Another update on Trevor Greene

CTV has produced a documentary about wounded Canadian soldier and author Trevor Green, entitled "Peace Warrior." It will air on Saturday, December 13th. In the meantime, here's more about how Capt Greene is doing:

With Debbie at his side, he spent nine hours a day -- six days a week -- overcoming both the physical and emotional pain.

Greene says the agonizingly slow process is frustrating.

"Lack of progress and in a wheelchair and my hands and arms don't do what I want them to do," he says.

"To see where he is now, compared to where he was two and a half years ago or even a year ago, or even two months ago makes it all worth while," says Debbie.

Trevor's next goal is to stand on his own and eventually even walk again. It's a goal that doesn't seem so impossible, when the seemingly impossible has already been overcome.

"Somewhere it was said I'm meant to live," says Trevor, "I'll spend the rest of my life searching for the reason."

Despite his personal struggle, Trevor says he supports the Canadian mission in Afghanistan, and believes our troops are making a difference to people's lives there.

We've talked a fair bit about Trevor Greene on this blog. I know he's just one of hundreds of Canadian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan, many of them gravely. The reason for this is not that we don't care about the rest of them. We do. But the circumstances surrounding Capt Greene's plight - the way he was blindsided while purposely letting his guard down to establish trust - are particularly compelling. As a result, he is one of a small handful of wounded Canadian soldiers - along with MCpl Jody Mitic and MCpl Paul Franklin - whose stories have become representative of all of them.

But don't for a second let our focus on these particular stories diminish the importance of the all the rest of the wounded Canadians.