Wounded GI endures blindness, paralysis
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070624/ap_on_he_me/coming_home_wounded_worst"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070624/capt.nyol59506242238.coming_home_wounded_worst_nyol595.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Zwc6vBbQ0JVyEbsH5QaRHg--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Eva Briseno comforts her son, Joseph Briseno Jr., as he lies in bed at the James A. Haley Veterans Hopital in Tampa, Fla. in this March 21, 2007 file photo. Briseno was shot in the back of the head at point-blank range in a Baghdad marketplace. His spinal cord was shattered, and cardiac arrests stole his vision and damaged his brain. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has happened to him.</p><br clear="all"/>

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