Splitting Headache

So I come to work tonight after a pretty good work out in the gym. Feeling a little sore and of course "spent" I change into my uniform, make a pot of coffee and then proceed to the report room. Grimacing a little as I sit down in the chair because this was a "leg" and "shoulders" day. So the fire streaming from my hamstrings is only complimented with the entire torso movements because my neck and shoulders are as tight as a rope. As I am listening to the report of our patients and sipping my cup of hot satisfaction I hear something in the report I can't believe.
"Patient "so and so" is down from ICU with a GSW, a TT of the head. All he has for pain is tylenolQ4". I stop the tape, walk down to the room and stand there in awe. Let me translate what was said.
"Patient "so and so" (a marine) was transferred to us from the Intensive Care Unit with a Gun shot wound, a through and through of the head. All he has ordered for pain control is Tylenol 650mg every 4 hours."
All of a sudden the wimpering of my soreness attitude is irrelevant. This kid is a miracle and to anyone who doesn't believe there is a God...well you get the idea! The young kid, 20 years old, was shot...no joke...through the head. The bullet entered the back of his skull, split the two hemispheres in the brain and exited out the forehead. He has no other damage. He gets up on his own, he walks, pees, poops, you name it. Of course a little light headed at times, dizzy here and there, light bothers him at moments but other than that...a full recovery is expected. What was he doing when he was hit? He was talking to an Iraqi child when a sniper from somewhere pulled the trigger and he was knocked out. This kid survived a frick'n 7.62mm round through his head! Next to astronauts who have walked on the moon; he trumps all stories to ever be told at parties. I picture something like this.
At a dinner party:
"He man, I was walking into my room and stubbed my toe, crushing it man, splitting it in two. What is the craziest thing that has happened to you man?"
"Dude that sucks but did I tell you about Eli Blaze and what he did?"
"Dude, I pooped at this party one time and had this floater that just wouldn't go down."
"Me and my buddy once totalled our teachers car on request and thought he was going to kill us when he caught us doing it."
"I got that beat, someone pooped in the back seat of my car!"
"Dude, you know how I hate guns...well when at the rifle range I was grazed by a stray bullet!"
"What is up with that new movie...the ‘Aeon Flux’?"
"Uh, well, while on patrol in Iraq...I was shot in the head!"
I mean what do you say to that?!?!?! God looks out for our boys, no doubt about that, I just hope that all of you continue to pray for these kids and their families. They are truly heroes and it is a shame to those who don't recognize it! Oh by the way, he is giving my lotto numbers for the next month because he knows he is a lucky son of a…and by lucky we all know I mean BLESSED!!! I mean all this kid comlains about is a "splitting headache" and rightfully so! Kinda puts into perspective our daily complaints.