Even when I was in ICU, I had been wondering what happened to my wallet after arriving at the hospital.
I remembered the doctors and nurses removing my watch from my wrist and my wallet from my hip pocket in the ER. I knew I would need my wallet when I was discharged - I didn't want it to fall into some evidence black hole.
FBI Director Robert Mueller stopped in to say hello and ask if there was anything he could do. I just wanted to get my wallet back. Mueller laughed and said he thought he could handle the request - it seemed simple compared with similar requests he often receives.
Shortly after I was discharged from the hospital, my watch and wallet were delivered to the house.
I am also especially appreciative of my two brothers and my cousin who drove from Southern California to help my wife while I was in the hospital and after my release.
Jim Tucker, 59, was shot in the right collarbone. The bullet split apart, lodging in various parts of his back. One fragment cracked a vertebra. He was also shot in in the lower leg.
