Lenin: A Soldier: A Story Of Survival

Shortly after Basic training United States Army Private Lenin Patino was shot in the head point blank by a fellow soldier. Lenin's nightmare begins as he finds himself laying in a hospital's critical care unit in a body he could not move listening to everyone say he was going to die. Overcoming all odds, Lenin chronicles daily activities, friendships, and struggles faced by him and other patients as he journeys through the Veteran's healthcare system. During his hospitalization Lenin witnesses many tragedies and deplorable conditions inside Nursing homes, and hospitals as families abandon their ill. He also tells about many of the people that so kindly helped him through this awful time in his life.