stolen from djkangal

Leave one memory of you and me together.

It doesn't matter if I know you a little or a lot, anything you remember!

Next, post this in your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

Bad news turned good,,,kinda

My mom called yesterday to tell me that my brother Bill (OK, not biological or adopted, just my best friend in high school that they took in and treated like their son), a Chief Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, who has been stationed in Iraq on his fourth or fifth deployment, in charge of an Emergency Medical Evac Unit, was shot a few days ago.

*heart stops*

He is alive and will be fine.

*start heart beating again*

He will most likely need a total knee replacement. He is less than a year from his 20 year retirement so I doubt they will discharge him before he is to retire. If they do, it will be for a higher percentage than he would have gotten for his normal retirement.

The way this became good news, was only good for us. The day after Bill was shot, his Evac Unit's helicopter was shot down and all personnel were lost. So, basically, if he hadn't gotten shot in the leg, he would probably be dead now.

Sucks so much for those other sailors and Marines' families. Better for ours.

I told my mom that when she talks to Bill, to let him know that I am glad he got shot. LOL

She said she would reword it but let him know for me. It just makes me think of Forrest Gump's "Million Dollar Injury". Luckiest damn thing that ever happened to him.