Hole-in-one
One need only consider a skull (pictured) split open at the ear with its contents and fluids oozing out, the massive edema of the surviving tissue, the kaleidoscope of colors, fractured bone, and damaged dural lining, and the years, not months, of rehabilitation required to dampen the resulting right-sided paralysis, right-field blindness in both eyes, and the KO'd language center to know why I am vehemently opposed to the war in Iraq. This patient was lucky! Many don't survive, and many who do are reduced to little more than living, breathing Cabbage Patch dolls. IEDs (improvised explosive devices) know no national boundaries and respect no military or civilian status. Mangled or broken limbs, fractured skulls or rib cages, class-three burns, collapsed lungs and arteries, deafness, blindness, and septic infection are their calling cards, and their wake must be navigated by the friends, families, and U.S. taxpayers burdened with a limping, ailing, and possibly down-for-the-count Department of Veteran Affairs. (Figure taken from the May 4, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine) Dr. Al
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8/15/2006 04:44:00 PM
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