Posted on 01/29/2005 10:07:47 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Four and a half months after returning from the battlefields of Iraq, Lance Cpl. Christopher R. LeBleu lies in a hospital bed in Loma Linda, hooked up to machines and monitors working to keep him alive.
LeBleu, 22, stepped off a transport plane in September, lucky to have survived seven months in Fallouja and other treacherous corners of Iraq. Twenty soldiers from his battalion based in Twentynine Palms have died in that country.
A month after returning to California, LeBleu decided it was time to get on with life, and he married his hometown sweetheart.
But now LeBleu, a native of Lake Charles, La., is in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center after a mysterious ailment shut down his liver. Doctors say he needs a liver transplant.
A partial liver from a living donor won't help; LeBleu needs an entire organ from a deceased donor, doctors say. Without one, he may only live a few more days, they say.
LeBleu returned Sept. 9 from Iraq where he was a rifleman, conducting operations in Fallouja and provinces near the Syrian border. In October, he married Melany.
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Hillebrand and Marines at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center were scrambling Friday to get the word out about LeBleu's condition in the hope that more people will register to donate organs, thus increasing the chances that a donor with LeBleu's blood type — O-positive — can be found.
But finding a donor will not be easy. Nearly 4,000 people in California are currently waiting for liver transplants, about 900 of whom have been waiting five years or more, according to the United Network for Organ
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Sometimes it is easy for us to do something to the soldier or their family members. But this is one fight that he can only win at the expense of another. I offer Lance Cpl. LeBlue and his family my prayers.
I pray for a miracle.
I join you in that prayer!
And we too will pray for this hero.
Pray for a miracle ping!
Prayers being sent. This is just heartbreaking.
Count me in too. Heros like this deserve the world from their fellow Americans.
Count on my prayers too.....
This brave young man is now being prayed for by me and mine. There are many who need our prayers, and whatever support we can offer.
I posted today about a young Army Captain who also needs our prayers. His name is CPT. Daniel Gade, and he was hit by an IED on Jan 10th. He is fighting for his life at Walter Reed, along with many others who also need our prayers.
Here is the FR link...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1331335/posts
And here is the link to a webpage that tells his story. Click on the links at the top to see more photos, a journal of his struggle, and to post a message to his family.
www2.caringbridge.org/dc/danielgade/index.htm
I am hoping that we can get a really good prayer chain going, and even those of you who are unconvinced regarding the power of prayer will give it a serious effort.
Just wait, this is the LA Times, after all. The follow on report will speculate on the soldier's liver ailment coming from some kind of chemical/gas/weapon the Pentagon was using in Iraq and covering this whole thing up. Nothing the LA Times does w/r/t the military is benevolent.
Joining you in this prayer for a miracle for Lance Cpl LeBlue.
A month after returning to California, LeBleu decided it was time to get on with life, and he married his hometown sweetheart.
But now LeBleu, a native of Lake Charles, La., is in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center after a mysterious ailment shut down his liver. Doctors say he needs a liver transplant.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331381/posts
Help urgently needed for combat Marine veteran (Liver Failure *URGENT*)
Marine Corps News Staff ^ | Jan. 28, 2005 | Marine Corps News Staff
Prayers.
I join in prayer for this hero and his loved ones!!!
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