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Separate division for the SR's who have injuries/ fractures and are on light duty and unable to be with their original division
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2023
Discussion Forum
Vision Waiver
Started by Proudmomofsailor79. Last reply by Proudmomofsailor79 Oct 2, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My son was just sent to RCU as he didn't pass his vision exam on intake. He is currently pending a waiver to proceed in boot camp. He required a waiver when he went through MEPS. Anyone have…Continue
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Comment by KC'smom on September 25, 2011 at 5:12pm
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Thank goodness you got your call!!
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Comment by Colten's Mom-Nuke A school 1207A on September 25, 2011 at 4:36pm
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Well got a call from Colten! he sounds ok! He is discouraged but is managing to stay positive. All I can say is that the Lord has blessed me with an amazing individual as a son. He did say that he is in no pain now. He got the new shoes and it has made all the difference. He did finish fire fighting last week. They moved him back to phase 3 and he has another appt with MD on the 4th. Thanks for all of the support!
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Comment by WestonsMom (FL A School) on September 24, 2011 at 9:58pm
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I dont' know what to say either. My son has only stress fractures which would be harder to see on x-rays and they knew within the first week of him getting hurt. I don't know how they didn't even suspect actual breaks for 9 weeks.
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I know right! If they had just done some more follow up xrays in the past 9 weeks they may have found that they were broken. Before now.
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oh no Donna!!! I am vey sorry to hear that! I don't know what to say, I'm just speechless. Is he in pain? Did he mention what phase he was in? I don't know how he has been walking on broken legs. Maybe they wouldn't be broken right now had he not been walking on them? I felt that my son should not have been allowed to walk on his broken foot when he was in RCU. I also broke my heel the same week that he broke his foot and I got a walking boot - he didn't. That really worried me. They had him walking on it the whole time. No crutches or anything.
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Thanks I will!!!!
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Comment by sbarber on September 24, 2011 at 5:41pm
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@Donna OMG I am so sorry to hear that, I hope that when he calls you get lots of information from him you may want to tell him to go to legal and sign the medical waiver so you can speak to his doctors yourself. Please keep us posted and I will say an extra prayers for him.
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Well I got a letter today! It was not good news. Cotlen did not get cleared. The final xrays they did showed that he did not have stress fractures but he had actually broken not one but both legs. SO in his words he has been walking on 2 broken legs for the past 9 weeks. They are only getting phone calls every other week. So I hope to hear from him tomorrow. It is so disappointing to say the least.
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sbarber...thank you.
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They do all kinds of test xrays etc and the physical therapy ranges from regular to pool therapy whatever they need is what they do my son had some new fangle ultra sonic wave thing that put medicine right to the muscle so he will be taken care of you have nothing to worry about.
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