His Story · Riverside, California
Once a Marine,
always a Marine.
Eddie Lee Abner served his country. Now he's asking for one simple thing: to go home.
Eddie was a Marine infantryman — a grunt. In his rifle squad he carried the M79 grenade launcher, the weapon Marines called the “blooper.” He went where he was sent and did the hard job asked of him. Today he is a double amputee, and he still carries himself like a Marine.
Since 2017, his son Eric has been his full-time caregiver: every hospital visit, every appointment, and every daily act of living, from getting up in the morning to getting to bed at night. Eddie doesn't need strangers to take over his care. He needs to come home to the son who has been doing it for years — and who treats him like gold.
[Add what's happening now — how long he's been at Riverside Community Hospital, and why the family believes he is ready to be discharged home.]
