As we go through cycles I think the same thing happens and I wanted to start this topic so we could talk about it.
As you say bye to your loved ones, Boot camp is hard. You don't hear from them, you can't see them, some of you have never seen Parris Island, the military is something new etc. There are so many different things that make you worry. I know us wives feel it too. We move to new places and don't know what to expect, our husbands go to strange countries and then we worry what they are doing and where they are. I feel your worry and I know how you feel.
Every cycle, recruits get sick. One recruit comes with a fever, he gets into a group of 70-80 men and that fever spreads. We have code words for it-recruit crud, cooties, barfurama...all kinds of names. Last cycle we had a stomach bug that was horrible, this cycle it looks like phenomina and flu. Us wives take classes on how to prevent it from coming into our homes, our husbands get every shot under the sun but they ALWAYS catch it. I personally don't let my husband wear his uniform in the house he takes it off at the front door so we can clean it before any weird germs get in our home and get me and our girls sick.
Your recruits are taught proper hygiene as soon as they hit the island. They are taught to wash their hands, shower appropriately etc. They are told to tell the DI's of any illness immediately. Plus your DI's do head to toe body checks everyday to make sure they are feeling okay. If your recruit coughs twice they are immediately sent to medical to be checked out. Then every night your SDI puts all those records in the computer and they are checked on everyday. If your recruit gets sick and the DI doesn't catch it he can get in ALOT of trouble.
That being said if your recruit is sick..well it happens. Remember if your recruit wrote home that he was sick he is most likely better now or getting better. If your recruit is hospitalized you will get a phone call so no news is good news. If he is sick enough that he misses his training then he will be bumped back and you will get a phone call.
So, if he wrote home he was sick but you didn't get a phone call be glad. He just got the norm and he is getting better. I tell my husband "Take care of your boys" everyday and he comes home exhausted from doing so.
I PROMISE they are being taken care of by hardworking dedicated marines who have been through the same thing. If I am wrong, you can tell me on Janurary 9th when they graduate. I will tell you this also, by the time they graduate, this awful flu that went around will be one of their favorite stories of Parris Island!
I know that we will get through this, read those letters save them and show them to your recruits on graduation when they tell you it wasn't as bad as they thought!
As you say bye to your loved ones, Boot camp is hard. You don't hear from them, you can't see them, some of you have never seen Parris Island, the military is something new etc. There are so many different things that make you worry. I know us wives feel it too. We move to new places and don't know what to expect, our husbands go to strange countries and then we worry what they are doing and where they are. I feel your worry and I know how you feel.
Every cycle, recruits get sick. One recruit comes with a fever, he gets into a group of 70-80 men and that fever spreads. We have code words for it-recruit crud, cooties, barfurama...all kinds of names. Last cycle we had a stomach bug that was horrible, this cycle it looks like phenomina and flu. Us wives take classes on how to prevent it from coming into our homes, our husbands get every shot under the sun but they ALWAYS catch it. I personally don't let my husband wear his uniform in the house he takes it off at the front door so we can clean it before any weird germs get in our home and get me and our girls sick.
Your recruits are taught proper hygiene as soon as they hit the island. They are taught to wash their hands, shower appropriately etc. They are told to tell the DI's of any illness immediately. Plus your DI's do head to toe body checks everyday to make sure they are feeling okay. If your recruit coughs twice they are immediately sent to medical to be checked out. Then every night your SDI puts all those records in the computer and they are checked on everyday. If your recruit gets sick and the DI doesn't catch it he can get in ALOT of trouble.
That being said if your recruit is sick..well it happens. Remember if your recruit wrote home that he was sick he is most likely better now or getting better. If your recruit is hospitalized you will get a phone call so no news is good news. If he is sick enough that he misses his training then he will be bumped back and you will get a phone call.
So, if he wrote home he was sick but you didn't get a phone call be glad. He just got the norm and he is getting better. I tell my husband "Take care of your boys" everyday and he comes home exhausted from doing so.
I PROMISE they are being taken care of by hardworking dedicated marines who have been through the same thing. If I am wrong, you can tell me on Janurary 9th when they graduate. I will tell you this also, by the time they graduate, this awful flu that went around will be one of their favorite stories of Parris Island!
I know that we will get through this, read those letters save them and show them to your recruits on graduation when they tell you it wasn't as bad as they thought!
