Uday’s bullet wounds turned out to be serious, and his suffering perhaps offered some measure of rough justice to his myriad victims. It required six months of treatment before he could leave the hospital. A German surgeon operated, but even then, Uday “was barely able to walk,” Bashir recalled. His speech could be difficult to understand. He seemed even more irascible and aggressive. Blood loss after he was shot might have damaged his brain, but Bashir felt it was difficult to judge, since “he was already insane.”
