|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Wounded Soldiers Staying in Iraq
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Issue
|
| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jun 11, 2006 09:42am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | General |
| News Date | Sunday, June 11, 2006 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Parallel scars running down 1st Sgt. Rick Skidis' calf tell the story of how he nearly lost his leg when a roadside bomb blew through the door of his armored Humvee.
The blast shredded muscle, ligament and tendon, leaving Skidis in a daze as medics and fellow Soldiers rushed to help him. Skidis remembers little of that day last November except someone warning him that when he woke, his foot might be gone.
After five months and six surgeries, the foot remains intact but causes Skidis haunting numbness and searing pain caused by nerve damage.
Skidis, 36, of Sullivan, Ill., fought through the surgeries and therapy to return in April to Iraq, conducting the same type of patrols that nearly killed him.
He is not an exception.
|
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
