SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
July 12, 2024
Hello Members and Friends of the Association,
For those of you who know Harry Whidden, he was in A Co in north Florida and participated in dive operations in support of the FLNG Counterdrug Program.
Whidden’s wife, Jane recently underwent knee replacement surgery, but had a negative reaction to anesthesia. He wrote this about her recovery on Thursday:
Jane had a good day for day 18
Speech came in and scoped her vocal cords with a mini camera through her nose and down, while she made a lot of different sounds
They said she did really good
She still has some issues there, but they think it will recover with more speech therapy
Her ability to swallow and protect her airway was good
She will get soft foods tonight with a one on one nurse
She can drink well with a straw
If tonight’s feeding, and tomorrow's breakfast goes well, they are talking removing the NG tube
The NG tube was a hold-up to move her to in-house rehab
A normal knee replacement does not quality for in-house rehab, but her unique circumstances do qualify her
She will get her regular meds in capsule form with apple sauce or pudding
PT came by and did her exercises while I was out with the dogs
Her med floor Dr came in this morning and told her about the test they were going to run
He explained they didn’t have a set time
Her response, clear enough to understand, and loud enough for him to understand,
“Well, I’m not going anywhere!”
He laughed at that
She has gotten used to mouthing the words, now speech wants her to try and forcefully say the word
It’s still low, but she is working
HB
Against all enemies, foreign and domestic
We wish Jane a continued successful recovery.
Joe Pruett on behalf of
Ed Pijuan
President
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