Thomas, has had the best of care. Far better than I could have afforded to give him had he suffered an injury like this in say a car wreck. The Army has had a fantastic support system for him and the whole family. The people both military and civilian at BAMC and the facilities, are fantastic. There's always room for improvement however. I wake up everyday though grateful that this system was in place when my son needed it most.
Thomas doesn't consider himself a victim, in his mind he's a soldier. I won't try and speak for him. I can say he believed it what he was doing. I can say he has strong feelings, but the feelings he's expressed to me are not anti Bush, or anti Army, or anti American. He's always been the most optimistic of my children so you hear very little from him that's negative.
His older brother Travis goes back over right after Christmas for his second tour. So I have strong emotions about all of this, that I'd just as soon keep to myself.