Letters From Basic Training

Sorry it took so long. I sorta got put into limbo for a week. Monday night I came down with a nasty virus. The doctors never could figure what exactly was wrong. Wednesday I was admitted to the infirmiry and didn't get out till Sunday afternoon. All is well now tho and I'm back to normal. I can finally say I finally have had an IV. I felt all cool. ha ha

They ran a bunch of tests from mono to hepatitis, but nothing came back positive. I felt like hell, but it cleared up just as suddenly as it came. I've missed a lot of important stuff, so you might not hear from me for a few days or so while I play catch up.

I found out I do have a stress fracture, however I'm on new profile that allows me to do some exercise and I no longer need crutches. The doctor said that the stress fracture was healing good and I should be back to full speed in a week. Not much else to tell. On the 8th of April we have our 12 week PT test, however I may be waivered out of that one. After that we go into the field for a week, then it's basically over. We're on the last stretch now, it's all downhill now.

(This is the last written correspondence I received from Shoegazer. After graduation from basic training he left for Budingen, Germany to serve with the 1/1 CAV 1st Armored Division. Upon arriving in Germany it was determined that his stress fractures had not healed properly and he spent 6 weeks in a full cast. He continued in combat training and left for Baghdad on April 28, 2003. He returned home in July 2004. He is now stop lossed until March 2007 and is in Taji, Iraq with the 4th Infantry Division. His letters from Baghdad can be read at: http://letterfrombaghdad.blogspot.com/)

Thank you for reading.)