Happy 4th all!
Not much has changed since the last posting. Well, ok. One thing changed. It's getting hotter. Today was up around 125. Don't anyone say, "But it's a dry heat". 125 is 125 no matter how you look at it! It'll suck the life right out of ya.
So, today, here in paradise, they had the usual 4th type of thing. Grilled food for the dining facility. Sounds good? If you like steaks that you can use as a baseplate for a mortar tube! When these people cook something, wow, they cook the hell out of it!! They had the usual Friday bazar also. Instead of going over to the Afghan side of the camp as usual, they held it on our side. Today they even brought over a mangy camel. You could ride it for a couple of Euros. Don't even ask, no I didn't go for a ride. But it was friendly enough. You always here that they are quite nasty. This one must be used to being around people. It just hung around.
Had my first interesting case this evening. There is a local that works as interpreter that had surgery on his leg about a week and a half ago. His legs were burned by a suicide bomb 3 yrs ago. The surgeon had to cut some of the scar tissue away so he could get his full range of motion back when it heals. The problem? If you don't follow up with your patient or give them antibiotics, they get infected and it starts to smell like this guy! So, the doc and hooked him up with cleaning his leg (looked realy juicy, red, yellow and tan), changed the dressing and blasted him with antibiotics. Now we have to see this guy every day for a while now. I'll take pictures of the wound tomorrow. Great stuff!
The Air Force should be arriving around the 12th to take over the TMC. Then the Col and I will be leaving Camp Stone, Herat for another exotic location north of here. Exotic in the sence that it's an even higher elevation, I'll be there when the snow starts and it drops to around 0 degrees. Ain't war fun?!?!?!?!
Other than that, there's not much going on here besides packing gear for the trip to the winterlands. I wonder if I should get a sled?
2 comments:
Happy 4th to you, too. Thanks to guys like you we can celebrate our freedom here in the good ole USA.
Sorry for the terrible heat you're experiencing. But, man, talk about going from one extreme to the other! I THINK I'd rather be cold. Not sure.
Hang tough while the clock keeps ticking down.
Belated happy 4th to you too.
Will you experience extreme cold as soon as you move or will that not happen until the winter? Don't know which is worse, heat or cold? Hope you don't have to go from one extreme to the other.
Keep the blogs coming while you can. It's always interesting to know what's going on in your part of the world.
As always, looking forward to your return.
Stay safe.
Betty & Paul
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