First off. Thank all of you very much from me and my family.
Guys I've talked to the Army at least ten times today. I was fortunate enough to talk to the nurse caring for him. Commander Mort, US Navy. She told me he was in very stable condition and reacting well to stimulus test . Besides the loss of his legs, he has some superficial burns to his hands, and fighting a fever. She informed me the fever was expected due to the bacteria in Iraq, and that they were controlling it. If he continues without any furthur complications they are planning to evac him to Ft Hood Texas Friday. So Travis and I hopefully will not be going to Germany, instead we'll just have a three and a half hour drive to Ft Hood. She said he is a strong young man, and they expect him to pull through this. Her final words to me were I know you're his father, but now he's my son too, and I'll take good care of him. I don't know where they find these people, I'm just glad they do.
Speaking of these kind of people. Thomas's Commander a Lt Col called me from Baghdad this afternoon. He couldn't go into great detail and I hope to get more info. The patrol was hit with an IED and came under small arms fire. The Lt Col told me a soldier went above and beyond at risk to himself to get to Thomas and stop the bleeding. He stated it's very doubtful Thomas would have made it had it not been for the actions of this young soldier. I hope I can find out the name of this young man in the next few days. I want to thank him and his family, from all of our family. Like I said I don't know where they find these people, but I'm glad they do.
I'll keep you folks posted as best I can.
Again thank each and everyone of you very much. The entire Vandeventer family appreciates it.
