Posted on 11/16/2004 1:25:00 PM PST by mystery-ak
Edited on 11/20/2004 5:28:58 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Prayers are needed for one of our American heroes. Last week a Blackhawk was shot down by an RBG north of Baghad. The RPG went through the bottom of the aircraft through the cockpit, taking off the pilots legs, and out the top to the rotor system. The co-pilot was able to land the chopper.
The pilot is staff officer Maj Tammy Duckwrth, HHC 1st Bn 106 Avn...she has been transported to Walter Reed and is now in danger of losing an arm.
Update (11/19/04):
Tammy is in ICU and will be there for several more weeks. She is heavily sedated and periodically fights through the sedation and opens her eyes, her mother is there with her. Her color, temp and heart rate has returned to normal but is being kept on a breathing tube as she will have surgeries about every other day to repair her legs. Next week the doctors are going to begin to rebuild the bones in her arm. They are using new cutting edge equipment which has recently passed some clinical/prototypical type testing, in fact, Tammy will be the first they have used this on. She is getting a viable blood supply to her arm, but the nerve bundles have been greatly damaged.
Barring any infection, the wonderful doctors assure us she will survive. One thing that saved her life was her body armor, she had no internal injuries...amazing!
Once again, thank you all for your prayers.
Mike1sg
Update on Tammy...could you use your ping list, please.
URGENT PRAYERS NEEDED FOR ONE OF OUR HEROES Ping
Pray for her and all of us.
She should have been flying a B-52.
Update on post #176
Prayers for Maj.Tammy Duckworth, her family, her medical team and her friends.
Many, many prayers. We thank her for her bravery and sacrifice. God bless her.
URGENT PRAYERS NEEDED FOR ONE OF OUR HEROES PING
Thanks for the ping list...
Done
Thank you for the update. Our prayers for Tammy will continue.
Thank you all....if Tammy only knew how many are praying for her..
Prayers continuing for Tammy's recovery and for a healing of her badly injured arm.
It is good to hear that the doctors are optimistic. Tammy is in my prayers and so are you guys.
May God be with all of you providing strength and comfort.
Any time.
Prayers continue for Tammy for the difficult days ahead. As she recovers, may the Lord keep her spirits high as He works His healing miracles in her body.
Continuing my prayers
Prayers sent from this grateful Alabama home. My 5 y/o prays for our soldiers every meal (and he means it too).
May the good will of all righteous people be with her. Her service and her sacrifice have our overwhelming support and may God bless her.
Prayers continue for the skill of Tammy's doctors, for strength and for healing of this brave woman.Prayers also for her loved ones.
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