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
Just a short update today...Mike heard today that Tammy is in very good spirits.....the docs were able to save her arm....also heard that one leg was severed at the hip and the other leg was severed below the knee....also confirmed that she lost 40units of blood, and by a miracle the docs at the Army hospital in Baghdad were able to save her.....
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Thank you for the update. Hope you and your hubby are well.
See posts #228 & 241..
We don't send them, they volunteer to go.
I forgot to add that after the co-pilot landed the chopper and all were evac'ed...they sent an Apache in to blow up Tammy's Blackhawk....lest it fall into the terrorists hands..
Yes, we are fine and looking forward to Christmas with our 3yo grandson...Mike was in Iraq last Christmas and missed his then 2nd Christmas...
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Thanks for the ping. Tammy is a hero and an inspiration. Prayers for her continued recovery and rehabilitation.
Prayers of gratitude for the doctors who have worked so hard to save her life.
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I was surprised...this thread only had one or two negative comments on women in the military....LOL
Maybe folks are becoming more educated?? All I know is that in Afghanistan, if it weren't for women in the military, there would be a whole segment of the society there that would be inaccessible.
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Im hoping for an update tomorrow or Sat....the CO flew to DC to visit Tammy today and is expected back tomorrow...hopefully he will have some good news..
Hoping for an update tomorrow or Sat..
Excellent. Looking forward to hearing how she's doing. Thanks for the ping...hope all's well.
Constant prayers for our heroes.
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Excellent website - Bookmarked!!
Thanks for the update. MAJ Tammy looks awesome. She certainly is a hero!
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