Mike Carrol Hip Resurfacing Dr. Schmalzried 2004
By Jeanette Steele, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Navy Chief Petty Officer Mike Carrol deployed to Iraq in 2007 and remains on active duty today, at 53, to train fellow reservists.
Mike Carroll couldn’t touch his knees together. Couldn’t play basketball with his children. Couldn’t walk other than taking "a big limp," he said.
The former Navy SEAL wasn’t going to let those limitations drown his dream of returning to the special-warfare compound … Read the rest