Local soldier fighting PTSD

Local soldier fighting PTSD
Adrienne Ruiz: 'You hit bottom, but there is hope'

Author: Shari St. Clair
Published On: Nov 21 2011
SAN ANTONIO -
Adrienne Ruiz's soft voice belies a woman tortured with persistent images of her battlefield experience in Afghanistan.

"We entered what we called a choke point, two hills, we entered it, we received massive rocket propelled grenade and direct fire with armor piercing," said Ruiz.

It was an attack that changed her life that July day in 2008, and an attack that is still fresh in her mind today. "I had a massive brain hemorrhage, yes, and along with that, cervical two, three, five and six blew," Ruiz said.

Ruiz's physical wounds are mostly fixed. But it's the emotional battles she fights every day. "It's horrific, and you remember it, you remember everything you did," Ruiz said. "And, to take human lives? You live with that, but it's how you choose to live."
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