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injured in BC
My sister broke her leg 10 days prior to her graduation during PFA final run. She actually finished and passed the run but she miscounted her laps... she did not know she was finished and ran another lap, she was almost at the finish line when her leg gave up on her... She is now suffering from spiral fracture tibia. It is very hard for her and for the family what she is going through right now. She was supposed to graduate on the 14th of Jan, 2011. We could not talk to her that day, she was just devastated and wanted to say her goodbyes to her division. She stayed at VA hospital for 24 days with full cast. We visited her and witnessed her pain physically and emotionally. She was also a section leader and ver determined... She was also promoted to E2 and supposed to be station in Japan this Feb... and everything fell apart. Since she can now walk on crutches,she was released from the hospital, friday the 28th of January 2011 and sent back to the base, RCU ship 04 div 2341. We spoke to her twice, she is so depressed and wanting to give up.
She also mentioned that she won't be able to experience graduation... just finish up battle station and fire fighting and she's done BC. That's the hardest part for her. She was all excited to wear her uniform and graduate... we also booked our flight to attend her graduation. it's like a shattered dream for her.
As of now, it is still fresh. We have told her everything that will make her feel better. All the encouragement and support.
She also said that bunch of girls in RCU just left the other day and finished up Battle Station.
I have been searching online on what's going to happen next... I've been seeking for advice to relay to my sister... we write her everyday...
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Permalink Reply by Proudsistah on
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thanks a lot julie!
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hi bonnie!
exactly what I told her! thank you very much for your response!
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Wow, so sorry for your sister, and your family. But tell her to have patience, because it will get better. She won't be abandoned, she just has to wait. The disappointment she must feel at having her dreams shattered will be replaced by new dreams. A new path will slowly make itself known, and before long she'll be on it. The transition between our ruined hopes and the new possibilities is the hardest part, like limbo. But it will pass. She's in our prayers.
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thanks a lot louise!
i will definitely print all these out and sent it to her...
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I can only image this is so very hard for you all!!!!! Be encouraged, its going to work out and to a "Good end"....!!!! Love and Prayers another "Sailors Mom"
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thank you momacharlie!
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Permalink Reply by eurekamom on
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My son (just finished corpsman "A" school) met your sister at the VA hospital. He was one of the people doing their "clinicals" and had described to me the three people in there who were injured while at boot camp. He didn't say anything about the other two recruits, but he did mention your sister's fighting spirit. I am sure she shares her innermost feelings with you (her family) but I thought you might want to know that she can grit her teeth and get through the day well enough for another new navy person to admire her for it.
My older brother wanted to go to the Navy academy. In high school he did all the stuff you have to do to get in, and was rejected. "Play more sports and apply again" he was told. He attended a prep school ($$$$), did all the application stuff again and was accepted! A month before school was out he broke his wrist in a lacrosse game. The navy said sorry, you can't come to the academy in a cast (although he could have done so if he had been prior enlisted). He had to attend junior college for a year, apply AGAIN, go through all the paperwork etc. and hope for the best. He was again accepted, and this time he got in (safe and healthy). He had to go to summer school all three times and did not get to graduate at the big huge thing you see on tv where they pitch their hats in the air. We were there (having booked tickets etc 6 months in advance) and we saw the extravaganza. A month later he graduated, joined up with his classmates and went on to have a 25+ year career in the navy, retiring as a Captain. In retrospect he says that he does not regret being two years older than the guys getting out of high school, because all the craziness did not get to him at all -- just his electrical engineering classes (ha ha), but he received multiple awards in the course of his career (including "shiphandler" which let's face it, certainly sounds more navy than a lot of other stuff). I don't know if any of this will help your sister, but it certainly was a long row to hoe for my brother and we felt awful with all the setbacks. Keep the encouraging talks, calls, etc. and remind her that boot camp is only learning how to be in the Navy. Her "A" school etc. will be her times to shine and show her stuff. She has probably already been through the worst of it.
If you can think of anything we can do as a group that will help, please write back. And please, do tell her that one of the corpsmen who came through recently was impressed. Sometimes I feel better if my challenges are acknowledged by a co-worker, co-student... Dr. Seuss had The Cat in the Hat rejected more than twenty times before he found the publisher who could see its potential.
hugs,
DeeDee (eurekamom)
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Hi DeeDee!
is your son Hernandez? :) my sister mentioned to me that she is friends with one of the corpsman who just left VA hospital... she asked me to add him up on facebook.
My sister is getting a lot better emotionally, i hope she continues the high spirit and determination!
the last call we received from her was great... she can now laugh! she said that she already made lot friends in RCU!
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So sorry to hear your news. Our thoughts and prayers are with your sister. Please keep us posted.
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hi AJVNavyMom
thank you so much! please continue to pray for my sister..
I will surely keep you guys posted!
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Permalink Reply by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on
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So sorry about your sister. My son went through something similar but without the fracture. He too was Section Leader and a flag bearer for graduation and was so so so excited.
He ended up in RCU for 5 weeks and though very disappointed to not get to PIR and have us see him graduate. He completed his final academic test, damage control and BS21 from RCU. He had absolutely no desire to join another division to complete his last 2.5 weeks of training. He was already close with the guys in his division and felt that he wouldn't fit with another. Funny thing is, he's been in a year today and he is still in touch with the guys from his division AND with friends he made in RCU.
She can exercise her leadership qualities in RCU just like her division. There are opportunities for her skills to be used. My sailor also helped tutor some of the recruits who were sent to his RCU ship for failing academically. He helped other recruits who couldn't complete their pushups or curl ups to pass PFAs. He became Yeoman. It gave him a sense of purpose. You might suggest that she befriend some of the others, she may find lots of ways to help others. RCU can be very depressing for the injured recruits, and anything that can be a distraction is a help. Chaplains are available there and you might suggest she talk to a chaplain. Other "counselors" are available for the injured to talk to BUT they are not bound by secrecy like the Chaplains.
Encourage, encourage, encourage!! My sailor wanted to quit more than once while in RCU and even though his 8 week boot camp took way longer, he was so proud after BS21 to call and tell us that he was a sailor.
Remind her that PIR is just the "show". Being able to make that call and say "I did it, I'm a sailor" is the goal. The uniform fits the same and means the same when she's all by herself as it does standing in a crowd.
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thank you so much for replying!
may i ask what happened to your son? why did he stay in RCU for that long?
your story is surely an inspiration! i will definitely print this out and sent it to her...
according to her everyone's walking in RCU but her... sometimes she feels helpless.
we are only looking forward for her recovery for now...
yeah she said, she started reading the bible too and talking to Chaplains...
her voice was great the last time we spoke to her. she said she's been better coping with depression.
she made friends in RCU...
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