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Comment by paces on July 9, 2012 at 10:19am

ProudMom...I know you are excited. Want to hear about the reunion and please keep us posted about her progress and where she goes from here. You and she should be proud.  Let her know we are praying for her as she moves on to new adventures. Hugs and Prayers, Susan

Comment by paces on July 9, 2012 at 10:13am

Sorry for my absence. We have been busy with Karate Camp and traveling back from VA. It was a 12 hour drive.

Two for the Navy..and other new moms....It is really hard. You have to be the strong one for your SR right now. He will go through very difficult times. He will be depressed and sad and feeling inadequate and even that he can't do this. You have to continue to encourage and find strength for him. He will talk of coming home and "I don't want to do this anymore". He will adjust eventually, but it may take time. It was devastating to our SR when he was told it would be 6 - 9 weeks and it drug on to be 3 months. Try sending letters that talk about positive things happening at home to help get his mind off his situation.

Our son is a testament to overcoming the trials of boot camp, injuries and recovery. By the time he was finally able to re-class and move to A school, he had been there nearly 8 months either in RCU, THU, Physical Therapy, Rehab, limited duty and finally able to be classed as fit for duty. 

You just have to help him keep a positive attitude. I speak from experience as all these moms do, "This too shall pass". It is the most difficult time I have spent in my life, I think. I have never felt more helpless and inadequate as a mother as I did during this time.  What a roller coaster ride this is!!!

Just take one day at a time and try not to look too far into the future, because the situation may change from day to day. You will find tons of support here. Take advantage of all the support and don't hesitate to lay your concerns and feelings out there to your supporters here. You need to try hard not to give your SR anymore to worry about than he has already.  He will get through this and you will too!!! Hugs and Prayers, Susan

Comment by 1ProudMom on July 9, 2012 at 10:02am

Hello all - just wanted to stop in and thank you again for all your support and listening 'ears' while my daughter was in 2341. I'll be heading to the airport today at 3:00 pm to pick her up. I CANNOT wait to get my arms around her!! I've just been encouraging her to reflect on all she's learned during her short time in the Navy and to consider what she can take away from the experience. I know she will do great in whatever she does and I'm so extremely proud of her!
Hugs to each one of you still walking the journey. My prayers will continue for each one of your sailors (and for you).

Comment by Madeline on July 9, 2012 at 8:49am

TwoForTheNavy - Hang in there. This time is tough for all of us. They are going to have really good days and really bad days and of course talking to there loved one's is hard. Keep sending him positive messages and cards to keep going! None of us can do this alone include our SR's. Praying for your sons health!

Hope everyone had a good fourth of July! So glad to have received a call from my SR on the 4th. They are lucky to be able to use the computers and make phone calls. I was hoping for a call on Sunday since I had received one last Sunday but I guess the every other Sunday rule is true. Oh well, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS! Kyle has a doctors appointment today. He has been in Phase 3 of physical therapy for 11 days as of today. This is his first doctors appointment since he was moved into the next phase. Hoping for some good news and maybe a new division! 

To everyone that has SR's in RCU right now hang in there and praying for all our SR's good health! 

Comment by peggysuecory on July 8, 2012 at 1:24pm

TwoForTheNavy,

Try not to get discouraged. Hopefully it's just an adjustment and he will make friends there. My recruit and I are staying up beat that he will heal and continue on with boot camp. He did tell me of a Navy approved book I could send him, so I purchased it through Amazon and had it shipped directly to him. The name of it is "Flags of our Fathers". Ask all of your friends and family to send letters and cards of encouragement. It really makes their day when they receive them. I keep encouraging my son that he can do it and to stay strong, and letting him know several people are praying for him and love him. All we can do along with the recruits is just to take one day at a time.

Comment by TwoForTheNavy on July 8, 2012 at 12:12pm

Hi Ladies, I received the first letter from my son. It was not good, it was like the call I received last Sunday. He was so sad, discouraged, spoke of coming home. I know he was due to see the doctor on Jul 5 and that I have been told "no news is good news", but if he's just not cut out to be in the Navy, will he be allowed to leave?

I'm hoping it was just a down day and he was so new to boot camp when he got injured that at that moment thats what he felt. Anyway I can find out what's going on? Is he feeling better? Has he adjusted? etc? Or is it just sit and wait.

Comment by peggysuecory on July 7, 2012 at 5:33pm

A quick update on trying to get existing flight reservations with Delta credited in full for my mom, dad, and sister. I spoke to a representative who said he is confident after documenting my trying unsuccessfully getting the info they needed, Commanding Officers name and phone number along with his Doctors name and phone number when we re-book we should get a full credit. My flight was with American who is going to give me a one time full credit. :-)

Comment by peggysuecory on July 7, 2012 at 1:39pm

Hey ladies,

Just wanted to share a letter from my recruit I received Thursday.

Mom, Well you just got the news of me being disabled. How are you taking the news? I was a little upset at first, I am doing physical therapy now and every day I'm working out there. I'm going to be strong! When doing my PT I am getting advice from FMF corpsman about being a corpsman. It's really great to hear their stories, and what additional training to ask for. They call this  place RCU, they say it is what you make it. Have a positive out look and you have a better chance of healing faster. This place is a blessing and it's going to be good for me.

Comment by Patrick's Mom on July 7, 2012 at 11:33am

Oh my goodness...SO much to catch up on.  I'm sorry for my absence the last several days.  At 6 AM on the fourth of July my husband had to take me to the hospital.  Long story short, I had surgery the following day for a kidney stone.  Just got home yesterday, but wasn't up to much of anything other than taking pain meds and laying on the couch.  This morning I knew I had to check in here, and have been anticipating Jill's post on her reunion with her son and his PIR.

Jill, you certainly did not disappoint!  I cried and had such tears in my eyes I couldn't even read the screen til I got a kleenex and gave myself a minute!  I LOVE your account of getting the best hug of your LIFE from your boy.  Did that make me cry, and took me right back to that first hug I got from mine after so long.  It was one of the most wonderful moments of my life, so I could TOTALLY relate.  Thank you so much for taking the time to give such a wonderful account of PIR and the time spent with your son.  Sooooooooooooooooo happy for you - words cannot really express it!  I'm so glad he's happy with his new "home" and look forward to hearing how things are going for him as time marches on.  Again, thank you for sharing your faith, prayers and tremendous support with me and all the others here.  YOU have been an immense blessing!

BoomMom, I'm on pins and needles awaiting YOUR account of your reunion with Robert.  Praying all goes well with his travel and he arrives home as expected.  Look soooooooooo forward to hearing about your reunion as well.  Please give that son of yours a HUGE hug from all us Mom's and tell him how proud we are of him.  And just one thing about him reenlisting in February - hard to understand how a Hawaiian boy would make that decision, but at least you'll have all your holidays with him next year before he leaves!  And...isn't that when Janet's second son is going too?  Wouldn't that just be a hoot if they arrived together and were in the same division???!!! 

To all of you new Moms/gfs, welcome!  It's so nice to see posts welcoming you and sharing information.  Aren't the Moms here just the BEST?!!!

I'm sorry not to respond individually to all, but it's time to rest.  Just know that you ALL (and your SR's) continue to be in my prayers.

Love and hugs to all!

Karen

Comment by boomMom on July 6, 2012 at 11:58am

TwoForTheNavy - Relax, mom. Recruits are not required to report any decisions to family members(even moms!) Besides phone privileges are an animal unto itself! Separated by conduct, merit, or whim. If just one recruit is out of line, the whole division might get phone calls cancelled. If a division does well in competitions or just something done well together, they may all get awarded a phone call. Or if a small group of SR's clean their section well, the RDC may award that group a phone call. And then there's the whim of the RDC's (and there's a few of them) who might just "feel" like letting them call. See what I mean?

I know that's not what you asked, but I wanted to put it out there. The saying goes, "No news, is good news". Ugh! I hate that phrase BUT it IS true! lol If it's really bad enough that the Navy cannot use him anymore, THEN you would have got that phone call already! See? So, relax mom, your son will call and tell you (or you might have to ask the right questions) when he's allowed to call you, or he'll write it in his next letter. He probably already knows what phase of training he is in (there are many past posts that have this info), and for how long each of those phases may be for him. Everyone is different. Encourage him to let himself heal and to NOT push himself too much because that may just push him back in phases. Keep writing to him, send him greeting cards, current news articles, whatever it is that he likes. Tell him to volunteer for jobs around the compartment; that will help him to keep his mind off the "sad" stuff. The SR's around him are all going through the same thing, too, so some of them tend to band together. That helps. My son just called to tell me he's waiting for the bus to take them to Ohare and he's glad that he has about a dozen of his "buddies" to hang with at the airport! My son will be home in less than 13 hours! Thank you, Lord! Anyway, I hope this helped you, TwoForTheNavy!

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