Parris Island recruit health questions

[SrqSarah]

Have any of your RECENT recruits at MCRDPI developed severe respiratory problems that would not go away, other than PI Crud? Has anyone's recruit reported an asthma diagnosis, after 6-7 weeks on the Depot?

Thanks,
SRQSarah

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[irpat54]

when my Daughter went to PI She developed a respiratory problem and had to be dropped for a few weeks until they could clear it up, but they got a handle on it and She just submitted Her re-enlistment papers so they should get a handle on what is causing the problem for your recruit..

[SrqSarah]

Thanks for the response,irpat54. One of my two recruits was dropped into the female rehab platoon with a hip injury on 23 Oct. However, she also had PI crud off and on almost since she stepped on the yellow footprints 10 Sept. Well, while in FRP, the chect congestion has gotten worse. So this week, she's been given a pulmonary function test and failed it with a diagnosis of asthma, possibly allergy induced. We are dumbfounded, since she is a beast, and in her 1st life, was a personal trainer who developed some wicked cardio for her clients, ran everyday, and never had the first problem with wheezing chest tightness, and shortness of breath, until she got to PI. I read today about a lot of mold issues on the Depot, so that's why I asked. We wrote her and told her to get a 2nd opinion on both issues, as it is her right.

[SrqSarah]

Oh, BTW, I have a male recruit (my younger child)on the Island also; he had rifle quals today, and God willing, he graduates 14 Dec.

Sarah

[SgtJane08]

Amazing.

[irpat54]

it is amazing tho, it does seem to bother those more who go into training in top shape, maybe it is that they don't get the chance to build a resistance to it, because my Daughter was in great physical shape when she went in and came down with it.

[Old Marine]

If a very healthy person who is a stud/beast get sick at the Island, I do not know why it is the fault of the Island. Your girl is probably not the first stud/beast to come down with asthma while on the Island. Sorry to hear that she is sick, but the Navy has some great Doctors and they will deal with it. Who's to say that if she were still a civilian that she would not have gotten asthma. Good luck to your daughter.

[SrqSarah]

Guess it's because she grew up in a similar moist environment(SW FL) and worked out rigorously as her occupation, and never came down with these symptoms.Just bewildering is all. She is terrified that she will be sent home with a medical discharge.

[SGT7477]

If she grew up in same climate she should not have that problem got to be something else,Semper Fidelis.

[doc h fmf]

Do the medical staff know if there is mold build up anywhere in the buildings do they ever check out the buildings they should especially if the recruits have allergies then that is asking for big trouble so sarah if they didnt check out the buildings they should let me know how it goes

semper fi my sister

stephen doc hansen hm3 fmf

[SrqSarah]

With all due respect,SGT7477, we (my husband & I) AND even her SDI from her original platoon STILL don't think the diagnosis could possibly be right. That's what has us all baffled. But face it, the Island IS surrounded by swamp, and there could be organisms there she was never exposed to here in SW FL. The letter we got from her today said the doc who administered the pulmonary function tests at NHB gave her multiple chances and tested her for 2 hours, and pronounced the diagnosis as asthma. She's never had breathing problems, not ever. On top of a torn hip cartilage (picture this: female,115 lbs. running road guard w/60lb. pack...RRRRIP...this injury is not uncommon in females in USMC apparently). My poor kid is all kinds of broke. We wrote her today with as much encouragement as we could, and told her to request 2nd opinions. We haven't gotten any calls from the FRP Series Commander (yet) and to my knowledge she has not been assigned to PEB. Does anyone know if there's a chance she WON'T be discharged? She apparently thinks she will be. Maybe she'll be given time on the hip and the inhalation therapy that was prescribed and then be evaluated? Or do I need to calm down since it will take months for anything to happen anyway?

[SrqSarah]

Thanks, Doc...check out this article
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news...island-010312/

Sarah

[SrqSarah]

Well, my daughter has been discharged under ELS-COG. Guess that says it all. Her camos and boots have been taken away, her bus ticket requisitioned, and she'll be home soon.

The thing that saddens ME though, is although my daughter had the courage and integrity to volunteer for our Country, to stand on those yellow footprints, and to give it 200% until T31, her record will be purged and there will be no record of her OOHRAH attitude,grit and enthusiasm because some commander decided that ELS-COG applied. I know that asthma is an immediate disqualifier, but we/she never knew she had it. Now that particular discharge just "disappears" her as though she never tried, bled, criedand made a great impression on her superiors & the other recruits of the three platoons with whom she lived, just totally sucks.

One thing she will have, thanks to the miracle of email, are all the notes her Sr. DI from her training platoon sent me, with some wonderful comments, the last of which was "losing Rct....is the Marine Corps' loss".

She enlisted with her brother, and they planned to graduate together. But you know what they say about plans. Our son,God willing, graduates 14 December, and our daughter wrote that she is excited & proud about going back to the Island as a Marine Sister, since she can't go back as a Marine. Helluva kid, my daughter!

That's all I got,
Sarah

[Lisa 23]

SrqSarah, your daughter's DD214 should have a "Separation Code " and "Reentry Code". Do you happen to know what they are?

[SGT7477]

Well, my daughter has been discharged under ELS-COG. Guess that says it all. Her camos and boots have been taken away, her bus ticket requisitioned, and she'll be home soon.

The thing that saddens ME though, is although my daughter had the courage and integrity to volunteer for our Country, to stand on those yellow footprints, and to give it 200% until T31, her record will be purged and there will be no record of her OOHRAH attitude,grit and enthusiasm because some commander decided that ELS-COG applied. I know that asthma is an immediate disqualifier, but we/she never knew she had it. Now that particular discharge just "disappears" her as though she never tried, bled, criedand made a great impression on her superiors & the other recruits of the three platoons with whom she lived, just totally sucks.

One thing she will have, thanks to the miracle of email, are all the notes her Sr. DI from her training platoon sent me, with some wonderful comments, the last of which was "losing Rct....is the Marine Corps' loss".

She enlisted with her brother, and they planned to graduate together. But you know what they say about plans. Our son,God willing, graduates 14 December, and our daughter wrote that she is excited & proud about going back to the Island as a Marine Sister, since she can't go back as a Marine. Helluva kid, my daughter!

That's all I got,
Sarah

Well at least she tried, Good Luck,Semper Fidelis.