Hello all. My son just made a 2-minute call. He's had to get therapy for his knees (I think too many years of karate). So they changed his ship/division from 03/336 to 04/341, which puts him at a 14 Oct PIR. He sounded okay, for as short as we got to speak to him.
His Mom teared up something awful after her 10 seconds on the phone with him.
Plus, he had a wisdom tooth removed right before he sent us his first (and only so far) letter.
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FYI they pulled my sons wisdom teeth as well when he was in boot camp he said it was ok after he got to rest up in his rack for a day with pain killers and his words were he needed that at the time to have a chance to recoupe not sure about the knee issue but goodluck im sure it will all work out
We have only received 1 little leter about 15 to 20 words so far so feel very lucky! He also graduates 14 Oct and I know I am very proud of him! But I really would love him to call us or even just his mother. I remember when I went through in '88 I called like the 2nd week there.
Navy RTC will do the best they can for whatever physical therapy needed.
14 Oct is not that far away -- don't worry it too much.
The difficulty with limited communication -- that-- goes on from boot camp through deployment -- through whenever.
Hope all goes well -- and expect it will.
Take care
R