Thursday, 4 May 2006
Friends,
I am at the cybercafe in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany, the medical facility where US military personnel are transitioned when medevac-ed from “down-range”. I am able for the first time, in what feels like an eternity to pass on some details.
My son Alex and his recon team where in a Humvee at 21:30 on Monday May 1 on a patrol mission when and IED exploded into a fireball. He and two other team members were caught in the vehicle. They were eventually rescued and treated at field emergency medical facilities in Iraq until they reached LRMC on Wednesday at 8:30 am.
I was in Cairo on Tuesday afternoon when I heard the news. I was able to catch the first Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and I arrived here not too long after him.
His injuries and those of his team members are all very serious second and third degree burns over 60% of the body. The LRMC medical staff here have worked miracles and have been able to stabilize them enough to allow them to be taken to San Antonio to the Brooke Army Medical Center, (BAMC) the premier military burn center. A specialized burn team of some 15 people was immediately flown from San Antonio on a specially equipped aircraft. They arrived here Wednesday afternoon and they treated all three patients plus another marine that just arrived today Thursday from another “incident” in Iraq, also with burn injuries. All four are being prepped to be flown tomorrow Friday on the flying ICU to BAMC. I will be going along.
Alex’s wife and his mother and other family members will meet us in San Antonio where we will get settled for the long run to be with him.
Alex and his team members are in stable but critical condition. The next few weeks will continue to be very critical due to the possibility of medical complications including infections. Upon arrival to BAMC they will proceed to operate on them to graft skin from other parts of their body and will continue to do so until the skin is regenerated. This is a very long process. Once we make it through the critical period the recovery will also take a very long time.
I want to thank all of you who have been helping us through this and have sent your best wishes. Wanted to provide some information to those that have asked, and wanted notify those who had not yet received the news.
I don’t know when I’ll get the next chance to answer emails or send another update but I will try at some point.
-fulvio
I am at the cybercafe in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany, the medical facility where US military personnel are transitioned when medevac-ed from “down-range”. I am able for the first time, in what feels like an eternity to pass on some details.
My son Alex and his recon team where in a Humvee at 21:30 on Monday May 1 on a patrol mission when and IED exploded into a fireball. He and two other team members were caught in the vehicle. They were eventually rescued and treated at field emergency medical facilities in Iraq until they reached LRMC on Wednesday at 8:30 am.
I was in Cairo on Tuesday afternoon when I heard the news. I was able to catch the first Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and I arrived here not too long after him.
His injuries and those of his team members are all very serious second and third degree burns over 60% of the body. The LRMC medical staff here have worked miracles and have been able to stabilize them enough to allow them to be taken to San Antonio to the Brooke Army Medical Center, (BAMC) the premier military burn center. A specialized burn team of some 15 people was immediately flown from San Antonio on a specially equipped aircraft. They arrived here Wednesday afternoon and they treated all three patients plus another marine that just arrived today Thursday from another “incident” in Iraq, also with burn injuries. All four are being prepped to be flown tomorrow Friday on the flying ICU to BAMC. I will be going along.
Alex’s wife and his mother and other family members will meet us in San Antonio where we will get settled for the long run to be with him.
Alex and his team members are in stable but critical condition. The next few weeks will continue to be very critical due to the possibility of medical complications including infections. Upon arrival to BAMC they will proceed to operate on them to graft skin from other parts of their body and will continue to do so until the skin is regenerated. This is a very long process. Once we make it through the critical period the recovery will also take a very long time.
I want to thank all of you who have been helping us through this and have sent your best wishes. Wanted to provide some information to those that have asked, and wanted notify those who had not yet received the news.
I don’t know when I’ll get the next chance to answer emails or send another update but I will try at some point.
-fulvio
posted by fulvio at 09:57
5 Comments:
Please accept our heartfelt and sincere condolences on the loss of your beloved Alex. He is now at rest among the other American HEROES at Arlington National Cemetery.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Michael Patterson
Webmaster, Arlington National Cemetery Website
I weep for all of you and the loss of your dear Alex.
Looking at your pictures, I can hardly see through the tears.
Praying for all of you ----
Sincerely,
Joan Dean
Estimado Fulvio. Acabamos de enterarnos de esta lamentable noticia. Pedimos a Dios que los bendiga y los ilumine en estos momentos dificiles. Esperamos que en un futuro cercano tengamos noticias tuyas y de tu esposa.
Tus amigos Ximena, Monica y Oldemar Tello. (oldemar_us@hotmail.com)
A Marine's Marine!
Semper Fi Sergeant Carbonaro!!
Thank you for giving all in my stead.
I weep today for your Alex like if I was doing it for my own Alex,He finish his marine duty last month after serving Afganistan last year and Irak tour this year can't say how lucky we are that he's back. You are in our thoughts and prayers,God bless
Nelson obregon,Wellington fl.
October 11,2006.
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