Brain injuries plague returning veterans

Brain injuries plague returning veterans

Andre Bowser, Tribune

October 10, 2009 - 3:17PM

When the dust cleared, after an improvised explosive device ripped through a military patrol vehicle on a road in Iraq, one East Valley soldier’s only thought was to save his fallen comrade, even as he slipped in and out of consciousness.

The fallen comrade was a Marine who had lost his arm after the vehicle triggered an explosive-laden booby trap.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Kevin Ivory, meanwhile, suffered injuries to his brain, which were unseen and apparently not as urgent as the fallen Marine’s wounds during that 2006 incident.

Like many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan plagued by injuries that can’t be seen by the naked eye, Ivory today receives care locally for his traumatic brain injuries, or TBI.
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