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To: COB1; Eaker; humblegunner; dix; Flyer; antivenom; bobbyd; PetroniDE; RikaStrom; TheMom; WVNan; ...
You know this tragedy is one close to my heart.
Spending an hour or so in any VA Medical Center is an eye opener and heartbreaker, Cobby.

EVERYONE ought to go there to see for themselves the vacant, resigned eyes and faces, worn out and needing just a simple conversation to make them feel like human beings.

How many of you agree with those kinds of words, and just go back to your routines of living, forgetting the momentary pang??

Waiting for our respective appointments one afternoon, a 50-ish fellow sitting next to me revealed he lives in a VA home in Southern Georgia, transported to Augusta for treatment.
That revealed psychological damage as well as physical, and we talked pleasantly more than an hour.

When he was called first to see his doctor, he was glowing and had a spring in his step.
It costs nothing but a little time and 'normalcy' for him to FEEL like a human being and a man.

Bless you, Cobby, for challenging the audiences.

407 posted on 10/08/2002 6:42:34 PM PDT by LadyX
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To: LadyX
Thank you for the report.
413 posted on 10/08/2002 6:46:26 PM PDT by Cool Guy
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