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Angelica Caye Kuhn was on the road to becoming a nurse.
Angelica Caye Kuhn was on the road to becoming a nurse.
The mother
of two was working as a patient care technician nearly two decades ago when one
day she heard a pop in her back.
She was in
pain for days and, after several tests, she was diagnosed with Spina Bifida, a
spinal cord defect common in children of male Vietnam veterans who were exposed
to Agent Orange. The daughter of a combat Vietnam veteran who served in 1969
until 1970 in areas that were the most heavily sprayed with Agent Orange, Kuhn
said most of her life she struggled with neurogenic stomach and bowel issues
that were often misdiagnosed.
Her father
years later would later be diagnosed with several heart conditions and diabetes
all related to Agent Orange exposure.
Kuhn eventually
received her nursing license and went back to work, but her career was
short-lived. Since then, she has had 28 different surgeries and is now legally
disabled.
"I am a
hostage and a prisoner," she wrote in an email to ABC News.
"Imprisoned by my handicap. All because of a KNOWN toxic chemical that was
dumped on my unsuspecting father and millions of other unsuspecting members of
our military, who have/are paying with their lives and the lives of their
children!!!"
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