Here's a link to a Fox News transcript of Greta Van Susteren interviewing Bob Woodruff. The interview took place last night.

Good article in the Detroit News about Woodruff's growing influence on good medical care for TBI injuries.

Yesterday ABC News reported receiving over 1000 emails from wounded veterans and their families. The emails resulted from ABC's documentary about Woodruff, "To Iraq and Back," "with many claiming they have had problems dealing with the Veteran's Benefits Administration as they seek rehabilitation from injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan." Read the article (and talk to the Woodruff family) here.

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The NY Times cited Bob Woodruff's contribution to public awareness about traumatic brain injury (TBI), called the signature wound of the Iraq War. All those "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers aside, how many people really knew that a number of our wounded will never be the same because they suffered a TBI? There are so many ugly things about this war that have been suppressed or cleaned up for public consumption, but now here is someone whose story no one can question because its truth has been well documented by the media. Maybe some of those wounded veterans will now have a chance at better medical care because of Woodruff. And maybe TBI sufferers everywhere will see improved funding for research because the public is more aware of this epidemic.

Read the entire article.

Labels: Bob Woodruff, Iraq War, TBI, traumatic brain injury

Those of us who have had a brain injury or who care about someone with a brain injury may never get the chance to personally thank Bob Woodruff for accomplishing what no one has been able to do before -- make millions of people around the world aware of just how serious and pervasive this condition is. Thank you, Mr. Woodruff, for your courage in fighting back from the seriousness of your injury and also for honestly telling your story and standing up for the veterans of the Iraq War whose injuries (both their number and seriousness), until now, have been the Administration's dirty little secret.

We in the brain-injury community all know the numbers. We all know the numerous ways one's brain can be injured. We know more about the brain than we ever thought we would or would need to. And we certainly know how life-changing a brain injury can be, not only for the person suffering the injury, but also for the people who love and will care for him or her.

It was many weeks before ABC’s Bob Woodruff realized how lucky he was to survive a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq in January 2006. It took months for him to understand how lucky he was to recover as fully as he did.

Few do. And that is one of the more sobering lessons of “To Iraq and Back,” Mr. Woodruff’s account of his ordeal on ABC tonight. Many veterans with similar traumatic brain injuries may never fully regain their ability to speak, walk or pick up a glass of water.

Here's ABC's intro into it's coverage of Bob Woodruff and his harrowing journey. Welcome back, Bob.

Labels: Bob Woodruff, TBI, traumatic brain injury

At the end of January, ABC ran some basic information about brain injury, probably as a prelude to Bob Woodruff's return after his serious injuries in Iraq. Here's a link to some questions and answers that might help some who are new to this topic.

Labels: Bob Woodruff, TBI, traumatic brain injury