I was asked many times yesterday to post an update about my great nephew Chris who was seriously wounded in Afghanistan the day before yesterday, so that is why I am posting this diary. Thank you all so very much for all the prayers and good wishes for Chris. He is now in Germany at Landstuhl. He is awake and alert which is fantastic news. He has several broken bones and other serious injuries but he is getting the best medical care possible. It will be a long recovery but as his first cousin says " my cousin is brave, he is strong, and he is tough."
This is especially remarkable because two other soldiers and two children were killed in the same attack as shown here:
However, I find it amazing that I had to turn to Australian news sources to find out about this -- I was able to find out about the town and then googled it. The MSM does not want us to know here how bad things are over there. Even the article in Chris's hometown paper simply said he was wounded and mentioned the other military casualties almost as an afterthought, and didn't mention the civilians who were killed and wounded at all. The Military Industrial Complex has a vested interest in maintaining this horrible war and they don't want us all to start to get lily livered on them about a few dead children.
That being said, I also want to say that I am so very grateful for all the support I received here yesterday when we did not know how serious Chris's injuries were and had been told he was on life support. I truly believe that all the prayers and good vibrations sent his way turned his situation from very critical/comatose to "awake and alert". Thank you all so very much. I love the DKos community and all the Kossacks who helped us when we needed it.
Tonight, it is time to pray for those four who lost their lives and for all the others over there to come home safely and soon.