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Local soldier slowly heals from Iraq blast wounds

Sep-27-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By SHAWBONG FOK, Democrat staff Writer

Sgt. Brandon Huff of Woodland, whose left leg was taken by a hidden explosive in Mosul, Iraq last April, is still being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He has been receiving physical and occupational therapy five times week. The physical therapy has strengthened him to walk again while using a prosthetic leg. And the occupational therapy addresses his weaknesses incurred from a stroke he suffered as a result of blood clots. Doctors haven't yet figured out precisely when the blood clot happened.

So far, he has seen the support of many friends and family. Friends have flown in to Washington, D.C., where the hospital is based, to see him.

"That was the best emotional support he could have had," said Marcia Hammill, Brandon's mother, a speech therapist for the Yolo County Office of Education.

Donations have helped pay for housing and flying friends back to see Huff.

Huff has even gotten a dose of national media attention. The "Today Show" of NBC interviewed him last week during a hospital-based kayaking program he's participated in. The class helps soldiers for re-entry into the real world. The segment is scheduled to air in the near future.

Driving has also become a possibility.

For that, he has signed up to take a driving test again to reinstate his license.


Comments For "Local soldier slowly heals from Iraq blast wounds":

Hang in there and keep us posted. We're praying for you.
Stryker Mom,
Ellen

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