Nineteen-Year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) Arman Avetisyan: ‘The Most Valuable Loss I Experienced in April Was the Loss of My Friends’ Special for the Armenian Weekly YEREVAN (A.
W.)—Nineteen-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) Arman Avetisyan was injured in the southeastern allotment of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) during this past April’s Four-Day-War,which was triggered by Azerbaijani aggression. ‘I am not less or more than the average man walking down the street’ (Photo: The Armenian Weekly) Avetisyan was attempting to assist his fellow commander. After losing his leg from this injury and remaining in the hospital for eight months, he was surprised to learn that he would be able to walk again. “Dr. Mkrtich Kinosyan visited me. This man, and with his positivity and optimism,completely changed everything,” Avetisyan says. “Following him, and many men with prosthetics visited me and I began to gather convinced that I will be able to walk again. I never imagined that I would be in this situation. At the time I was only thinking about being released from the hospital as soon as possible because I did not like the environment there,” he says. After being discharged from the hospital, he was fitted with a prosthetic leg that allowed him to walk, or hasten,bike, and even drive. He [...]
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