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
Thank you for this update. I pray for Tammy and her family every day. Tammy is a co-worker of mine in her civilian life. She is in the thoughts and prayers of all of us there.
Prayers being sent for her and her family now.
Prayers being said for Tammy.
The wonders of progress! Now we can send our daughters, sisters, and wives into the meat grinder of combat zones.
Prayer bump...
Carolyn
Thank you for your thoughts, Im sure Tammy and her family will be comforted when they read this thread.
Tammy is awake and the breathing tube has been removed, she is still in ICU. It was necessary to tell her that she lost her legs, as she felt phantom pains and didn't understand why the meds weren't taking that away. She recieved the news with poise and stoicism.
Tammy's injuries are on the mend, the medical team is incredible and her attitude is top notch. She realizes she has a long road ahead with rehabilitation.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
update btt
Update post #228
btt
see today's update
Oh, I'll definitely keep her in my prayers and add her to our Parish Prayer list!
Thanks for the address to Walter Reed. I'm going to have my Senior Girl Scout Troop write Get Well cards to Maj. Duckworth!
That's a great idea, she'll like that, thanks.
Good news that she's awake, but so sad what she had to wake up to. She and her family will continue to be in my prayers! Do she and her husband have children?
A positive attitude will help immensely, but she'll need our prayers for a long time.
God comfort and bless them, and their family and friends.
My thoughts and prayers are with Tammy and her family on this Thanksgiving Day.
Thank you......Happy Thanksgiving
God bless your husband for all he is doing. Be strong. We're praying for you too.
Praying for Tammy, your husband and you.
Thank you all for your service and sacrifice.
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