CINCINNATI -- If you ask Gerald Malone, there are several similarities between overseas combat and organ transplant surgery.
The biggest similarity?
"The anticipation," Malone said. "Sometimes there's hours of boredom, then minutes of absolute stark, ravin' lunacy."
He said some people learn how to deal with it -- but not everyone.
"I'm one of those guys who probably never should have gone to combat, because I remember it all," he said. "I don't ever want to forget..."
He began to cry.
"It was the best thing I ever did in my whole life," he said. "I made my bones there. I hope I did some good. I hope I helped some people out who needed help."
This time, it was Malone who needed help.
The 71-year-old previously had a pacemaker and defibrillator to combat complications to a developing enlarged heart. In the last year, he said, the device went off 13 times.
"The last time it went off, I ended up on the floor of the dining room," he said. "It's like getting hit by a train when it goes off." Continue reading
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