October 19, 2008 (Day 36)

A lot has happened in the last ten days Adam has started walking on crutches, has been transferred to Wounded Warrior Battalion West at Camp Pendleton. Adam’s new address is listed below. Julia will be leaving to come home on Monday and driving back with a friend, Julia is having a hard time leaving, Adam is having a hard time being by him self and have to start doing things on his own again. I have added pictures of Adam walking on crutches and pictures of his room at Camp Pendleton.

His first day at WWB Julia and Adam had to wait three or four hours at the pharmacy to pick up his medicine. Then the next morning he woke up in pain and took his meds fell back to sleep and missed breakfast. He is have some problems with his stomach its getting upset because he is not being feed by the feeding tube any more and his stomach is having to learn how to digest food again. He is still eating puréed food and soups and shakes. After Julia leaves I think he is going to have to eat what ever they give on base no more shakes or soup maybe not sure what they are going to feed him but I doubt that they will momma him like Julia did. Early this morning he had a problem with the feeding tube (it has not yet been removed) and was feeling sick again this morning he tried to call Julia to come and take care of him all that could be done was for Julia to call the ER on base to take care of him this morning. Julia is over an hour away from base now. He now has to learn how to take care of him self there no one to bring him his meds or food, and to make to all his appointments. Well see how this all goes on Monday but from this point on there is nothing that Julia and I can do to make sure he being taken care of it all up to the Marines now.

They have allowed Julia to come on base and help Adam get settled in to his new room. Adam is in the medicinal holding and will be re-evaluated in about two weeks. I not sure of what his PT will include but I am sure that there will be some type of PT. One of the nurses from the hospital has taken a liking to Adam, imagine that, but any way she lives close to Camp Pendleton is going to visit him and help him out while he is at WWB.

P.O. Box 555191
Camp Pendleton,
CA 92055
Wounded Warrior PFC Adam Abshire