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Amazing medical breakthrough - (today's Oprah show, Iraq veteran, miracle Soldier)
Oprah Winfrey ^ | November 13, 2006

Posted on 11/13/2006 8:14:17 PM PST by RDTF

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To: Constantine XI Palaeologus
(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.

21 posted on 11/13/2006 9:56:05 PM PST by paulat
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To: SandRat

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


22 posted on 11/13/2006 10:08:31 PM PST by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: slightlyovertaxed; bpjam; paulat

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.


23 posted on 11/13/2006 10:09:19 PM PST by Constantine XI Palaeologus ("Vicisti, Galilaee")
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To: RDTF
Amazing is right.

Jennifer Clements

Jennifer and Dr. Poffenbarger

24 posted on 11/13/2006 10:19:48 PM PST by Reagan Man (Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: Reagan Man

Oops, make that Jessica, not Jennifer.


25 posted on 11/13/2006 10:27:05 PM PST by Reagan Man (Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Grampa Dave

Ya gotta read this...


26 posted on 11/13/2006 10:52:44 PM PST by tubebender (Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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To: tubebender

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


27 posted on 11/13/2006 10:56:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... Cornyn / Kyl in '08)
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To: DBrow

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.


28 posted on 11/13/2006 11:12:33 PM PST by 2rightsleftcoast
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To: 2rightsleftcoast

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


29 posted on 11/14/2006 2:06:42 AM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: RDTF

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.


30 posted on 11/14/2006 2:12:13 AM PST by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: AmericaUnite

She lost


31 posted on 11/14/2006 3:27:18 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: RDTF

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.


32 posted on 11/14/2006 3:29:51 AM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: 2rightsleftcoast; DBrow
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.
33 posted on 11/14/2006 3:32:15 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: Spirochete
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.



34 posted on 11/14/2006 4:58:04 AM PST by NonLinear (He's dead, Jim)
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To: Reagan Man

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


35 posted on 11/14/2006 5:03:42 AM PST by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Gun owners have illustrated rights are individual and can be protected by individuals.)
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To: CalvaryJohn

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.


36 posted on 11/14/2006 6:07:19 AM PST by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: tubebender

Thanks for the ping.


37 posted on 11/14/2006 6:32:18 AM PST by Grampa Dave (They Bush haters on both sides have elected the government they have dreamed of!)
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To: SandRat

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.


38 posted on 11/14/2006 8:42:28 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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