Blake Cook

They don't know that I have some brain scans that, you know, they told me I was fine. But later on when I got back home, so I get back home and we do the appointment. I do a couple missions with them and then I get back home and we do a battalion run. I think I'm fine, I feel fine. I do the run, don't even remember the run.

They don't know that I have some brain scans that, you know, they told me I was fine. But later on when I got back home, so I get back home and we do the appointment. I do a couple missions with them and then I get back home and we do a battalion run. I think I'm fine, I feel fine. I do the run, don't even remember the run.

I remember walking out to the field, hearing some ACDC, we're all lining up. I remember drinking water. That was it. That's all I remember. So then I was like, man. How do you know you did the run? I don't know. How do you know you missed something? Because people had told me that I ran. So I was in the formation. My shirt was wet. We had gray battalion shirts. My shirt was soaking wet.

I remember walking out to the field, hearing some ACDC, we're all lining up. I remember drinking water. That was it. That's all I remember. So then I was like, man. How do you know you did the run? I don't know. How do you know you missed something? Because people had told me that I ran. So I was in the formation. My shirt was wet. We had gray battalion shirts. My shirt was soaking wet.

I remember walking out to the field, hearing some ACDC, we're all lining up. I remember drinking water. That was it. That's all I remember. So then I was like, man. How do you know you did the run? I don't know. How do you know you missed something? Because people had told me that I ran. So I was in the formation. My shirt was wet. We had gray battalion shirts. My shirt was soaking wet.

I thought maybe I was dreaming. I didn't know what was going on. People told me I'd ran. I don't remember the rut and my shirt's drenched. I mean, you're talking October, North Carolina, 80% humidity, I'm soaked. I thought, man, maybe I just blacked out. So a couple of days go by, I start having these random nosebleeds, these massive headaches. My eyes like start hurting over here on the sides.

I thought maybe I was dreaming. I didn't know what was going on. People told me I'd ran. I don't remember the rut and my shirt's drenched. I mean, you're talking October, North Carolina, 80% humidity, I'm soaked. I thought, man, maybe I just blacked out. So a couple of days go by, I start having these random nosebleeds, these massive headaches. My eyes like start hurting over here on the sides.

I thought maybe I was dreaming. I didn't know what was going on. People told me I'd ran. I don't remember the rut and my shirt's drenched. I mean, you're talking October, North Carolina, 80% humidity, I'm soaked. I thought, man, maybe I just blacked out. So a couple of days go by, I start having these random nosebleeds, these massive headaches. My eyes like start hurting over here on the sides.

I'm like, man, I don't feel right. something's not right. I started getting like that, that feeling that we have when we stood up and your legs are tingling. That would come and go. I felt like my legs were always asleep. I'd be standing and I'd get this tingling and I'd have to lean on my wife. So finally, I go to Wal-Mart. And I asked to go to Wal-Mart.

I'm like, man, I don't feel right. something's not right. I started getting like that, that feeling that we have when we stood up and your legs are tingling. That would come and go. I felt like my legs were always asleep. I'd be standing and I'd get this tingling and I'd have to lean on my wife. So finally, I go to Wal-Mart. And I asked to go to Wal-Mart.

I'm like, man, I don't feel right. something's not right. I started getting like that, that feeling that we have when we stood up and your legs are tingling. That would come and go. I felt like my legs were always asleep. I'd be standing and I'd get this tingling and I'd have to lean on my wife. So finally, I go to Wal-Mart. And I asked to go to Wal-Mart.

And I pretty much get told I'm a pussy, being a pussy. Suck it up. You're gonna be a sick hall ranger. I'm like, hey man, like, I got hurt. I like to get a follow-up. So finally they let me get a follow-up and get these scans done, get a full body scan and ended up being committed to the hospital.

And I pretty much get told I'm a pussy, being a pussy. Suck it up. You're gonna be a sick hall ranger. I'm like, hey man, like, I got hurt. I like to get a follow-up. So finally they let me get a follow-up and get these scans done, get a full body scan and ended up being committed to the hospital.

And I pretty much get told I'm a pussy, being a pussy. Suck it up. You're gonna be a sick hall ranger. I'm like, hey man, like, I got hurt. I like to get a follow-up. So finally they let me get a follow-up and get these scans done, get a full body scan and ended up being committed to the hospital.

I had some, I had swelling in my brain and I had some optic nerve issues and I had some nerve damage in my spine. So I stayed in the hospital for like a week And then they get the swelling down. They bring in a doctor who enrolls me into the first Womack traumatic brain injury pipeline. There was five of us.

I had some, I had swelling in my brain and I had some optic nerve issues and I had some nerve damage in my spine. So I stayed in the hospital for like a week And then they get the swelling down. They bring in a doctor who enrolls me into the first Womack traumatic brain injury pipeline. There was five of us.

I had some, I had swelling in my brain and I had some optic nerve issues and I had some nerve damage in my spine. So I stayed in the hospital for like a week And then they get the swelling down. They bring in a doctor who enrolls me into the first Womack traumatic brain injury pipeline. There was five of us.

One guy killed himself, one guy dropped out, two guys dropped out, and two of us completed it, me and another guy completed it. So for two years, I did this pipeline. I met with a world-renowned brain doctor. I can't remember his name, but me and my wife met with him once a month. To this day, Sean, I don't know why I was having the issues. It was never explained to me. Nobody ever got answers.

One guy killed himself, one guy dropped out, two guys dropped out, and two of us completed it, me and another guy completed it. So for two years, I did this pipeline. I met with a world-renowned brain doctor. I can't remember his name, but me and my wife met with him once a month. To this day, Sean, I don't know why I was having the issues. It was never explained to me. Nobody ever got answers.

One guy killed himself, one guy dropped out, two guys dropped out, and two of us completed it, me and another guy completed it. So for two years, I did this pipeline. I met with a world-renowned brain doctor. I can't remember his name, but me and my wife met with him once a month. To this day, Sean, I don't know why I was having the issues. It was never explained to me. Nobody ever got answers.