We've had a few e-mails and calls asking for a status of Jim's return to the Army. Thought it might be helpful to do a quick post in case anyone else was wondering.
Jim took the medical exam a little over a week ago to get his asthma red flag off his chart. The doctor determined he has wheat induced bronchitis (or something like that) **actually, its wheat-induced bronchospasms...but who's really paying attention. -Jim**. Basically he has a horrible allergy to wheat and when he eats too much of it he gets an asthma attack. Seeing as though when I met him he was eating pasta daily you can see why he was having severe asthma attacks daily. Jim mentioned the doctor indicated that his allergy was the worst he had seen on anyone. I guess if you're going to do it- do it right!
So we got the letter from his doctor and tomorrow it will go off to the Surgeon's office for the Army that will take off the red flag on Jim's file. Jim thinks that could take about a week. Then he has to submit a huge packet to the Army to return to duty. He was told that he would for sure be sent to Oklahoma for 6-8 months for training so we know in the next few months we will be in Oklahoma and then to his next duty station for 3 years. **It may actually be 6-8 months training in OK, 3 weeks at airborne school, and possibly 9 weeks at Ranger school provided I pass each phase the first time. -Jim**
We pulled out the map of potential places we can go that have Jim's Artillery units. We're going to request:
1- Ft. Bragg- North Carolina **Home of the airborne. Going to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. -Jim**
2. Ft. Carson- Colorado **Don't tell Abbie, but I really only picked this not because it was where she was born and her mom always wanted us to live there, but because bigfoot apparently lives in the woods surrounding Colorado Springs. Shhhhh. -Jim**
3. Ft. Campbell- Kentucky **This was chosen simply because if the other two aren't available, this is the next best place for me to go to help my career....Hey, I've got 16 more years to go for retirement. -Jim**
So for now we have a few more weeks of waiting and Jim has some paperwork to fill out. **Actually, I've already gotten most of it compiled and filled out. -Jim** I know he's excited about it :-) **Thrilled. -Jim** We'll keep you posted as we know more.
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So is Jim going to drop the Gluten? We've been on a Gluten Free diet since June 07 with our Asperger's diagnosis. We're also on a Casein Free (for the Kids), Casein REduced (for the Adults).
Anyway, if Jim has to skip the Gluten, we can tell you the GF stuff that we like (and buying from Amazon is less expensive).
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