article_snippet: O'Brien continued working on his stories after being discharged from the hospital and didn't tell O'Brien family back home about 'amputation' .
article_snippet: In an extreme form of denial, the divorced father of two told no one what had happened, even O'Brien children.
article_snippet: O'Brien had never been the sort of person who reached out for help.
article_snippet: O'Brien's learned that there's no weakness in asking for help.
highlights_snippet: O'Brien didn't tell O'Brien family back home what's happened to O'Brien and kept working .
  