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Comment by allybelle on September 14, 2010 at 1:23pm

LuAnn,
You and your family will be in my prayers.

Ladies,
I just recieved word my husband was elected president of his OCS class. This being said, he now has to carry a saber during the graduation ceremony. There is no one in the family to borrow from. Where can I purchase this for him? I want to make sure it is within regulations, and do I need to ship it to him in RI??

Comment by proudmominlaw on September 14, 2010 at 10:49am

LuAnn, I was so sorry to read about your son, but am thankful he is much better now. I know that is hard for you being so far away from him. Take care.

Comment by madre37 on September 14, 2010 at 9:29am

Luann , You and your son and family will be in my prayers and for a speedy recovery.

Comment by kab on September 14, 2010 at 7:39am

Luann, Taylor and family you will be in my prayers. Hopefully he is still doing well and recovering.

Comment by FLMOM on September 14, 2010 at 6:24am

LuAnn,
You and Taylor are in my prayers. I pray God will give him a speedy and full
recovery. Pray for renewed strength for you! Hang in there Mom!!
God's Blessings to you!!

Comment by BunkerQB on September 13, 2010 at 11:57pm

I received the following messages from LuAnn this weekend. Prayers for a speedy recovery for her son.
Received from LuAnn on Saturday, September 11, 2010

Friends and Family

Taylor was rushed to the hospital late yesterday afternoon with a collapsed lung (spontaneous pneumothorax – a type of collapsed lung for which doctors have few answers). He called saying his chest was severely hurting as well as his back. He is being treated at the Army hospital on the base in Pearl Harbor. They performed surgery in the emergency room by inserting a tube to let the escaped air surrounding his lung out, checking for bacteria related incident, and then work towards inflating the lung back to normal. I talked to him briefly in the ambulance, waiting for surgery and then after recovery. I am in touch with his assigned nurse as well as his commanding officer. I am waiting to talk to the cardiac thoracic physician assigned to him this morning. My friend who is head of nursing at Stanford and who was also in the Navy, is keeping me well in formed on the procedure, recovery and questions to ask the doctor in between waiting for direct communication. Dealing with the military personal can be daunting and confusing. I am waiting to a make decision to go to Hawaii. I need to find out his recovery time and what that means in terms of time off from duty on the boat. All of that will be determined by his doctor and commanding officer of his sub. Taylor sounded fine but of course scared and then medicated for pain. They will take continual ex rays to watch the lung most of the next few days. everyone agrees, thank goodness that he was not out to sea or on one of the other islands. It would have not been good. Pearl has great medical facilities. For right now he is stable and they are on top of it, so to speak. Below I have copied some information on what happened. Somewhat common and unexplainable. Taylor is in very good health as we all know, but he is exhausted from his intense command assignment. Some well deserved time off is what I am praying for him. By the way his phone is out of juice, of course so no contacting him at this point. I do have a line to the nursing station, his room, and the commanding officers cell phone. You can send Taylor an email which he will pick up eventually on his phone or when he gets home. I will keep anyone interested in the loop on his condition. Please feel free to email if you want an update. I know everyone is concerned but also busy. I will let him know your support. Thank you as always for thinking of all our serving military.

Always prayers
LuAnn

Received on Sunday, September 12, 2010

I am not going (to Hawaii). staying here is what Taylor wants me to do for now. he has excellent care and is stable. he is out of the woods but still far from well. talk to doc everyday. I am already exhausted but that comes and goes. Put in on the naval wall if you want to, he is in Tripler Army Hospital. His sub days are over that we know for sure. It is a regulation of military. I have been talking to everyone in command on his boat. There will be alternatives but shore duty. he can't be in anything pressurized. he cannot fly for awhile obviously to even come here. I plan on seeing him on the back end. that is when he needs me most. right now he is being watched heavily by everyone. i want to talk to you so call me later tonight. friends are taking care of me.

LuAnn

I will find out if she wants any, lots or just a few comments on her FB Wall. Bee

Comment by lsP3Orion on September 13, 2010 at 2:37pm

Ok, very interesting - thanks!

Comment by navymom9875 on September 13, 2010 at 2:27pm

Isp3Orion: The first number is the class number of that year and the second number is the year. However, it's based on the fiscal year which starts in October and it's based on graduation year of that class, not the starting date. My son will enter OCS on Oct. 3 and his class is 04-11. His class is the fourth class that will graduate in Fiscal Year 2011. I hope that makes sense.

Comment by lsP3Orion on September 13, 2010 at 1:40pm

I have a question - what do the dates represent of those who attended OCS?

Comment by proudmominlaw on September 13, 2010 at 8:29am

Thank you all for your input. My daughter-in-law is just like my daughter since I had three sons! She is a clinical psychologist and was commissioned on September 2nd. I feel that she will do well at ODS (Officer Development School) because she is very atheletic and extremely smart. She is in Rhode Island at a great time of the year so she has that in her favor too. After training she and my son will relocate to Tacoma, WA which is on the other side of the US from where they (and us) live now. :0( I feel the hard part will be when she deploys, which they've already told her will probably be next summer.

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