The Mask I Wear

"Doctors told me they didn't know why I didn't die ... I started taking it out on myself. I started drinking and started using because I felt it was my only choice ... " Shelly Lopez survived with help from the Milwaukee VA.
Lopez talks war experiences, battling addiction and major heart surgery.
"I turned 31 and I feel like I'm 90, like I lived all these other lives ... " Her aorta collapsed from grenade concussion waves. She had emergency open heart surgery and survived. Recovery after the military took even more. Here's a story of physical and mental healing.