Jamie Green Keller 3357301 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We arrived at ft stewart end of July 2015 not even a month later our 3yr old was hospitalized for her breathing (oxygen level at 88-89)after the 3rd day a Dr came in and said we over reacted it was a cold (umm ok) since we have been here she has been to the ER 14 times hospitalized in Nov 2016 four 4 days and then again in September 2017 this time she was rushed by ambulance and sent to Savannah and put in ICU for 24hrs she had to be given magnesium because her muscles were so over worked trying to breath. Next step would be intubated she was then moved to the children&#39;s ward for 3 days. All of this has been because of breathing issues. After her last stay and being on steroids 11 times and antibiotics 8 not to mentions constant breathing treatments, steroid inhaler, rescue inhalers (we were using her rescue inhaler so much tricare wanted to start charging us). She was finally put on ADVAIR 2 puffs twice aday (still needs her rescue inhaler every day). We finally turned in compassionate reassignment paper Oct 5 2017 HRC received it Nov. 13 we never heard anything countless times my husband would ask his S1 I would call begging for answers finally end of January someone at HRC was willing to talk to me they said they didn&#39;t have this or that saying she was only hospitalized once back in Aug. Of 2015 but we gave S1 everything I even got her prescriptions printed out highlighted what was steroids what was antibiotics everything. Mind you she was on steroids so much it messed up her stomach she takes meds meant for people with ulcers. This has been nothing but a battle. We even explained when we got to Wa state to visit every summer for 2m she never needs her inhaler she is a normal kid running around playing swimming and as soon as we got back here she has breathing problems. When we got back Aug 2 of 2017 she was put on steroids twice within 3wks of eachother that&#39;s when she was sent to ICU in Savannah put on steroids there then continued steroids when we got home. I just want answers on to why it is taken so long. Has anyone else gone through this????? 2018-02-15T13:27:12-05:00 Jamie Green Keller 3357301

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We arrived at ft stewart end of July 2015 not even a month later our 3yr old was hospitalized for her breathing (oxygen level at 88-89)after the 3rd day a Dr came in and said we over reacted it was a cold (umm ok) since we have been here she has been to the ER 14 times hospitalized in Nov 2016 four 4 days and then again in September 2017 this time she was rushed by ambulance and sent to Savannah and put in ICU for 24hrs she had to be given magnesium because her muscles were so over worked trying to breath. Next step would be intubated she was then moved to the children&#39;s ward for 3 days. All of this has been because of breathing issues. After her last stay and being on steroids 11 times and antibiotics 8 not to mentions constant breathing treatments, steroid inhaler, rescue inhalers (we were using her rescue inhaler so much tricare wanted to start charging us). She was finally put on ADVAIR 2 puffs twice aday (still needs her rescue inhaler every day). We finally turned in compassionate reassignment paper Oct 5 2017 HRC received it Nov. 13 we never heard anything countless times my husband would ask his S1 I would call begging for answers finally end of January someone at HRC was willing to talk to me they said they didn&#39;t have this or that saying she was only hospitalized once back in Aug. Of 2015 but we gave S1 everything I even got her prescriptions printed out highlighted what was steroids what was antibiotics everything. Mind you she was on steroids so much it messed up her stomach she takes meds meant for people with ulcers. This has been nothing but a battle. We even explained when we got to Wa state to visit every summer for 2m she never needs her inhaler she is a normal kid running around playing swimming and as soon as we got back here she has breathing problems. When we got back Aug 2 of 2017 she was put on steroids twice within 3wks of eachother that&#39;s when she was sent to ICU in Savannah put on steroids there then continued steroids when we got home. I just want answers on to why it is taken so long. Has anyone else gone through this?????

2018-02-15T13:27:12-05:00 2018-02-15T13:27:12-05:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 3357580

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sounds like s1 lost paperwork or someone in the chain doesn’t really care. I would keep submitting your paperwork until finally someone listens. Keep and make copies of everything. I would also try to have your husband sit down with his chain of command and show how serious this issue is..it might help if everyone has a clear idea of what’s going on.

2018-02-15T14:51:47-05:00 2018-02-15T14:51:47-05:00 MAJ Bill Maynard 3357607

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My advice, if you cannot wait any longer, is to call your US Senator or Representative&#39;s office. I don&#39;t know the protocol for approving compassionate reassignments, but I do know that the Chain of Command will act quickly if/when a member of Congress is involved. You should also meet with your post / unit Chaplain. They can advocate for you.

2018-02-15T15:02:02-05:00 2018-02-15T15:02:02-05:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 3357648

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In all reality-- it has only been 3 months since the paperwork was received-- assuming it was all received. Usually (at least in the Navy) Sailors are recommended to start negotiating orders 9 mos out and are supposed to have orders in hand 6 months before a transfer, and having to re-submit paperwork is not altogether uncommon. As much as it feels like a lifetime for you, 3 months really isn&#39;t that long. You also have to consider that the Army has to find a billet in the desired location for your husband and has to find a replacement for him in his current billet. It is a process that takes time. I understand you are frustrated, but as much as your family and your situation is YOUR priority, the people at HRC have a whole Army to worry about. <br /><br />What I would recommend-- if you believe your daughter is being damaged by the current environment and will do better in WA-- take her to WA on your own and let your husband follow when the orders get through. Not what you want to hear, I&#39;m sure. I&#39;m also assuming (since you mentioned a 2 month visit to WA) that you have family/ friends there who could provide somewhere to live until he is able to follow or until you can find and set up your own place there. You will likely have to front the cost of the move until the orders come through with funding for the move, but that is a small price to pay when the health of a child is on the line.

2018-02-15T15:13:38-05:00 2018-02-15T15:13:38-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3357721

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>S1 didn&#39;t lose your paperwork, and the person talking about waiting 9 months for orders is not applicable to this situation.<br />Compassionate reassignments are processed fairly quickly when HRC has all the relevant information. From what you&#39;re saying, they have a little bit of documentation saying she has allergies and you want to go to WA.<br />What they need is a very clear medical recommendation from her doctor stating the problems that she has and that the best course of action is relocation. In addition, she should be seeing a specialist and enrolled in EFMP. <br />Once you&#39;ve got all that, the process is a few weeks and you&#39;ll be on orders and able to leave almost immediately.

2018-02-15T15:36:14-05:00 2018-02-15T15:36:14-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3357774

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It depends. <br /><br />In 2014, when my daughter was six weeks old, we found out she has congenital nephrotic syndrome. It&#39;s rare. Both parents have to have the gene to pass it on. I had never heard of it. She was in the hospital three weeks that first time. We came home (I was then married to her dad, we are divorced now) for three weeks and she got sent back. Ended up there for a month. I submitted a compassionate reassignment on suggestion of her PCM after we got back the beginning of November. By right before Thanksgiving (like the day before) I got an email from the BDE CSM that it was approved. So mine only took three weeks. I guess our S1 was better...I don&#39;t know. I got orders to report to my currrent assignment by Jan 2015. <br /><br />If you say he gave S1 everything and HRC says they are missing documentation then something got lost between S1 and HRC. <br /><br />If S1 isn&#39;t doing their job he needs to push it up the chain. I don&#39;t know what else it is. I submitted my packet to S1 probably around Nov 8th and not even joking it was right before Thanksgiving break that I got the email from CSM and S1 that it was approved. Sounds like either S1 is dropping the ball or someone at HRC is dropping the ball. Push it to higher - company cdr and if nothing bn commander and so on.<br /><br />Edit: I had her enrolled in EFMP before I filed the compassioante. After her first hospital stay as soon as I got back I went to EFMP. I also had letters from her PCM at Ft Riley and her doctosr that diagnosed her at the Children&#39;s Hospital. Everything that&#39;s listed in the reg about compassionate reassignment you have to make sure you do it.

2018-02-15T15:48:27-05:00 2018-02-15T15:48:27-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 3357856

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>RESPONSE TO COMPASSIONATE ACTION REQUESTS<br /><br />DA HRC will respond to compassionate requests via EDAS vice electronic message. Processing of compassionate requests is normally completed within 7-21 days. Soldiers should check with their S-1 for status of request.<br /><br />^ That&#39;s from the HRC website.<br /><br />AR 614-200, Chapter 5, Section III, 5-9 through 5-17 cover compassionate reassignments and EFMP. Your husband should be able to pull it up on apd with his CAC. I was going to C&amp;P it but there was a lot of info there.

2018-02-15T16:11:18-05:00 2018-02-15T16:11:18-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3449621

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The bottomline is that it should not have taken this long to get a response. You should have gotten a yes or no by now. <br /><br />Did you get HRC all the information they were missing? You mentioned that in October you talked to HRC and they were missing paperwork. <br /><br />If you have properly filled out all the paperwork and her EFMP is current you should have gotten a response of some type. If you haven&#39;t then yes I would take the congressional step. <br /><br />As I stated, I did get approved a compassionate reassignment. I got an approval within 3 weeks. I made sure I had every form the regulation listed. I even got a chaplain to write a letter stating that it would be beneficial and I barely knew our chaplain. I was told that it would help from the human aspect of it. There were the letters from her PCM and the specialists who had already seen her twice by that point. I made sure everything was filled out to the &quot;t.&quot;

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