I'm not sure if anybody is real familiar with military ballistics, ... I saw a lot of children that had partial amputations.

He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into the Army thinking, 'I'll give it a try.'

He had told us he was under attack every day, ... People kept telling me he'll be in a safe place because he's a doctor. The truth is there is no safe place over there. It was very nerve-wracking not knowing from one day to the next if it was going to be the last time I was going to talk to him.

We expect just to grab a few things, like personal documents, some pictures and jewelry if it's still there, ... We're just going now and hoping to get an early start on this.

My first day there we got hit with two mortar rounds. They left a nice size crater. They were only 75 feet from where I was supposed to be sleeping, ... Between the gunfire, the helicopters constantly flying over us ... if something is going to land where you're sleeping there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

That was my biggest fear that I'd come home and he wouldn't recognize me, ... It only took him less than a day to come back to me.

There just aren't enough physicians in the National Guard to do this.

A lot of times they may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, ... Military policy is if we caused the injury, we're obligated to treat them.

It's a whole different world than when I was in, ... It's not the best time to go.