Posted by Phillipa on October 7, 2006, at 19:20:54 [reposted on October 8, 2006, at 13:45:24 | original URL]
In reply to Re: A plan of action, posted by lymom3 on October 7, 2006, at 12:15:16
Matt my real Son was a lot like you. He got married and ran away with his wife, joined the 82nd Airbourne. He parchuted into Panama was lucky on that one. Then he was at Fort Bragg and was the first sent to Iraq. He was with the French Foreign Legion now the father of two, and in Iraq at the end of the war a defective blasting cap exploded blinded him and took two fingertips. Yes he's had multiple sugeries and enough sight to get around the house. The military sent him to blind rehab twice and sent him to college. Graduated Cumma Sum Laude in Social Work. He's 39 now and can't get a job the military lied. Everytime he finds one they state he has to be able to drive. Now picture yourself a self-reliant male till you're blinded and now at the mercy of a not very nice wife to drive him around. No the military isn't the answer. They promise the moon and don't come through. And I've seen the guys who lost limbs at Walter Reed Hospital in DC where he was a pt for multiple surgeries months at a time. Love Phillipa
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