Until Tuesday by Luis Carlos Montalvan

Until Tuesday is a story about Iraqi vet, Luis, and his golden retriever service dog, Tuesday. I listened to the Audible version of this book, which was narrated by Mr. Montalvan himself. I’ve admitted in the past, and do so again here, I’m a smuck for dog stories and this one is no exception. But this is much more than a story about a man and his dog…

It delved into the work involved in training a service dog, the work involved in preparing the recipient, discrimination faced by people with service dogs, and discrimination faced by people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mr. Montalvan also discussed his experiences in Iraq and his debilitating PTSD manifestations. And finally it covered his disillusionment with how the top brass handled the war and how vets disabled with PTSD have been handled by the VA system.

The book evoked so many emotions, I can’t begin to describe them all here. I can say I highly recommend it. It provided me a whole new depth of understanding with how devastating PTSD is for our returning vets and how our government needs to do so much more to help them out!