#7 The short-tempered thing is hard to take sometimes

Soldier called yesterday... he was his angry old self... the short-tempered thing is hard to take sometimes... they have him on 3 or 4 meds... zoloft, depakote, seroquel, and ambien at night... I'm not sure why they have him on an anti-seizure medication especially when the warnings say not to give one of them if you've had a head injury... and of course Soldier had a number of brain-rattling experiences with IEDs, etc. he says he survived 22 IED explosions with headaches, deafness, bloody noses... until the 23rd IED sent him home... but he called to ask me to send him the catalog from the local college... he says he has a list of things he wants to do with his life and the Army isn't on it (whew)... that will be a whole new identity...