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One of the things that they thought might be going on when he was in the ER was that he was having some kind of an infection from his amputation.
He said that they ended up accusing him of being pain med seeking. And he said that was racist. That was because he was brown. He literally ripped the IV out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital. And I kind of yelled at him all the way home. I'm like, what were you thinking? You obviously need help. Something is going on. He had a very high fever. He was in a lot of pain.
He said that they ended up accusing him of being pain med seeking. And he said that was racist. That was because he was brown. He literally ripped the IV out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital. And I kind of yelled at him all the way home. I'm like, what were you thinking? You obviously need help. Something is going on. He had a very high fever. He was in a lot of pain.
He said that they ended up accusing him of being pain med seeking. And he said that was racist. That was because he was brown. He literally ripped the IV out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital. And I kind of yelled at him all the way home. I'm like, what were you thinking? You obviously need help. Something is going on. He had a very high fever. He was in a lot of pain.
I could see that he was miserable. It had been a long, awful day sitting in the ER getting tests done on him and all of them coming back negative.
I could see that he was miserable. It had been a long, awful day sitting in the ER getting tests done on him and all of them coming back negative.
I could see that he was miserable. It had been a long, awful day sitting in the ER getting tests done on him and all of them coming back negative.
This whole time I'm icing his back. I'm getting the ice packs for his knee. He had special equipment for icing his shoulder. I'm driving him around to doctor's appointments because he's in too much pain to drive. I can see the pain on his face. I can see him changing and drawing into this pain in his life of being in chronic pain.
This whole time I'm icing his back. I'm getting the ice packs for his knee. He had special equipment for icing his shoulder. I'm driving him around to doctor's appointments because he's in too much pain to drive. I can see the pain on his face. I can see him changing and drawing into this pain in his life of being in chronic pain.
This whole time I'm icing his back. I'm getting the ice packs for his knee. He had special equipment for icing his shoulder. I'm driving him around to doctor's appointments because he's in too much pain to drive. I can see the pain on his face. I can see him changing and drawing into this pain in his life of being in chronic pain.
He stopped going to the gym and then he stopped working out in the garage. And then he stopped moving eventually. He just sat around all day. And the house stopped getting cleaned. And this is all because he's in excruciating pain and he's miserable.
He stopped going to the gym and then he stopped working out in the garage. And then he stopped moving eventually. He just sat around all day. And the house stopped getting cleaned. And this is all because he's in excruciating pain and he's miserable.
He stopped going to the gym and then he stopped working out in the garage. And then he stopped moving eventually. He just sat around all day. And the house stopped getting cleaned. And this is all because he's in excruciating pain and he's miserable.
He mentioned, have you ever heard of Stolen Valor? And he pulled up YouTube. And we spent, I would say, probably an hour watching YouTube videos of people being exposed for stolen valor.
He mentioned, have you ever heard of Stolen Valor? And he pulled up YouTube. And we spent, I would say, probably an hour watching YouTube videos of people being exposed for stolen valor.
He mentioned, have you ever heard of Stolen Valor? And he pulled up YouTube. And we spent, I would say, probably an hour watching YouTube videos of people being exposed for stolen valor.
And so there's lots of videos on YouTube of people going up to a person wearing a uniform in, say, a mall and saying, your bars are on the wrong side of your collar. Your patch is upside down. You are not supposed to be in this uniform. You know, shaming them for this act of stolen valor. And this was something that he was very amused by, that these people are getting caught and shamed publicly.
And so there's lots of videos on YouTube of people going up to a person wearing a uniform in, say, a mall and saying, your bars are on the wrong side of your collar. Your patch is upside down. You are not supposed to be in this uniform. You know, shaming them for this act of stolen valor. And this was something that he was very amused by, that these people are getting caught and shamed publicly.
And so there's lots of videos on YouTube of people going up to a person wearing a uniform in, say, a mall and saying, your bars are on the wrong side of your collar. Your patch is upside down. You are not supposed to be in this uniform. You know, shaming them for this act of stolen valor. And this was something that he was very amused by, that these people are getting caught and shamed publicly.
He loved it. He thought it was so entertaining.