Well we heard confirmation from our son today. He was injured in training and it was pretty certain that he was going to be discharged.
That has changed and he will be restarting tomorrow with E Company 2/58th in week 5, he was injured at the end of week six so he will not have to redo everything.
So the roller coaster ride is starting again and I was unable to get off, and I so hate roller coasters!
But we are very happy for him and very proud of how he has weathered the adversity and stayed strong and stayed determined to do all that he can to be allowed to stay and continue his training.
What an amazing young man! I had followed his (and your) story and find his determination incredible. A nod to you for raising this 'never give up' soldier!
I just returned from a visit to Benning where we spent the weekend with our son. He is doing well, his injury is healed and is giving him no problems, he is almost done thank God and will graduate on the 18th of December.
Our son will have been in basic for six months once he graduates and has been through some tough times with the broken bone and then right after he re-started he came down with a flu bug and says he spent a few days in hard training with a high fever but he got through it.
He looked good, seemed six inches taller and was nothing but sheer muscle stretched over bone, there was not one ounce of fat on him.
It was very good to see him and we are looking forward to having him home for the Christmas holidays.
