Served Proudly...and wants to go back! posted 3/26/2008 12:31:46 PM | 2 kudos what's this?     report abuse tagged: iraq, friends, war

brunettee62

Most of you know that my son served in Iraq, for a short time.
While he was there, he cooked for his troop and the Iraqi men.

As they were preparing to visit the base to collect supplies as
they were so low, they were approx. half way there, when an IED blew
up near there hummer.( I have the actual video). My son was making it
too send back to me, when this occured.

After the IED blew, they decided they had better get back to there bunker.
It was the beginning of the tirades, took 3 days before it was over.
At this time, his buddies noticed from my sons ear that it was bleeding.
Needless to say, he didn't feel too much pain. But it developed
an awful buzzing sound. They only could pack his ear, as they
had to wait again, another day to get to the base doctors.

Now...2 months back in the states, the doctors have been working 24/7
basically around the clock removing shrapnal from some of those men
that served over there. So my son had to wait,again. He didn't even know
that the other ear was just as bad, until the ear doctor told him.
He went for a hearing test...20% hearing is all thats left with both ears!

Now, he's scheduled for a surgery that removes 3/4 of your ear
and rebuilds your eardrum. He had a graft done last week, to see how
fast he heals. With this type of operation, he could end up deaf in that ear
and left with another one just the same. Who knows?

He tells me, he still wants to go back. (Mother is not taking this well).
But he feels that they made some great changes. That we don't hear
the good things that happen, only the bad. He had one man that
actually talked with him, about family,religion, food, and his feelings about
the whole entire war.( I have some pictures of these men).

This man told my son as he left Iraq...God Bless You and your family.
Since he left....the communications tower he guarded with 5 other Iraq
males, and cooked for, and also guarded the tower with, has since been
taken over with hostile sergents.

Lets not judge someone until we know them well enough.

Thanks for reading....

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