Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Kevin in hospital
Please go to the comment under the pictures of Bob and Mary Jo (the last entry before this one) Mary Carolyn has added information regarding Kevin Andersen's seizure. I have been away for two days and only just catching up with things myself....please take a moment and we will try to keep you up to date...Call Julie if you have any further questions...Love and prayers for our soldiers xxm
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Hi to all....sorry to hear about Kevin. Will keep him in my thoughts...
ReplyDeleteNow for our good news....Dave and Suzanne have blessed us with another grand daughter, Leah Camille. She was born Oct. 22nd.I have the two other girls here until Friday..
A belated word of thanks for the wonderful time and hospitality the Chicago gang provided for us. How good God has been to our family..Mom and Dad would be so proud......... Love, Jo
A new grand daughter and their 49th(!!!) anniversary! Congradulations Mom and Dad!!!
ReplyDeleteLove to you both!
Jenny
Hi everybody,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jo and Bob and
Mary and Ed on your 49th
anniversaries. It is certainly
something to be very proud of!!
Also, Jo and Bob, congratuations
on your new grandbaby!
Jenny, it was so fun actually
having a niece contribute to the
blog!!!
I wanted to update everyone on
two of our three military boys.
Kevin has been put on seizure
medication, and the Army is
having him wait three months
before going on with the next
phase of his officer training to make sure he does not experience any more seizures (which he
should not because he is on
the medication). Then, he will
join up with the next class in
February. Apparently x-rays
did not show any tumors.
So that is good news!
I talked with Brett yesterday
after coming back from a
deadly mission. Two of his
buddies were killed when they
were attacked. Brett is the
gunner for his unit, and he
apparently stood up and chased
the Taliban away with his
machine gun and has now earned
a Medal of Valor. He asked me
to ask the family to continue
with prayers. (Fred, Brett is
aware that you are doing a 54-
day Novena for him, Kevin and
Christian.) He said prayers
and his faith in God is the only
thing keeping him going right
now. I am asking if any of you
reading this would do him and his
buddies a favor. Brett states over and over again that those in his
Battalion feel they are in the "Forgotten War".
Having lost two of their own
should make all of us pause and
realize the sacrifice these
guys are making. (They also
just lost another two to the
mental ward at Walter Reed
because they "lost it" as they
were returning from leave.)
For Thanksgiving, I would be most
grateful if you would send a
card or note to not only Brett
but a note or card for the
whole unit. They are in
mourning, and I would like
them to know that we really do
care back here. Brett's
address is:
Brett Perry
Battle 2-503
Korengal Outpost
AP-AE 09354
Thank you so much.
I also just found out that
The New York Times is embedded
with Brett's Battalion, and
there will be stories in the
newspaper beginning in November
or December. So be sure to
watch for that!
I certainly enjoyed our
wonderful family reunion in
October. We are so lucky to
all be able to still get
together. I love you all so
much and feel so blessed to
belong to this family.
My girls are doing fine. They
have just arrived at the house,
and Peg is joining us to go to
a local pumpkin farm. It is
a crisp, beautiful fall day -
just perfect for such an
activity!
Everybody stay in touch. We
need to hear from more of you
on the blog!!!
Love and prayers,
Kathe