Major Joshua Mast
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Yeah, I think they said six weeks to two months, like somewhere in there.
Yeah, I think they said six weeks to two months, like somewhere in there.
She was very undernourished at the time, and so they stabilized her, and like I said, they moved her to the main theater hospital, and she stayed there for five months.
She was very undernourished at the time, and so they stabilized her, and like I said, they moved her to the main theater hospital, and she stayed there for five months.
She was very undernourished at the time, and so they stabilized her, and like I said, they moved her to the main theater hospital, and she stayed there for five months.
That was what we didn't know at the time and we had found from the hospital when I reached out and asked, like, hey, what do we know about the injuries for this child? Because we were trying to build a picture for a commander to decide, like, what are the risks for her?
That was what we didn't know at the time and we had found from the hospital when I reached out and asked, like, hey, what do we know about the injuries for this child? Because we were trying to build a picture for a commander to decide, like, what are the risks for her?
That was what we didn't know at the time and we had found from the hospital when I reached out and asked, like, hey, what do we know about the injuries for this child? Because we were trying to build a picture for a commander to decide, like, what are the risks for her?
And so, you know, obviously with a fractured skull, you know, your TBI injuries and was there any software damage in there and will that impact her development? And then with her leg... it still impacts her walk. And so the question was, as she develops, how will that, does it hurt the growth plate? Will she be able to walk normally? Would surgery help with that?
And so, you know, obviously with a fractured skull, you know, your TBI injuries and was there any software damage in there and will that impact her development? And then with her leg... it still impacts her walk. And so the question was, as she develops, how will that, does it hurt the growth plate? Will she be able to walk normally? Would surgery help with that?
And so, you know, obviously with a fractured skull, you know, your TBI injuries and was there any software damage in there and will that impact her development? And then with her leg... it still impacts her walk. And so the question was, as she develops, how will that, does it hurt the growth plate? Will she be able to walk normally? Would surgery help with that?
Those are kind of the concerns that we were worried about. And then also just cosmetically trying to make sure that that got reshaped while her skull was still soft enough to mold it. Those were some of the things that the questions we were asking both professionally and then as we got to be like the person on the seat who had to volunteer to get a visa to the U.S. for her.
Those are kind of the concerns that we were worried about. And then also just cosmetically trying to make sure that that got reshaped while her skull was still soft enough to mold it. Those were some of the things that the questions we were asking both professionally and then as we got to be like the person on the seat who had to volunteer to get a visa to the U.S. for her.
Those are kind of the concerns that we were worried about. And then also just cosmetically trying to make sure that that got reshaped while her skull was still soft enough to mold it. Those were some of the things that the questions we were asking both professionally and then as we got to be like the person on the seat who had to volunteer to get a visa to the U.S. for her.
Those are the questions that we are arranging medical care in the U.S. for, like specifically to evaluate and treat those concerns. I mean, how is she now? She's five and a half now. Did any of those blast injuries stun? So fortunately, it looks like her brain is fine. That was our biggest concern. We had...
Those are the questions that we are arranging medical care in the U.S. for, like specifically to evaluate and treat those concerns. I mean, how is she now? She's five and a half now. Did any of those blast injuries stun? So fortunately, it looks like her brain is fine. That was our biggest concern. We had...
Those are the questions that we are arranging medical care in the U.S. for, like specifically to evaluate and treat those concerns. I mean, how is she now? She's five and a half now. Did any of those blast injuries stun? So fortunately, it looks like her brain is fine. That was our biggest concern. We had...
um we'll get into this a little bit later but when she was in you know when she was outside of u.s protection there were reports that she was shaking her her eyes were twitching she was shaking and um we were very concerned that those were seizures uh sounded like that's what it was describing She's been hospitalized several times in the U.S.
um we'll get into this a little bit later but when she was in you know when she was outside of u.s protection there were reports that she was shaking her her eyes were twitching she was shaking and um we were very concerned that those were seizures uh sounded like that's what it was describing She's been hospitalized several times in the U.S.
um we'll get into this a little bit later but when she was in you know when she was outside of u.s protection there were reports that she was shaking her her eyes were twitching she was shaking and um we were very concerned that those were seizures uh sounded like that's what it was describing She's been hospitalized several times in the U.S.