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Thankfully the U.S. military's battlefield support has vastly improved since prior wars. However, the signature wound of 21st century warfare-Traumatic Brain Injury, as well as PTSD-may lie beyond the current reach of standard medical procedures, and is more evidenced by the postwar stories of the soldiers themselves. In this book we get a thorough look at the travails of our veterans who may currently be undiagnosed and without help, but whom we are all committed to support. All royalties for this book will be donated to wounded warriors with TBI and PTSD. EXTRACT Nick's Alive Day was June 8th, 2006. Eighty miles north of Baghdad, the vehicle he was riding in as a gunner was hit with an IED. The blast occurred directly beneath his feet. His scalp was torn off and both of his ankles were broken; the right one severely crushed. I felt like my head split apart and then I lost consciousness. Faye Firth got the call early the next morning from a captain at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany telling her that her son, Nick was alive but badly injured. She rushed up from North Carolina in time for Nick's arrival to Walter Reed Medical Center from Germany. What the captain hadn't mentioned were the 47 staples on Nick's scalp. When Faye saw Nick, his head was so swollen she could barely recognize him. But I never let on that I was shocked, or fearful, or angry or depressed, Faye says, Because I knew he was watching me. He was measuring his condition by the look in my eyes. I had to stay positive for Nick. I knew what had happened to me, even though I wasn't lucid, recalls Nick. I was determined not to die.

Thankfully the U.S. military's battlefield support has vastly improved since prior wars. However, the signature wound of 21st century warfare-Traumatic Brain Injury, as well as PTSD-may lie beyond the current reach of standard medical procedures, and is more evidenced by the postwar stories of the soldiers themselves. In this book we get a thorough look at the travails of our veterans who may currently be undiagnosed and without help, but whom we are all committed to support. All royalties for this book will be donated to wounded warriors with TBI and PTSD. EXTRACT Nick's Alive Day was June 8th, 2006. Eighty miles north of Baghdad, the vehicle he was riding in as a gunner was hit with an IED. The blast occurred directly beneath his feet. His scalp was torn off and both of his ankles were broken; the right one severely crushed. I felt like my head split apart and then I lost consciousness. Faye Firth got the call early the next morning from a captain at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany telling her that her son, Nick was alive but badly injured. She rushed up from North Carolina in time for Nick's arrival to Walter Reed Medical Center from Germany. What the captain hadn't mentioned were the 47 staples on Nick's scalp. When Faye saw Nick, his head was so swollen she could barely recognize him. But I never let on that I was shocked, or fearful, or angry or depressed, Faye says, Because I knew he was watching me. He was measuring his condition by the look in my eyes. I had to stay positive for Nick. I knew what had happened to me, even though I wasn't lucid, recalls Nick. I was determined not to die.

Thankfully the U.S. military’s battlefield support has vastly improved since prior wars. However, the signature wound of 21st century warfare—Traumatic Brain Injury, as well as PTSD—may lie beyond the current reach of standard medical procedures, and is more evidenced by the postwar stories of the soldiers themselves. In this book we get a thorough look at the travails of our veterans who may currently be undiagnosed and without help, but whom we are all committed to support. All royalties for this book will be donated to wounded warriors with TBI and PTSD. EXTRACT Nick’s “Alive Day” was June 8th, 2006. Eighty miles north of Baghdad, the vehicle he was riding in as a gunner was hit with an IED. The blast occurred directly beneath his feet. His scalp was torn off and both of his ankles were broken; the right one severely crushed. “I felt like my head split apart and then I lost consciousness.” Faye Firth got the call early the next morning from a captain at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany telling her that her son, Nick was alive but badly injured. She rushed up from North Carolina in time for Nick’s arrival to Walter Reed Medical Center from Germany. What the captain hadn’t mentioned were the 47 staples on Nick’s scalp. When Faye saw Nick, his head was so swollen she could barely recognize him. “But I never let on that I was shocked, or fearful, or angry or depressed,” Faye says, “Because I knew he was watching me. He was measuring his condition by the look in my eyes. I had to stay positive for Nick.” “I knew what had happened to me, even though I wasn’t lucid,” recalls Nick. “I was determined not to die.”

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Celia Straus is author of the national bestseller, Prayers On My Pillow, and an award-winning film writer/producer who has been writing about the war-related experiences of service members and their families since 2003. The Armed Forces Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the men and women of America’s military.

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