I have a traumatic brain injury [TBI] and understand the frustration of which Stanek speaks. If I were handed papers as he was, I know I would not be able to read and comprehend them in a timely fashion as I once was pre-TBI. Even if asked a simple question, I sometimes can't answer right away...and need to pause to process it B4 I can answer ..yeah...at times I appear to be *retarded*.
I think he was very good about recalling the events [in my brand of TBI...it would be impossible for me]...I was listening to the video, more than watching it [open in another tab], doing other stuff, so I didn't really pick-up on much facial stuff. I would have been cursing and swearing *long* B4 he did in all of this....I have no patience for stupid. Restraint be damned!
I did re-watch his cell phone video of the dog: Cell phone footage of Sarge at the airport after being kicked can be seen at 15:42.
I'd like to see what our *resident* dog-expert Salamander thinks; darling Sarge seems to be dreaming in the video [which would explain her respiration and shaking] ...which is why I think Stanek is somewhat exaggerating Sarge's trauma after being kicked. [**You can see that she is shaking like a leaf, her respirations [sic] are out of control, after having been kicked twice and spending all that time in the airport.**]
All that being said...God Bless Mr. Stanek and Sarge and Paws and Stripes. NO ONE should ever, ever be treated like that.
**You cant see all my wounds but I still feel like I need to be treated appropriately. I'm not asking for a red carpet, but just treat me the way that I need to be treated.** Amen to that. I hope the proper channels are being accessed in all of this....heads should roll.
Well, we can agree on the need to have this examined further, no matter how it turns out.
I would be very upset with Sgt Stanek if it turned out he was fabricating or over blowing these events. Just as I’d be pretty upset with the airlines if it turns out the event is recounted accurately.
I logged many hundreds of thousands of miles in the air during the 70s and 80s. Then I didn’t fly a whole lot for a number of years. Two summers ago, my wife and I flew to Ft Lauderdale on vacation and I was appalled at how the airline service (we flew United both ways, BTW) had deteriorated. I can honestly say that taking MAC flights to VietNam twice was a more enjoyable experience than that little jaunt. I guess I may be harboring some prejudice against them for a really miserable episode in an otherwise great vacation.
On a personal note, I was totally unaware that you had any sort of disability at all. You certainly have mastered communication and understanding in this medium!
Unfortunately, that appears to be ‘pain breathing’.
I hope he had the good sense to have the dog checked for internal injuries.
I’ve seen *lots* of dreaming dogs and far too many injured dogs.
Is there any way to contact him and tell him to have the dog x-rayed like *yesterday*?
Dogs are built to conceal their pain as a survival tactic.
They can ‘hide’ a damaged liver/spleen/cracked ribs/etc until it’s too late to save them.
My Izzy was _bleeding out internally_ from taking Rimadyl which blew out her liver and I had *no* clue until I found her _dying_ one morning.
In less than a few minutes, she went from looking fine to dead.