As mentioned before a friend’s son has been wounded in Iraq and she has asked for prayers and good energy sent his way. Here is an update from Marlene
Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes…the light, energy, angels and all in which you believe are helping. My son is stable. While his head injury is serious, there is no information that a bullet or shrapnel penetrated his brain. He has been transported to Germany, where is he is under what we believe to be good care. He is being kept heavily sedated so that nothing causes activity of any sort in order to support healing. The swelling seems to have tapered. His orbital socket is damaged, but it seems his eye is okay. He has sustained some burns on various parts of his body due to the blast, but those are not his more serious injuries. We continue to hope for good news.
Please, if you will, continue to pray for his recovery and the well being of his wife and child. I am grateful to all of you for all your support and please feel free to share this note with those whom I have overlooked—please know that that was not intentional. Love, Mar
The agony of having loved ones in harms way is so intense I sometimes threw up when I heard of a Marine being wounded in Ramadi. Knowing they are wounded and not yet being able to be with them must be the greatest kind of hell. My heart is with you, Marlene.
Michael, I have sent a note to Dave’s mom, Marlene and will put you in touch privately when I hear back from her.
As a typical Marine, my boy, John, figures they walk on water compared to the other services. John, however, feels if there are any members of the military a Marine can look up to it is the docs and medics. Every story he told me where he thought medals of valor should have been awarded but weren’t involved a ‘doc’.
Those of us that love someone in the military are grateful for all that you do and have done to bring our kids home. Peace be upon you
I would love to get in contact with the family and the patient! I can’t think how to exchange contact info safely on this very public forum. I dont want to go into too much detail for patient privacy.
As much as I love and respect Navy Corpsmen, I must set that straight and let you know I am not one 🙂
(I am one of the Air Force doctors who fly critical care patients on our air evacuation missions)
I do agree completely with Fred in that ALL military medics take what we do VERY personally.
Please, if it is alright with the family, let us all know how he is doing. Thank you, fredkirby, and I will pray for you as well.
Wow! This former Navy / Marine corpsman is not suprprised by Michael’s message. Another corpsman who cares. Many, like me, carry the mental scars of caring. Unfortunately for my saintly wife of almost 51 years, I have been wakened too many times during my sleep to find that I am hitting her, not the person that I destroyed so many years ago. As an old fellow, my hero was General George Patton. Like him, I swear at least in every sentence; and I pray on my knees. I will add Dave to my lengthy list of those for whom I pray.
Michael, thank you for caring about him. If you like, I will put his family in touch with you. Let me know
I was wanting to find out how Dave did after his injury…If I have the right guy…I was very involved in caring for him Jan 2009 (I flew him from Iraq to Germany)