{"id":3608,"date":"2009-03-24T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2009-03-24T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T02:39:13","slug":"he-deserved-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/03\/24\/he-deserved-better\/","title":{"rendered":"He deserved better&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the few regrets in my life is that I did not choose to serve in the armed forces. \u00c2\u00a0I have always admired and respected those who have served our country, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country. \u00c2\u00a0Those who have served and sacrificed are the ones that have made the freedoms, including the freedom of speech I exercise on this blog daily, possible. \u00c2\u00a0A sincere, heartfelt thank you to one and all &#8211; and also to their families.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That said, I remember the following story from CBS in January, 2007, when it first aired. \u00c2\u00a0I was shocked, not only by the negligence of the doctor involved, but of the tragic suffering and ultimate loss of life this young man endured and his family had to observe. \u00c2\u00a0I will warn you, that this video, once watched, will be seared in your mind for quite a while, and the story will make you pause &#8211; even if for only a minute or two.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, CBS aired a follow-up to the original story. \u00c2\u00a0This young man&#8217;s family &#8211; his name was\u00c2\u00a0Carmelo Rodriguez &#8211; continues to fight to ensure the suffering endured will not be repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the indulgence in allowing me to post this.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the few regrets in my life is that I did not choose to serve in the armed forces. \u00c2\u00a0I have always admired and respected those who have served our country, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country. \u00c2\u00a0Those who have served and sacrificed are the ones that have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1187],"class_list":["post-3608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-miscellaneous"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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