Update: I am now at Walter Reed in DC. Doing physical therapy every day. I have met some cool people so far. Got an autographed hat by a handful of the NY Yankees, got a picture of me with a bunch of Washington Redskins cheerleaders, and I met the first lady. So I am on a pretty good run so far...
Almost any car will last forever with proper maintenance. People just don't know how to do that. The car mentioned in the article had the engine rebuilt.
Good story, you ever see the video of the dog dragging another dog across the highway because it got hit by a car. And it wasn't biting a pulling mind you, it was making sre it didn't hurt the dog.
I got done with my surgery, passed with flying colors. I had the doc take pics in the surgery if anyone wants to see them when I get them. I was in a **** ton of pain when I got out, but I have these 2 pumps pumping something like novacain into my leg next to 2 nerves to keep them numb so I...
Going to get my final surgery tomorrow. They are going to cut off 6 inches of bone from my leg, wrap all the left over muscle around the end of the bone, stitch it up and call it a day. Then I will hopefully be flying back on Friday, but who knows.
I would have to go to Warrant Officer Course, but the problem is that I don't have enough time left in the army to apply. It's hard to get in so I'm not going to re-enlist for something that is not only not a sure thing, but unlikely. I would rather get out and look at other options anyway.