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CRNA Journal Entry 14 April 2011 - FOB Salerno, Afghanistan

21:00 hrs. 14 April 2011. Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan.

I haven't written in ten days. I keep hoping that I would be able to write something positive that was not related to a bombing, shooting, death or dying. I am still waiting.

So much has happened since my last update that it is difficult to keep the events in order. There have been so many IED blasts and shootings and wounded Afghans and civilians that it has almost become a blur. I have realized that I am beginning to steel myself emotionally. I still have empathy for my patients and give 110% in caring for them but have become more emotionally reserved.

CRNA Journal Entry 03 April 2011 - FOB Salerno, Afghanistan

Sunday 03 April 2011. Forward Operation Base Salerno, Afghanistan 325th Combat Support Hospital.

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CRNA Journal Entry 02 April 2011 - FOB Salerno, Afghanistan

Saturdays are beginning to be routinely busy. Fridays are always quiet as that, I am told, is the local day of prayer. I am guessing that Saturdays are the bad guys "make-up" days for the quiet Fridays. Or perhaps the Imams are inciting them during Friday's prayers. At any rate Saturdays are always busy.

CRNA Journal Entry, March 29 2011-Salerno,Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 8:06 AM

Yesterday was another busy day. It began at 03:30 with a "Liberty Black" (4 or more patients). You may have heard about this one in the States.There was an attack at one of the contractor bases. There were no American troops. This was a base for contractors who were doing road construction. They shot the guard and then ran a dump truck full of explosives onto the base and detonated it. The last count we heard was 26 killed and 47 injured.