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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Honey, I'm home..

OK, not home, home, (56 days, but who's counting?) but back to KAF. Had a little field trip to the East to cover at Camp Leatherneck for a couple of days. It's a wee bit complicated. Eric, who I went through training in Ft. Worth, works in Kuwait, is on R and R. Bill, who is now the PA at Leatherneck went to cover in Kuwait. His wife was going to join him as a mini-vacation, but couldn't get the time off. So Dennis went to cover at LNK. He needed to come to KAF for a couple of days, so I went from KAF to LNK. I flew on what's called "Dyn-air," which is a DASH-7 turboprop airplane. On the way out you do the "milk run'" which goes from here to a bunch of fobs and, 6 hours later, you have completed your trip that usually takes 1 hour. The plane leaves LNK and flies directly to KAF, on the return, so I had that to look forward to on the way back. But nooooo, not this homeboy. There were a bunch of VIPs on this flight, so they reversed the order. They flew KAF to LNK and then, reversed the order so, the milk run on the way back. So 6 hours out and 6 hours back. 12 hours to do a 2 hour flight. And no frequent flyer miles. Also, when we are on the tarmac, we have to wear our helmets and flak jackets. In the heat. Now, no one else is wearing theirs. But it's a rule, and following rules is what we do.
While I was there I had two patients who completely baffled me. So I sent one to London and one to the British hospital. Neither of them has a diagnosis yet. And neither of them is wearing a helmet and flak jacket. It's only 6 hours to London from there. Unless you got to Greece, Italy, Japan and Finland first. That would be my luck...

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