Norman James Dodson is a Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant, who when called upon, put his life on the line serving our great country, the United States of America. He deployed to Afghanistan as a Green Beret and Irregular Warfare Analyst for a combined 60 months during a 10-year period.

Now he has a crisis of his own, which extends across international boundaries.

Due to delays in immigration, this Green Beret was and still is waiting for a visa to allow his wife, Saadat, into the United States.

July 17, 2021, Saadat delivered two beautiful twins, Izabel and Jason, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Tragically, she never had a chance to hold them.   She experienced severe anemic like abdominal bleeding, post Caesarean Section.  The significant blood loss caused multiple organs to fail, including her kidneys and brain. During the next 24 hours, doctors performed two additional surgeries to find the source of the bleeding and multiple blood transfusions to save her life.

Her Hemoglobin count dropped to a deadly level of 20 g/dl, creating an anoxic condition conducive to organ failure.  A normal Hemoglobin count is 120 g/dl.  She is currently plateaued at 100 g/dl, not where she needs to be.  Her diagnosis is severe abdominal bleeding “disseminated with intravascular coagulation (DIC),” which triggered Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS).   

She remains in a medically induced light coma and still a very serious condition.  She is still fighting a blood infection caused by the kidney failure.   July 25, 2021 the doctor’s switched antibiotics, because the previous cocktail was not working.  July 30, 2021, the doctors again switched antibiotics to penicillin.  July 26, 2021, she had a cerebral MRI revealing stroke like damage on either side of her brain and frontal lobe hemorrhaging.  We are praying that the damage is minimal.  She can move her right arm and leg and just recently moved her left arm and leg slightly.  July 27, 2021, she had a two-additional surgical procedure when they opened her abdomen up again to clean an infection and give her a Tracheotomy.   Saadat is going to need extensive physical therapy and be under the care of a kidney and brain specialist.

In Kyrgyzstan, there is no medical insurance. Everything is paid for in cash.  The hospitals provide the medical staff, the bed, medical equipment, and a daily list of supplies, medicine, and plasma for the family to provide.  They don’t even supply clean bed sheets nor food.  Each day is like a scavenger hunt scouring the town to purchase the necessary lifesaving supplies, costing an average of $400 per day.  She is lucky to have a loving family supporting her, but she is still in a third world country where the medical facilities and resources are nowhere near the superior quality that we enjoy as American citizens.

Tricare dropped her from the medical insurance coverage after 90 days from when she was added to the policy.  They require a tax ID number that is issued with the I-130 Visa.  Fortunately, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Warrior Care Coalition successfully arranged to have her added back to the policy on July 29, 2021.  

Thanks to SOCOM Warrior Care Coalition and an Army General Officer,  SFC Dodson coordinating with TRICARE International/International SOS to evacuate Saadat.   We were looking at Turkey, but that option stalled.  International SOS is now coordinating with the Lundstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany.   They hope to begin the evacuation operation on Saturday, August 7, 2021.   The medical evacuation doctors reviewed her medical report and anticipate Saadat will be hospitalized through October and possibly longer.  We will know more once she is evaluated by the American medical staff at LRMC.

We would like to thank Senator Rubio and Congressman Lowenthal  offices for working with us to expedite an Emergency Visa for Saadat and US Passports for Izabel and Jason.  We need to get them to the United States of America as soon as possible.  The family unity will be critical to her recovery.  

We intend to use the donations received through this GoFundMe site to pay for all expenses now and throughout Saadat's rehabilitation.    

Updates will continue to be provided throughout Saadat's recovery!!!  Thank you so much for all the generous donations.

Every prayer and every dollar donated counts.

Please do both generously.

Thank you, and God bless.