“The unfamiliar body part--I was afraid to name it--was out in the open, his foot nowhere to be found. I was later told to call it a "stump," a word I would never feel comfortable saying. The empty space below his knee sucked the air out of my body until I was empty, too. And then I was running in the opposite direction. It was too permanent, too real. His foot was gone. It was just fucking gone.” AmputationAmputeeWounded WarriorWounded MarineWar Wound Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“As far as I was concerned, the war they sent him to had ruined his life, and he deserved every penny I could squeeze out of them.” Wounded WarriorsMilitary CaregiverMilitary BenefitsWounded MarineWounded Warrior Benefits Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir