Wednesday while most of you are celebrating the day of love, stop for a few minutes and offer a prayer for (Maj) Chuck Z who will be undergoing his 34th surgery since being wounded in Iraq. This one is on his hand but the dr will be "borrowing" parts from another part of his body. Thirty-four operations and more to come. God bless Chuck and all the troops in harms way.
His website From My Position, On The Way is at: http://tcoverride.blogspot.com/
Update: Chuck posted that his surgery is delayed until Friday.
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Do you have some background on him, or can you point me in the right direction to find out? I went to his blog but couldn't find a link that tells his story. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCarol, he was on foot patrol being led to an IED by an Iraqi and it was remotely detonated. He was thrown into a canal and one of his soldiers jumped in to keep him from drowning. There is a picture of him in his hospital bed at WRH that has moved to the bottom and the story of what happened is in the June 21, 2005 archives.
ReplyDeleteBTW, President Bush came by to see him and the picture may still be in there somewhere.
He's definitely in my prayers, as is his wife. I considered it a real privilege to meet them both last year in DC, and to spend some time visiting. A truly remarkable couple!
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