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Garland has been released from the hospital and is home. He got home yesterday. I talked with him around 2 PM EST today. He says he's doing well now despite the hole in his groin and upper leg. Doctors removed a baseball sized tumor from that area, plus he had considerable infection in the region. But I guess all's well that ends well. He can be contacted at 1-208-806-8734.
That was quite an experience he had. The first time he went to the VA they sent him home with antibiotics. The second time he went back, he was in an ambulance. He couldn't maintain his balance and had collapsed on the floor. He's too big a man for his son to lift, even with his wife's assistance.
His wife was instructed how to change his bandages and repack the hole in his groin. He had an experience or two with some doctors who didn't understand PTSD and decided to play some stupid games with him while repacking his wound. He says they actually pretended to play basketball with him. Can you imagine? The pain medication he was on had him half out of it and he didn't know what they were doing. He thought they were patients who'd stolen doctor's outfits and were were playing some weird joke on him. Somebody definitely needs to have their asses whipped.
I still can't get back on NAMVETS-L, so I'd appreciate it if one of you would forward this message to that list.
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T.P. Woodfork
www.8thwood.com
"You can't pray a lie."
--Huckleberry Finn
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T.P. Woodfork
www.8thwood.com
"You can't pray a lie."
--Huckleberry Finn
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