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By PAUL HARASIM 
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL 
On this Valentine’s Day, as Frank Schultz tells his wife, Leki, how much he loves her, he says he’ll also remember how much he loves Dr. Tim Tollestrup. 
 
The reason is simple. Without the work of the Henderson surgeon, Frank’s sure he would have committed a mercy killing. 
 
Of himself. 
 
The former Army sergeant who had no problem standing up to the Taliban in Afghanistan or al-Qaida in Iraq couldn’t stand the way he reacted to the pain that repeatedly ripped through his leg and left him gasping for breath. 
 
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