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My name is Roy McKeen and I am a retired U.S. Army Veteran who served in Iraq for a year. At the time of my deployment, my daughter was 5 years old and my son was 2. I returned from Iraq due to injury and moved my family from Colorado to Oklahoma. After moving back to Oklahoma, I became very ill and was given a service dog from Hounds Helping Heroes Heal as my doctor continued to keep an eye on my health. In 2014, I moved my family to Texas to volunteer my time with Hounds Helping Heroes Heal and shortly after I was taken to the cardiac center for chest pain. While receiving a heart ultrasound, the ultrasound tech accidentally crossed over my gallbladder and I found out that I had a bad gallbladder. I was immediately rushed into surgery and my doctor informed my wife and I that I had pancreatitis. I was in the hospital every other week from that point on. After fighting pancreatitis for a year, my doctor sent me to Baylor University Transplant Team. The doctor at Baylor decided that my pancreas should be removed. In 2015 I moved my family from Texas to Oklahoma so that my wife could find help with caring for me. I then had my pancreas removed and was in the hospital for a month. I suffered from pneumonia and severe weight loss during this time during which my wife had to take me to the ER for malnutrition. In addition, I became a diabetic and was not able to keep much food down. I still have a lot of trouble digesting my food properly and, therefore, it is extremely difficult for me to control my diabetes.