As he did when he was a tank squadron commander, retired Canadian Forces colonel Greg Hug sets for himself objectives: short, medium and long-term.
But the horizons of his ordered ambitions have changed utterly in the six months since a body surfing accident in Barbados left him paralyzed from the neck down. Hug is focused now on mastering a new breathing method, reducing his dependence of a mechanical ventilator, and graduating from the Ottawa Hospital’s intensive care unit.