I had another blog post I was working on, but am putting that on the back burner for right now so I can get this information out.

I'm just now catching up on my favorite online comic, Air Force Blues, and I happened across information regarding Air Force Airman Colton Read and how something very tragic had happened to him during what should have been a routine surgery.

21 year old Airman Colton Read went in to have surgery on his gallbladder, a fairly common operation; and now because of an Air Force doctor's mistake Airman Read has now lost the use of both of his legs! The Air Force doctor nicked Read’s aortic artery during the operation, shutting off blood flow to his legs. Because of this mistake, Colton has had his left leg amputated to the knee and his right leg to the thigh.

Now, due to someone elses error, Colton's dream of an Air Force career is ending and because of a lot of  bad policy & bureaucratic red tape, Colton and his wife Jessica, are looking at having to survive on a $1600 a month, medical pension. This is wrong and the Air Force & our government needs to do more to support him and his wife Jessica.

Colton is now at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX and is undergoing physical therapy. While Colton is now on the road to recovery, he and has family needs your support more than ever. Please visit their website, http://www.coltonread.com and then contact your congressmen and senators and let them know that he needs their support and that an investigation needs to take place to prevent further incidents like this from happening again to our other service members and their families.

If you've read the 'About Me' section of my blog, you know that I can imagine,  if even for a small part of what Colton must be feeling. While I still have my legs, having your dreams of an Air Force career yanked out from under you can be pretty traumatic; especially with it being someone elses fault!

I can only imagine what his parents must be feeling at this time. As a parent of two children, who are looking at Air Force/Miltary careers, the thoughts of something like this happening to my kids makes me want to have them rethink their career plans.

Jessica & Colton, if you're reading this, know that you'll be in my family's thoughts and prayers and I'll do whatever I can to get your story out there! Stay Strong!