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Adam Watkins' Condition Improving

May-28-2007 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

The following provides an update on the condition of a Stryker soldier injured last week.

By Grant Hall, The Morning News

FAYETTEVILLE--It seems like just the other day that Adam Watkins was playing games with my son Scott, two houses down from us on Stagecoach Drive, or going to see "Jurassic Park" with our families.

Adam's older sister, Liz, was best friends with my daughter, Joanna, and still is.

Last Monday, Pfc. Adam Watkins, 21, just three weeks into his tour of duty in Iraq, was severely injured when the Stryker Armored Vehicle he was driving ran over an improvised explosive device.

The positive news today is that Adam's condition has been upgraded from critical to guarded but stable. His parents, Phil and Susan Watkins, are with him at Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, as is Liz.

"He opened one of his eyes today, and they pulled out his air tube so he can breathe on his own," said Liz, whose work as a quality assurance manager for food safety for Wal-Mart had taken her temporarily to San Antonio by happy coincidence.

Adam sustained burns on 36 percent of his body and suffered compound fractures of both legs. The burns are third-degree, except for second-degree burns on his face. He will remain in an ICU unit for two to three months.

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