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\u201cSi hay un desaf\u00edo en la vida, simplemente significa que hay una victoria esperando para suceder.\u201d<\/h2>\n

En 1996, mientras serv\u00eda como instructor de marines de operaciones especiales, el sargento de la Marina David Brannon cay\u00f3 de un muelle de desprendimiento y se rompi\u00f3 cuatro discos en la espalda. Se esforz\u00f3 al m\u00e1ximo durante la rehabilitaci\u00f3n y regres\u00f3 al servicio activo en la primera divisi\u00f3n de marines durante 8 a\u00f1os, trabajando a un ritmo acelerado que provoc\u00f3 una grave enfermedad degenerativa de los discos, de la que todav\u00eda lucha hasta el d\u00eda de hoy. Su tratamiento incluy\u00f3 3 operaciones fallidas y da\u00f1os permanentes en las costillas en ambos lados del cuerpo izquierdo.<\/p>\n

Los medicamentos prescritos para el dolor se convirtieron en adicci\u00f3n, exacerbando sus pesadillas por el trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico. El sargento Brannon estaba caminando por una de las estrechas l\u00edneas de la vida y, de manera metaf\u00f3rica, volvi\u00f3 a caer. Esta vez perdi\u00f3 su hogar y su matrimonio de 18 a\u00f1os. <\/p>\n

Pasamos tres a\u00f1os y medio hacia adelante y el sargento Brannon, a\u00fan luchando pero sobreviviendo, se encontr\u00f3 en Lakeside, California, tratando de reconstruir su vida. Busc\u00f3 ayuda para su adicci\u00f3n y hoy lleva cuatro a\u00f1os libre de alcohol y de drogas. <\/p>\n

El sargento Brannon recibe un tratamiento epidural en la columna vertebral cada tres meses en el VA para tratar sus lesiones. <\/p>\n

Un d\u00eda, cuando fue a recibir tratamiento, conoci\u00f3 a otra veterinaria, Anne Marie. \u00c9l le cont\u00f3 sus dificultades, incluida la p\u00e9rdida de su vivienda y su filosof\u00eda que lo ayuda a superar todo ello. \u201cSi en la vida hay un desaf\u00edo, significa que est\u00e1 a punto de llegar una victoria.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201c\u00bfAlguna vez has o\u00eddo hablar de Habitat for Humanity?\u201d, le pregunt\u00f3 ella. \u00c9l se anim\u00f3. Record\u00f3 haber visto la inauguraci\u00f3n de un proyecto de viviendas en Lakeside antes. Record\u00f3 haberle dicho a s\u00ed mismo: \u201cMe voy a comprar una\u201d, aunque en el fondo de su mente estaba seguro de que no ten\u00eda los requisitos.<\/p>\n

Anne Marie, resulta, es la directora de servicios para veteranos Habitat for Humanity en San Diego<\/a>. Buscaba veteranos cualificados para esos hogares!. Trabajaron juntos durante un a\u00f1o o as\u00ed. Durante un tiempo no escuch\u00f3 nada y pens\u00f3 que eso no iba a suceder. Tambi\u00e9n aprendi\u00f3 que si era seleccionado para ese hogar necesitar\u00eda m\u00e1s dinero para el pago inicial, algo que no ten\u00eda. En medio de todo esto, el padre del sargento Brannon, tambi\u00e9n marino, falleci\u00f3. <\/p>\n

Manteni\u00e9ndose fuerte, trabaj\u00f3 con el Centro de Alfabetizaci\u00f3n Financiera de San Diego y recibi\u00f3 el premio \u201cBoost for Heroes\u201d, que inclu\u00eda un premio de $3.000, suficiente para su pago inicial. Poco despu\u00e9s, recibi\u00f3 la llamada de que \u00e9l y sus hijos hab\u00edan sido seleccionados para vivir en la casa de Lakeside. El D\u00eda del Veterano conocimos a David y a su hijo. \u00c9l estaba trabajando como voluntario junto a muchos otros miembros de nuestro equipo instalando energ\u00eda solar en lo que ser\u00e1 su nueva casa, junto con otros tres veteranos heridos. <\/p>\n

\u201cMe siento muy honrado y ahora lo \u00fanico que quiero hacer es disfrutar de mi nuevo hogar y de mi familia y transmitir lo que he aprendido a los dem\u00e1s\u201d, dijo. \u00a1Los desaf\u00edos se convierten en victorias! <\/p>\n

Se puede obtener una energ\u00eda tremenda cuando unimos nuestra energ\u00eda con la de otros. El sargento discapacitado por motivos m\u00e9dicos David Brannon (un \u201cjarhead\u201d de tercera generaci\u00f3n) que sirvi\u00f3 a nuestro pa\u00eds durante 16 a\u00f1os y medio es una prueba viviente de ello. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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