Daniel Anglin’s Testimony
I, Daniel Chase Anglin, entered the Air Force February 12, 2019. I entered survival training 1 week prior to graduating basic training. The week after graduating boot camp, (2 weeks after survival training), while in the dorm I began to get sick. I had a sore throat, congested and developed a rash all over my body. I went everyday for a week or more seeking medical treatment. I was prescribed antibiotics and an antihistamine. Nothing helped I was getting worst. I was not able to sleep for several days and on April 30 at 0200 hour I noticed my face was swelling. I went to the medic and was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center.
The doctors at Brook Medical Center thought I had a sinus infection. They also said I had pneumonia. contagious. On May 1st the ENTS did emergency sinus surgery. My left eye was swollen almost shut. They were hoping that would help, but I continued to get worst. I was given several different antibiotics though my veins, but I was not getting any better.
On May 3rd Dr. Weitzel, did sinus surgery again and thought I would get better, but continued to get worst. He said he had never seen anything like what I had and said I had orbital cellulitis as well as pneumonia. Both eyes were now swollen shut. On May 4th Dr Weitzel ordered I go to the hyperbaric chamber because nothing they did seemed to get rid of the bacteria. In order to go to the chamber, I had to have tubes inserted in my ears. The hyperbaric chamber seemed to help me. Dr. Weitzel wanted me to go twice a day at 90 minutes at a time for a week to the chamber. The night before my 3rd surgery, which was scheduled the next morning, May 5th, my ophthalmologists came in to talk with me about what possibilities could occur in surgery. He said I could lose movement in my left eye, or they may even have to remove the eye. When Dr. Weitzel came in the next morning of the surgery he said he did nothing the day before but study my case and when he heard that I may lose my eye he assured me he was going to do everything he could to not make that happen. During the surgery Dr. Weitzel removed the bone in the left eye that encases the orbit and said in 6 months I would need to have reconstructed surgery to replace the bone around the orbit. He said as I got older my left eye would sink further back in my head. He also said he wanted to do the surgery. On May 14th I was dismissed with a pic line in which I had to give myself antibiotics to the Fisher House. The next morning my left eye was swollen again, and I was admitted back in the hospital where I stayed until May 17th. I was dismissed back to the Fisher House. On June 5th Dr. Weitzel ordered the pic line removed and said I was free to go back to Lackland AF base.
Other issues may have played an important role in the medical condition that arose. The barracks at Lackland had an issue with mold. There was an article in the San Antonio newspaper that highlighted the mold problem (see Attached). Another trainee also was hospitalized with similar symptoms at the same time. All my medical issues occurred while on active duty with several possible sources that could be contributing factors. One other issue that was not provided even though I requested was an exit physical upon discharge.
Daniel Chase Anglin