Major A.J. Tong lost the lower part of one leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq. Last Sunday, he participated in his second Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. on his prosthetic and normal limb. [Tacoma News Tribune]
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October 27, 2009
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Reading through your blog tonight, I was hoping I could receive some help from you and your readers on some basic research for my class at California State University Long Beach. Any person who has visited another individual in the hospital within the last two years can participate in my survey, and it only takes ten minutes. I would like to hear the voice of the visitors in the hospitalization experience.
Thank you for your help; it is greatly appreciated.
The link follows:
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Posted by: Megan Waechter | November 03, 2009 at 03:57 AM
Gee maybe I'm insane but I think I'd rather have my actual limb.
Posted by: Lawrence Turner | November 02, 2009 at 08:55 AM