehabilitation. Naval Medical Center San Diego is where some learn a new way of life.
Reporting from San Diego — Marine Lance Cpl. Juan Dominguez has come a long way since October, when a roadside bomb in Afghanistan ripped off his legs above the knees and shredded his right arm above the elbow.
A Navy corpsman, part of the same patrol, kept Dominguez from bleeding to death and wisely refused his pleas for morphine, lest he go into shock. Then there was the Navy doctor at nearby Forward Operating Camp Dwyer who "wouldn't let me die" and the intensive care he received at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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Update #1: Naval Medical Center San Diego steps forward for 'wounded warriors' -- L.A. Times
Update #2: Wounded warriors on the ballfield (Photo Gallery) -- Washington Post
My Comment: The above picture puts everything into perspective .... don't complain about all the difficult things in life .... others have it far worse.
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