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Comment by navyboundkid (Class 1210MT) on September 26, 2011 at 8:47am

Jennifer, your son will be in my thoughts.  I hope he bounces back quickly.  It's nice that you got to talk to him, and if he was laughing, that's great!  A good up-beat attitude can make all the difference.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on September 26, 2011 at 8:25am

Jennifer- my thoughts and prayers are with you and your son. I hope he is feeling much better very soon. It is good to hear he in good spirits and is excited to finish boot camp.

Sometimes the recruits are so worried about being set back and not having PIR on time that they don't tell anyone they are sick. They wait too long to get medicine then it takes them longer to get better. They do have stronger medications if the doctor thinks the recruit needs it. They take pretty good care of them if they know they are sick. I hope the one who is coughing up blood has been to medical to get some help. It is better to be SIQ for a few days and even possibly be delayed a week or so in graduation than to wait too long and get even sicker and end up in the hospital. I hope all those who are sick will feel much better soon and I will keep them all in my prayers.

Comment by shadowcrzn(ship 2 Div 952) on September 26, 2011 at 7:56am

Prayers being said.

Comment by diannep on September 26, 2011 at 7:38am

I agree.  Prayers for him, Jennifer.  Thank goodness he is so determined...he'll get through this.

Comment by missync1-04-823 on September 26, 2011 at 7:07am

Jennifer---so sorry to hear that.  I hope he doesn't lose his contract...they prepare mentally so long for this!

Comment by Invisible12 on September 25, 2011 at 4:06pm

Jimbo - so they're not allowed to give our recruits any strong meds while in BC?  Is there a legal reason for that?  Maybe that's why this other mom is freaking out because they're giving her son amoxicillan and she feels he needs   something stronger.  She's a nurse.  Do you know what they can or can not give at BC as far as pain meds, etc.?  I'm just very curious.

 

I know it's highly likely they'll all get sick with something...."recruit crud" as you call it - EWE

Comment by diannep on September 25, 2011 at 1:34pm

They are just divided into groups to train together via the brother system.  900 groups do not have brother divisions...unless there happen to be 2 900 divisions in a group (happens, but rare).  800 usually don't have them either, unless 2 are in a PIR group (again, rare). 

SRs are allowed to call if their PIR date will change.  If they are on track, even though sick, but still can keep up/make up time...then they most likely won't call.  Some moms find out after the fact that their SRs had pneumonia, some even in the hospital briefly...

Comment by Invisible12 on September 25, 2011 at 12:53pm

@ diannep - is there a reason there are brother divisions?  Good/bad/indifferent?  Just curious.

 

FTLW - love what you did with the site!

 

Question - if your recruit is sick, do they call you themselves?  Do they get to call you often with their progress?  I ask because a fellow mom PMd me that her son is coughing up blood and has a fever for 5 days.  His PIR is 10/21 and she's just really freaking out. 

Comment by Jimbo on September 25, 2011 at 12:53pm

Invis, to answer your question... When I went through Great Lakes, everyone had what we called the "recruit crud". You have people coming from all over the country combining their germs into one evil primordial soup of sickness. Plus we had one dummy who never covered his mouth when he coughed. Needless to say, with the stress and little sleep, everyone got sick, including me. My cough was horrendous! I wound up not participating in the PIR and sat in the bleachers with the other sick recruits. It made for a poor liberty weekend. Oddly enough, when I went home to Baltimore on leave, I decided to go to sick call in Annapolis and was finally able to get some medicine that actually worked and eliminated my cough (it was a codeine elixir that they're not going to give to recruits). I don't recall being able to call my wife because I was sick. There are no phones around anyway to do so. So unless he gets set back a week for being too sick to perform, no news is good news.

Comment by diannep on September 25, 2011 at 8:04am

Invisible/graceism:  369/370 are brother divisions so they train together.

Good morning, everyone!

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