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Comment by nicole (ship 12 division 041) on January 5, 2011 at 5:18pm

Thanks DramaboysMom & Redsmom - I'm hoping for the best! (:

Comment by diannep on January 5, 2011 at 5:11pm

Dramaboysmom;  Don't worry about maybe contaminating the recruits when you saw them.  Every PIR group has lots of illness in it.  They are inside most all of the time, with germs circulating like crazy.  Pink eye is one thing many get...and they can't go through BattleStations with it, so pray for protection from that!  My son, whom never gets sick, got sick also...but just for a couple of days...said he felt he would pass out but didn't want to be set back so kept going....many stay in and don't seek help for that reason.  The RDC's are good about giving them some timeouts when they know they are sick.

My very unprofessional theory on the sicknesses --besides the close proximity theory-- is:  They get SO many shots when they arrive.  It has to be "shocking" to their systems...my son won't even take aspirin!  His system was so pure. And I hated that his body was flooded with all of this stuff...all at one time...but they all get over this and it is much better when they get to A School.  So hang tight...bc will be over soon and life begins again!  :-)

Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on January 5, 2011 at 4:42pm

Nicole please keep us posted on your SR's condition; we will ALL be anxiously waiting for the "I'M FEELING BETTER AND BACK WITH MY DIV" post :-)

Stay strong ~ NAVY STRONG!

Comment by Lori on January 5, 2011 at 3:38pm

Dramaboysmom: Ditto what Tamme said.  While they have a bond with their group, they also have a Navy bond, and everyone who would be in the receiving unit for your SR would want him to pass as much as anyone in his first unit, they are all linked as sailors.

Comment by Tamme on January 5, 2011 at 3:35pm

So true, DramaboysMom.  They are taught this whole time how to work as a team, no matter who that team is.  I was so worried about my son having to go through BattleStations with a different division of guys he never knew.  He did fine though and I was amazed at how many new people from the other divisions he had just met and they were speaking to him after PIR.  Made me feel better when he would be going onto A-school with new guys and then move to a base all by himself.  They are all one now.  Even when he comes home to visit, retired Navy men will start a conversation with him and you'd think they had been in the Navy together.  Very neat.   

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 5, 2011 at 3:30pm

Can't help but think that some of us that saw our sailors and their buddies might have contaminated some of the SR's.  I am a computer tech at a high school and although we weren't sick, could have been carrying the germs for them to spread.

Even though mine wasn't sick, he was having some knee problems, a new twist for him.  He is tough and resilient, and the entire boot camp process is to help them learn to work under adverse conditions whether it means as a team with their unit or as a team with their own body. 

Nicole, your SR is tough.  He will prevail as will all our SR's (I hope)

I told Tamme diannep that I thought Div 45 and 46 were brother units and they both agreed they thought so also.  Would bet based on the chronilogical order of tomorrows BS that ours will be on Sunday or Monday. 

Gals, will be thinking about your SR's tomorrow and knowing that these creative young people will show their stuff!  

Comment by nicole (ship 12 division 041) on January 5, 2011 at 3:13pm

That's good that the Penicillin shot helped him get better faster! My boyfriend said a lot of people have gotten sick while they have been in boot camp. Last week, he had pink eye but he got medicine for that & got better - Now he has a pneumonia & fever but hopefully he is feeling better today then he was yesterday!

Comment by Tamme on January 5, 2011 at 3:06pm

It is amazing after all the shots they get, more of which they were to get last week, and they still get so sick.  My son that is there now was sick at Thanksgiving.  He had an ear infection that really knocked him for a loop.  I think the Pennicillin shot they got at the beginning helped him get better faster.  He said everyone had been sick and still were.  They are all closed up and sleeping so closely together. 

Comment by nicole (ship 12 division 041) on January 5, 2011 at 3:04pm

Tamme - Thanks for the advice! I wouldn't want him to get in trouble so its a good thing that I didn't call. Hopefully I'll hear from him soon. I'll have to tell my boyfriend about your story! I'm happy that your son was able to graduate with his original division! I hope that my boyfriend will be able to graduate with his original division as well! I know, I heard that its common for the recruits to get sick while they're in boot camp, but thankfully they are taken care of! (:

Comment by Tamme on January 5, 2011 at 2:57pm

Nicole, I wouldn't call him.  You don't want to get him in trouble.  He will be able to call you again if he remains in the hospital.  They had Wade call us each step of the recovery.  He spent a day in the hospital, then he went to stay in a different Division while his original Division went to BattleStations.  He went to BS with the final Division to go, so it was about five days later than he was supposed to.  He graduated with his original Division.  I felt bad that they had to move around so much while he was sick.  They all get sick though so they are used to working around the final schedules. 

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