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07 Nov 2006, 10:18 am / Dont know
well, jeff has been safely home in canada for awhile now, and dropped by not long after he got home to show us his wounds:
yep, less than 5mins after he comes through the front door he's dropped his trousers! 
the shrapnel from this round is lodged somewhere in between his liver and his spleen. they decided it was small enough that it did not need to be removed. the hole goes nearly all the way through! 
when these photos were taken, this wound was still giving jeff problems - it actually cut through a number of tendons in his knee, so walking down stairs was an extremely slow and painful process.. 
if these injuries don't look very impressive, perhaps it would give you some perspective if you saw what had caused them..
the above photo is a round from a 30mm cannon, the shrapnel from which is what caused jeff's wounds
and this is what an A-10 strafing run looks like at ground level.
you can see why we're so happy to have him home!
jeff also sent me this photo, in which you can see 6 canadian forces soldiers in his platoon. all of these men, plus the photographer, were injured in the "friendly fire" incident. bruce, the fellow on the ramp, and mike, the first gent you can see in the truck, were the most severely wounded - both required brain surgery. jeff tells me they are both recovering well now, so there is a lot to be thankful for in this photograph!
and a final closeup of our jeffles, newest member of the "cannot be killed by conventional weapons" club 
~ we love you jeff! ~
~ never leave us again! ~
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