Hidden scars: Healing after war

Hidden scars: Healing after war

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.(KKCO)_ While the verdict is still out whether it was a traumatic brain injury that made Alejandro Olvera act out many veterans deal with physical and emotional trauma long after they return home.

Staff Sergeant Ray Robinson left Iraq in 2003 but the memories of his last day in uniform are crystal clear and the healing process is a constant battle.

"You wake up and check to see if you have both legs," says Sgt. Robinson.

It's been seven years since his reality was shaken while serving in Iraq, encountering a tank mine in his Humvee. The explosion caused extensive physical damage.

"Both my legs were shattered as if you had taken a sledge hammer to them my back was broken and my left ear drum was blown out."

But what you don't see is the emotional scaring left behind.
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Hidden scars: Healing after war