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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass.www.enterprisenews.comBy Maria PapadopoulosENTERPRISE STAFF WRITERLAKEVILLE — By all accounts, life after Iraq for Army Specialist James Bowlby seemed normal — at first. After returning in March 2004 from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq, Bowlby, 24, appeared healthy. He worked 16-hour days delivering furniture, and he and his fiancee moved into an apartment in Taunton. But about a year later, Bowlby began experiencing heavy edema, or swelling throughout his body, his family said recently. He would say he didnt feel well, but hed push himself, his mother, Donna Bowlby, said. He got a job. But at least once a day, it was, I dont feel well. I just dont feel right.For Bowlby, it was the start of a grueling battle with Goodpastures syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease that attacks the lungs and kidneys. After more than two years of dialysis treatments and emergency hospital visits, Bowlby died on July 17. Fifteen minutes before his death, Bowlby and his longtime fiancee, Jennifer, were married in his hospital room. Bowlby is among what some call the delayed casualties of war, soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, came home alive and apparently healthy — then developed medical problems that in some cases have claimed their lives. Their deaths have left families like the Bowlbys with questions about how these veterans contracted their illnesses and how the Department of Veterans Affairs handled their medical care.

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