Amazing medical breakthrough - (today's Oprah show, Iraq veteran, miracle Soldier)

Oprah Winfrey ^ | November 13, 2006

[paulat]

(I assume he had a good reason for using her abdomen as a depository).

Bone is a living thing. Blood vessels regrow when they are in contact with other blood vessels.

This wonderful surgeon wouldn't have done it if your "Tupperware" nasty comment would have sufficed.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks SandRat! Our troops are amazing, as are the doctors that save them.

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

Thanks for the info. I just assumed it'd die in there since it wouldn't be connected to anything (not that you would want it growing onto some part of the body). I never was any good in biology.

[Reagan Man]

Amazing is right.

Jennifer Clements

Jennifer and Dr. Poffenbarger

[Reagan Man]

Oops, make that Jessica, not Jennifer.

[tubebender]

Ya gotta read this...

[NormsRevenge]

God Blessed both the patient and the doctor in a very special way. Incredible is all I can say. Thanks for the ping.

[2rightsleftcoast]

I wrote the same thing on another thread the other day.
Since the day after the election, CNN has been running stories about our troops. Good stories. They couldn't seem to find anything good about them before. Now the Dems are in and the soldiers are Heroes. We knew this all along but the MSM has decided that now it is safe to tell us.

[AmericaUnite]

What happened to that Duckworth vet who ran as a Dem?

[CalvaryJohn]

Great story, but a lousy piece of journalism. I was wondering what was the extent of her neurological injuries, and what lingering effects does she suffer, and when she might get her skull reattached. I guess the reporter went to a modern school of journalism.

[snugs]

She lost

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Trauma is the one area that doctors do miraculous things. Thank God for this great doctor and also thank God for saving this precious life.

[snugs]

As much as I cannot stand the majority of the MSM I feel I must say that I have seen on CBS many times positive articles about the troops either in action on on their return to the US and not just recently. Often what would be called human interest stories not news articles which I would say this one would also fall into.

Of course they are sandwiches between CBS rhetoric about how bad the war is going and should we be there in the first place.

[NonLinear]

With all the helos, tracks, and off-road capability, I just don't understand the Army's insane insistence on using roads. Good grief, they even drive tanks down roads. All the vehicles in the inventory have expensive off-road capability, even the delivery trucks and tankers.

I believe the majority of the roadside IEDs are being placed within the cities. If you look at Baghdad on, say, Google Earth, you'll see that most "off-road" is occupied by buildings.

JMHO FWIW.

[Ladysmith]

Wow! She looks wonderful after going through all that! God bless them both, especially the doctor for using his talents to SAVE lives!

[coop71]

I think the piece was just highlights of what was covered on the show - where she did discuss her recovery and therapy. She talked about having terrible migraines, having to learn to read and write correctly all over again, the feeling of having a piece of her skull in her abdomen, etc. I believe her skull is back where it belongs now - her head looked completely normal yesterday on tv.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping.

[MEG33]

I saw a portion of this..Remarkable. Thank you to our doctors!The process was not easy for patient.. but she is a marvel! Thank God for her recovery.