I received a letter from Parris Island today. My friend Robert is doing much better. It seems that his illness turned out to be full-fledged pnuemonia and he was on bed rest for a couple days. In boot camp, this can play hell with one's morale.
Even though navy boot camp is sort of light-weight compared to the Corps, I had a similar experience when I was in Orlando. My new boots rubbed a spot on the back of my foot that became infected. I tried to ignore it, but one of my shipmates saw it and sort of "ratted" me out. I got one day of bed rest and it was the worst day of my life. While no one yelled at me, it was as if I had let everyone down.
But I digress. Thank you for keeping Robert in your thoughts and prayers and please continue to do so. He still has about 8 weeks or so of training, and it's only going to get harder.
Posted by Matthew at September 25, 2003 04:19 PM