Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter

Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

M*A*S*HÂ meetsÂ ScrubsÂ in a sharply observant, darkly funny, and totally unique debut memoir from physical therapist Adele Levine.
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In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape. As body armor and advanced trauma care helped save the livesâ€”if not the limbsâ€”of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Walter Reed quickly became the world leader in amputee rehabilitation. But no matter the injury, physical therapy began the moment the soldiers emerged from surgery.
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Days at Walter Reed were intense, chaotic, consuming, and heartbreaking, but they were also filled with camaraderie and humor. Working in a glassed-in fishbowl gymnasium, Levine, her colleagues, and their combat-injured patients were on display at every moment to tour groups, politicians, and celebrities. Some would shudder openly at the sightâ€”but inside the glass and out of earshot, the PTs and the patients cracked jokes, played pranks, and compared stumps.
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With dazzling storytelling,Â Run, Donâ€™t WalkÂ introduces a motley array of oddball characters including:Â Jim, a retired lieutenant-colonel who stays up late at night baking cake after cake, and the militant dietitian who is always after him; a surgeon who only speaks in farm analogies; a therapy dog gone rogue; â€”and Levineâ€™s toughest patient, the wild, defiant Cosmo, who comes in with one leg amputated and his other leg shattered.
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Entertaining, engrossing, and ultimately inspiring,Â Run, Donâ€™t WalkÂ is a fascinating look into a hidden world.
Country USA
Brand Avery
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 79315
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2015-02-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781583335550

Country	USA
Brand	Avery
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	79315
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2015-02-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781583335550

Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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