We have recently been given orders to move to Japan. We're so excited for this opportunity and have been pushing to get all we need to done. I had been cleared for travel along with Sheyden and Graison and everything was going great. We just had one step left to do in our wait and that was hearing from Kadena and talking to housing about when we needed to get movers to come.
That is until we found out that I actually wasn't clear for travel. Turns out that because of our situation, being pregnant and having to fly so late in the pregnancy, that Kaden won't clear me. So now what we have to do is file an appeal for our case, which is very unique. Normally they don't even give orders for those so late into their pregnancy but the people that handle the orders wouldn't know how far along I am. The lady we have been working with told us that she had never seen something as unique as our situation and the fact that they are willing to do as much as they can to work with the situation with us and get us over there is a one of a kind thing. You rarely see it happen.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US is that we have to do as much as we can to appeal our case and change Sheydens "report no later date". What that is, is the date Sheyden has to report to work which is Dec. 10th. WHAT Kadena wants is for us to be able to stay until we have the baby and the baby is cleared for travel. In order for this to happen we have to change Sheyden's RNLT date.
BY DOING THIS it can change a lot of things. It's very hard for a person of Sheydens rank to get an appointment with his commander. The reasons we need to get into see him/her is that we need a letter from him to Sheydens future commander in Kadena stating why we need to change the date Sheyden has to report to work by. We could appeal without one but it would be better for us to appeal with one.
ONTOP OF ALL THAT we have to get an appeal letter from my OB stating that the pregnancy has been going great and the baby is growing healthy and his anticipation of how he expects the delivery will go and all that jazz. The perk to that is I have a new ulyrasound appointment on Monday that will allow for my doctor to really know how the baby is doing. Our due date is Dec. 6th however I truly feel like I will not be having the baby that date. I get my shots all the way until 35/36 weeks, which puts me at Nov. 1st or 8th for my last one. I've been studying up on other womens experiences with labor after they're shots and the majority of them stopped at 35/36 weeks with their shots and had their babies by 37 weeks. Which before I started studying on it, I felt that's when I would be having the baby anyways which would be around November 15th.
SO ITS A POSSIBILITY that we will lose our assignment or keep it with a later report date for after the baby has arrived. For right now, we will be in that appeal process and kind of hung up high and dry until we know more about it. I wanted to keep friends and family in the loop so they know what is happening with us. We really don't want to lose our assignment so we are trying as hard as we can to keep it. However, if we lose it, our family will be able to see the new baby a lot more than they would've with us gone.
So here's to wishful thinking and praying we can keep this amazing opportunity but doing so in a way that we can go together as a family and safely.
No comments:
Post a Comment