Re: word from Iraq

Yes, I imagine just like children who are sick enough to miss school but
not so sick to have to be confined to bed...boredom sets in and then
whoopee! the "fun" begins! And I'm quite sure a soldier can think of
many mischievious ways to entertain himself (and his fellow
convalescents) that would make housing him/them outside the ward
environment of a hospital truly the best way to go!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Mon 02/02, cathy carpenter < cathyc@rnet.com > wrote:
From: cathy carpenter [mailto: cathyc@rnet.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:42:48 -0600
Subject: Re: [CHAT] word from Iraq

While I have no doubt that there are many who have been badly wounded
<br>(including the son of a friend of mine), the situation you describe
<br>here is related to the way the military categorizes their personnel.
A <br>soldier is either "on duty", "on leave", or "AWOL". Each of these
<br>categories may be further defined. They may be on duty at work, on
<br>quarters (home sick), or essentially "assigned" to the hospital. A
<br>soldier who has been sick or wounded may not be returned to duty
with <br>their unit until they are fully capable of performing their
<br>responsibilities. Therefore, when they no longer need to be actually
in <br>a hospital, but are not able to be sent back to their units they
must <br>be housed somewhere until cleared by their doctor for full
duty...hence <br>the barracks and hotel. I remember back during Vietnam
we had entire <br>wards full of convalescent soldiers, and they were
quite a handful for <br>the nursing staff, who became more parents than
nurses!<br>Cathy<br>On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 04:22 PM,
TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:<br>><br>> BAMC hospital, one of the largest
military hospitals in the US, <br>> located in San<br>> Antonio, has the
number one burn unit for the military. They are <br>> filled to<br>>
capacity....to the point where those patients that can actually walk
<br>> or get around<br>> in some fashion are housed in baracks on post,
and the military even <br>> rented a<br>> civilian hotel close to the
hospital for these as well. Every day <br>> soldiers<br>> that are in
the military hospitals die from wounds sustained in <br>> Iraq....but
one<br>> doesn't hear about these.<br>> Noreen<br>> zone 9<br>> Texas
Gulf
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