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Title: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 18 September 2011, 22:54:12
You may recall that I posted in May that our oldest was blown up by an IED in Afghan just prior to the end of his second 6 month deployment.

The status is that he is now mended and looking forward to properly getting back to work in the next few weeks.

The army have come up with a couple of excellent options for him moving forward - he has a couple of weeks to think about them & he/we are happy with both.

The sense of humour that has come through this is amazing. There are a whole variety of unofficial uniform badges - the most polite being "I survived IED"  & "Ian 1, Taliban 0"

That's it really - there is a whole bunch more stuff that I'd like to be able to share, but .................

Finally, many thanks for all the kind words/PMs at the time they were much appreciated.

Thanks - Rob
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Bullet on 18 September 2011, 23:00:30
glad to hear hes on the road to recovery, pas on my best regards to him, from one ex squaddie to another......cheers n beers for now :y :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 18 September 2011, 23:03:28
Thanks - will do
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Del Boy on 18 September 2011, 23:05:05
Excellent news that he's on the mend mate, great stuff to hear  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 18 September 2011, 23:08:16
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Excellent news that he's on the mend mate, great stuff to hear  :y :y :y

He's on the lash this weekend - some regimental do or other  :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Ratty on 18 September 2011, 23:39:36
Great news Rob, I didn't know about your lad, I wasn't on here that much back in May, but really glad to hear he's on the mend and hope he stays safe in the future   :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: The Red Baron on 18 September 2011, 23:44:35
great news, glad all is well.  :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Gaffers on 19 September 2011, 00:24:45
That's fantastic news Rob, send your son my best regards.  I am delighted everything worked out positively.  I hope there are no long term or permanent injuries but then that he is still allve is all that really matters.

It's stories like these that make you proud to be part of the best corps in the world, the Royal Army Medical Corps.  One thing you probably don't know is that the British miliary hospital in Bastion is the world leader in trauma medicine.  Better than Israel, USA and any other hospital in Iraq or Afghan.

Better still, a large part of the doctors and nurses who work there are either TA or work in the NHS on a full time basis so the nation benefits from their knowledge and experience gained in hostile areas.

Like I have said previously Rob, if you ever need anything just shout :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: feeutfo on 19 September 2011, 03:20:39
Fantastic news Rob. Glad he's fixed and back to a normal life.  :y

Btw, fixed a heated seat finally. Thanks for your help, very handy.  :y

Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: tunnie on 19 September 2011, 08:14:58
great news  :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: henryd on 19 September 2011, 09:10:39
Good news :y :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Shelby on 19 September 2011, 09:11:25
Fantastic news Rob, hopefully you can all get back to some sort of normality now (whatever normality is in this day and age).

I don't know either of you but pass on my best regards as an ex squaddie myself  :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: cleggy on 19 September 2011, 10:59:24
Excellent news Rob :y :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Varche on 19 September 2011, 11:11:24
Excellent, thanks for the update.

Pass on best wishes please :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: robmac on 19 September 2011, 13:46:34
always nice to hear of a positive outcome after such terrible news.
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: cam2502 on 19 September 2011, 15:07:03
good to hear that mate. regards to you and your son :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: blackviper90210 on 20 September 2011, 03:15:57
Fantastic news mate, best wishes to him and the rest of your family  :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: Lazydocker on 20 September 2011, 04:25:09
Great to hear a good story for once and pleased to hear he's fit and well again :y

As I've said before, please thank him for us... He's doing an important job :y
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: bob.dent on 20 September 2011, 09:27:59
Fantastic news, must be a huge relief for the family. :y
My son started his career in the RAF yesterday so guess I'm going to get all the worries as soon as he's completed his basic training and gets his first posting. :-/
Title: Re: Update on Son following IED "incident"
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 20 September 2011, 10:42:01
Half the issue is getting through basic training. Some units have an 80% drop out rate  :(