I also ask visitors to this page to visit Nicki's official BMT support page and post your message of encouragement to her. These messages will be sent directly to Nicki everyday, and it will encourage her to see this through even though it'll take longer than expected for her to graduate. Please visit this page and add your voice of support to the others that are already there!

This page was last updated 21 April 2004

Date of Email � 21 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

Date of Email � 18 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

To all,

Yesterday Nicki again got to make a call home, and it turns out that she has been re-evaluated early. She's been off the crutches and sedatives for a few days, and is now allowed to exercise at her own pace. They've extended her waiver until May 1st, at which point I expect that they'll test her again and put her back into training.

She also says that this week has been pretty rough on her, so it would help greatly if we all add extra words and letters of encouragement for the next couple of weeks, as she's a little down over the fact that this past Friday was her original graduation date.

She expects to be able to make another mid-week call, which should happen either Tuesday or Wednesday.

That's all for now. Out.

Date of Email � 14 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

To all,

Today I have received two tidbits of information on Nicki. First off, I received a letter today from Nicki dated 4/10, and it's pretty chatty, no new real information or updates on her condition. She reports that she was 'Latrine Queen' for a day and a half last week, but she says that she sucks giving orders, especially to others who have a bad attitude to begin with.

On that note, she reports that her flight is retarded beyond belife. During evening briefing question session, the girls were asking the dumbest thing. I.E. "Do we need to use toilet paper all the time?" They also searched everyone's security drawer on Friday to look for the missing wallet. No report on whether they found it or not. Drill and marching are a pain for her having to use the crutches, and she made the mistake of calling a a male TI a "ma'am". Fortunately, because she was disciplined enough to keep her military bearing solid and correct herself, she didn't get chewed out or a '341', whatever that means. She reports that only two trainees failed the inspection last week, and she was NOT one of them.

For a patio break (free time for those of you not in the know) she got to have some ice cream, her favorite 'snowballs' candy, cheezits, and some minute maid juice. She also has a tupperware thing filling quickly up with just letters and stuff that she's received.

She also got some therapy recently, some neck and back massaging. The neck thing didn't hurt, but she said her back was in pretty good pain through it all, but is fine now.

Last bit on this, she is saying that she's having a hard time now, she recently had a nightmare where my brother and myself were killed, and she was crying most of Sunday morning.

The second part of the update was a three-line email that I received from Nicki's mother, basically saying that she's still having the headaches when she called last night.

That's all for now. Out.

Date of Email � 10 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

To all,

Nicki again got the chance to call this morning. She reports that this monday's inspections went well, but she hasn't had much time to read our mail. Her free time this week has also been almost completely wiped out because an airman's wallet turned up missing, and so her whole flight is being punished, and it was why she could only call for seven minutes today.

She also says that the medics have just diagnosed her with severe headaches, not migraines. They've given her some meds and told her to come back it the blind spots return with a passion. She also says that she's going to tough out the headaches as best as she can. Tomorrow she says that she'll get a couple of hours of free time, and she'll try to catch up on our letters.

That's all for now. Out.

Date of Email � 7 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

To all,

We've again received another letter dated Sunday the 4th. Nicki tells me that she's been having her migraine/blind spot attacks again since the end of Week 2. She's been gutting it out with those, but she was supposed to see the medics about it on Monday. We haven't heard from her about that, so we're assuming all is well with that. Anyone who would like to send her a card about this, like me, I think she would appreciate them.

She also tells me that she's been attending Protestant serivces on Sundays, in case anyone was wondering if she's been attending church while there.� She also says that something kinda funny happened to her. She was standing in formation one day and she heard the splatter of water on a sunny day out in the middle of the field that they were standing in. She looked down at her boot, and it turns out a sea gull 'spotted' her boot, after she spent all morning shining the thing. a TI asked her what was wrong, and she bluntly responded "Sir, a bird pooped on me." The TI laughed and moved on.

She also reports that she'll be allowed a mid-week call home, which she was hoping to make today, but it doesn't appear that it happened. I'm hoping that she'll get the opportunity to call home tomorrow so that we can all get an update on the migraine situation at least.

That's all for now. Out.

Chris F.

Date of Email � 6 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

To all,

Today I received two more letters from Nicki, amazingly dated only 4/2 and 4/3. Nicki says that her spirits are very high considering her situation. She also reports that a new trainee tried commiting suicide, unfortunately, to get out sooner. On the plus side, she's been the calming voice of reason for several trainees that are in the medical flight that are freaking out about never being able to go home, or getting back to training, etc, and she's had success in convincing two of them to stick it out with her.

This past monday (4/5) she had an inspection for her new MTI. This past weekend, she had to get her PLA (Personal Living Area), wall locker, clothing and security drawer absolutely perfect for inspection. If her flight passes, they'll get extra patio time this coming weekend and possibly even base liberty, meaning that she'd have the ability to wander around the base. on Friday the 2nd, she reports that she had everything done as she was just so full of energy while everyone else was in lazy mode. She also says that it's a lot more relaxed in the medical flight versus her regular training flight. In case anyone's wondering, she's also been assigned to the latrine crew.

She also reports that she's now down to 103.5 pounds, and that she was gonna set up a medical consult for the 5th as well to see if she should get a waiver so that she can spend more time in the chow hall and get her weight back up. For comparison, Nicki left weighing 113 pounds.

That's all for now. In case anyone is curious or thinking about sending her items, she's not allowed to receive any food or candy or anything of that nature. She can still receive pictures as long as they are appropriate. Also, in case anyone else didn't get it, her current mailing address is:

(Address omitted due to security concerns on this entry only)

We should consider this address valid until at least 4/16, as that is the date that she's going to be medically re-evaluated. If you all don't have time to write her a letter, it's easier for her to read cards, for as strange and crazy as it sounds, they take less time to read and many times can convey the same message.

That's all for now. Out.

Chris F.

Date of Email � 3 April 2004 Sent by Rogue

Greetings all,

We've once again received a call from Nicki today. Nicki is doing well, and is adjusting to things in her medical flight. There is some clarification on what exactly is going on with Nicki's pulled muscle, she's not allowed, by doctor's orders, to do sit-ups or push-ups. She's also lost a lot or weight, for her at least, as she's now down to 103 pounds. She'll go see a doctor again on Monday to see if she can get a waiver so that she can go to the mess hall earlier and stay later so that she can eat more and get her weight back up. She's also got inspections all next week for a new T.I. for her flight. If her flight does extremely well, she'll be looking at getting about an hour of free time next Saturday, my birthday, with phone priviledges as well. She also says that she'll get a couple of hours this weekend, I believe, to write letters, so she'll try to get caught up on all of us as much as she can.

Chris.