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"Lucky" Leroy Rogers is a Captain with the LAFD who's had 2 separate major medical/trauma events, that happened to HIM, in the span of a few years. 1st he tells us about having a full blown stroke, on duty, while beefing with his captain, and even driving the Ladder Truck with 1/2 of his face "out of service". He goes from refusing care, to having to learn how to walk again, & it changes his whole perspective on life. You'd think that'd be enough? Not for Lucky Leroy, he then has the thrill of breaking his arm, while having it crushed under his dune buggy out in the sand dunes of Glamis. BUT THERE'S MORE. His arm then swells to the size of his thigh as he develops compartment syndrome & he has to have an emergency fasciotomy to save his arm, the one he had to learn how to use again a few years prior. This is a hell of a story of a guy who can keep a good attitude no matter whats happened to him. He then breaks down how he was able to come back to LAFD after these incidents, & his role now as a Special Duty Captain with the Fire Prevention Bureau. This one has life lessons, & a cautionary tale, & a lot of clowning because Leroy is hilarious. ('I broke my arm, no big deal bro")This episode swells up fast.
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"Lucky" Leroy Rogers is a Captain with the LAFD who's had 2 separate major medical/trauma events, that happened to HIM, in the span of a few years. 1st he tells us about having a full blown stroke, on duty, while beefing with his captain, and even driving the Ladder Truck with 1/2 of his face "out of service". He goes from refusing care, to having to learn how to walk again, & it changes his whole perspective on life. You'd think that'd be enough? Not for Lucky Leroy, he then has the thrill of breaking his arm, while having it crushed under his dune buggy out in the sand dunes of Glamis. BUT THERE'S MORE. His arm then swells to the size of his thigh as he develops compartment syndrome & he has to have an emergency fasciotomy to save his arm, the one he had to learn how to use again a few years prior. This is a hell of a story of a guy who can keep a good attitude no matter whats happened to him. He then breaks down how he was able to come back to LAFD after these incidents, & his role now as a Special Duty Captain with the Fire Prevention Bureau. This one has life lessons, & a cautionary tale, & a lot of clowning because Leroy is hilarious. ('I broke my arm, no big deal bro")This episode swells up fast.
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