Ok, I got some news today. He is in Germany now. They got all of the schrapnel out of his face. One large chunk went streight through his nose. He will have to have reconstructive surgery on his face. His face, chest, shoulder, arm and leg all have 3rd degree burns. His hand was completely crushed. They are hoping that with a series of surgeries on his hand that he will be able to use it again. Apparently there is not one bone left in his hand that is intact. He is comming back to NY after all of the surgeries to rehabilitate. Then, GET THIS, he wants to go back to Iraq to war. The man is barely recognizeable and all he is thinking about is getting fixed up and going back out there. To top it all off his 21 year old step-sister just got informed that she is going over there to war! WOW! Again, thank you all for the prayers. He seems to be recovering. He just has to have the surgeries and heal. He isn't going to look the same, but looks certainly are not on his mind at this point.