It’s always tough news to hear when a friend’s child is injured in combat. Ron Worrel’s 22-year-old son Travis is Combat Medic with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, 1-41 Infantry Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Ron reports Travis was severely injured when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to him during a dismounted patrol in a village, near Kabul, Afghanistan. Travis was then airlifted via helicopter to FOB Shank for initial treatment, and then sent to a hospital in Germany for surgery.
“He is stable, did not lose any limbs or (his) eyesight,” writes Ron through Facebook.
Travis was flown to Walter Reed Medical Center, where he’s undergone surgery to remove shrapnel from near his spinal cord. Doctors say there was no fluid leakage and that he remains in stable condition, though still on a ventilator.
Ron is currently In Bethesda, Maryland at Travis’ bedside. Prayers are needed for both the family and for the wounded soldier.
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