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Comment by britefuture on July 22, 2013 at 5:45pm

I just got the craziest/scariest news. My son is on T Track and had been enjoying his, "summer off", until last Thursday. He woke up covered with hives. He went to medical and they put him on the usual, Benadryl. It happened to be that he used a fabric sheet of his roommates the night before. Therefor, we thought, as well as a Chief at medical, that this was a simple allergy. NOPE He has been pretty miserable. The hives were not responsive to the Benadryl and continued to spread. Oddly, they went way in one area, then popped up in another. I felt so horrible and cried because I couldn't be there to take care of my son. He was taken off of watch and sent back to medical at 0500 today. After blood work, a urine sample and a loading dose of 60 mg of Prednisone, they diagnosed him with a rare skin disorder. I assume that I can't post, here, what it's called. They said that it's not life threatening or contagious. He did have a conversation with his Chief who assured him that it won't disqualify him from the Nuke program. That made me feel a little better but I'm still worried. My son is 18 and has been on antibiotics just twice. Once for bronchitis and when he had his wisdom teeth pulled last month. He NEVER gets sick. We always referred to him as, "the carrier monkey", in our family. Finally, he's feeling better.  The hives are nearly gone and he's out having dinner with his Buddies. While I'm very thankful that he's feeling better, I'm also very concerned about his future. Both with the Navy and in general. This ailment COULD last days, weeks, months or years. There's very little know about it.

He's in good spirits though. He's not worried or even thinking about leaving the Navy. He's, very much, focused on Power School's beginning. They gave him a start date of Aug 28th.

Ugh! Prayers to our Sailors. For ALL of their struggles.    

Comment by BoyWonderMom on July 22, 2013 at 5:03pm

Suebal, thanks for the tip, I will let my son know what to get to get rid of the terrible odor so he can take his shoes inside. And yes, it's true, nuke school doesn't mean instant honesty, while I do trust the select few will develop it with time.

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on July 22, 2013 at 10:51am

J's mom, my son is also at Prototype in GC--he's about half way through. I can say from his experience that everything is "up in the air" at the moment...my son's class is 290 people (3 times the normal size) and that threw a monkey wrench into everything..the staff was/is completely unprepared for that size of a class and can't seem to get things together. I keep saying they need to have some women in charge up there to get things organized--we all know how much better wimmenz are at that (William and Mark...no disrespect whatsoever). :)

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on July 22, 2013 at 10:48am

Theboywondermom...yes, just because they're in Nuke school doesn't mean that changes their "insides", if you know what I mean. To alleviate that happening to my son, I told him to go to Walmart and get "activated charcoal"--it comes in a box and is in the pet section where they have aquarium stuff. I also told him to get a pair of knee highs (he said he blushed getting them) and then to split the charcoal between the 2 of them. Put one in each sneaker after running and it really will help to combat those nasty (and they can get nasty) odors. I do it with my own shoes--I'm not a runner, but it helps to keep the odors down.  Then, every once in a while, he can wash them in the machine there at school but instead of soap, add 2 cups of white vinegar to the machine--make sure he does the shoes by themselves. THAT will help too!  Sorry for the longness of this, but I hope it helps.

 

Comment by AJ's-Mom on July 22, 2013 at 8:42am

Janet, I'm so sorry for your loss.  My sympathy to you and your family.  I'm sure it was a relief to be with your son when you got the news and support him during this difficult time.  My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Comment by Joniana (Helen) on July 22, 2013 at 8:11am

Janet (Nuke MM 1338A), sending you warm thoughts, so sorry for your loss.  I am glad you were all able to be together at such a difficult time.  There certainly are no easy decisions at times like this.  Take care.

Comment by William in Nashua on July 22, 2013 at 7:05am

J's mom his grad hold was not terribly long so even with a few weeks delay at the end of prototype it falls within the normal range. Good luck to your son he seems to be taking it all in stride. The next E5 exam is in September so he could use any downtime to prepare for the test.

Comment by NAVY-em's_Mom on July 22, 2013 at 5:50am

Janet:  Sorry for your loss.  My MIL also passed away this year, while my son was in G.C. and we made the same decision.  We saved her ashes and over Easter weekend, We took part of them to G.C. and scattered them with my son, so that he could feel part of it. 

Comment by BoyWonderMom on July 22, 2013 at 4:47am

Janet I'm sorry for your lost, it must be hard. I'm glad you got to spend the weekend with your son. It's always so hard to say goodbye

Comment by BoyWonderMom on July 22, 2013 at 4:42am

Somebody in A school took my son's shoes right from the front of the door to his room. Everyone leaves their shoes at the door to refresh after running, those were new running shoes. It's a shame that some people feel the need to take somebody else's property. Please tell your sons and daughters to always be aware of their things.

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