Amputee Marine has long recovery at Walter Reed

Amputee Marine has long recovery at Walter Reed
The Evening Sun (Hanover)
Article Last Updated: 05/13/2008 07:52:09 AM EDT


The pain reads like a book on the face of U.S Marine 1st Lt. David Borden.

Between winces and saying words he later apologizes for using, Borden struggles to move leg muscles that have not supported his weight in months during a recent physical therapy session at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Sometimes the pain is so bad his attention focuses entirely on fighting through it.

Borden said the area where his right leg was amputated from the knee down felt like it was on fire as he worked through the different stretches and exercises.

It has been nearly four months since a suicide bomber detonated an explosive near the 27-year-old Delone Catholic High School graduate in Ramadi, Iraq - a blast that took the life of another Marine and injured three others.

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By: JEMIMAH NOONOO, The Enterprise
03/30/2008
Updated 03/29/2008 11:57:54 PM CDT
SAN ANTONIO - Sgt. Daniel Cowart teeters on a spongy balance beam, his arms riding an unsteady wave. His face is strained. His lips are pursed. His glasses slide as the sweat streams.
His gait is deliberate; some steps prove harder than others. He walks backward on the beam. He falls.

He gets up, now walking sideways. He collapses, his 5-foot-8, 185-pound frame hits the blue mat with a noticeable thud.


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