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Military Members And Vets Are Having Health Issues After Getting Their Covid Shots

Several military families are claiming to have been affected by these covid shots. They range from members in the earlier phases of their careers, to those retired. This article will focus on six of them, two of which are deaths.

Brooke is an active duty military member who almost lost her life and her leg after her Pfizer shot, according to her parents. Her mother Rachel Gronbach and father Greg Gronbach have both posted on social media in regards to their daughter’s experience, and it sounds pretty traumatic. Brookes experience with her Pfizer shot, has changed the course of her life.

Brooke had her shot in December then developed blood clots in her lungs. She underwent emergency surgery, and was placed in ICU. The vascular surgeon initially thought her leg would need amputated due to one of the clots that was 3” and because it had been stuck for several hours.

Brooke has undergone seven surgeries since January and has at least one or two more to go. She will be on blood thinners for the rest of her life. According to Brookes mother, Brooke’s military career is over. 2021 has been quite a setback for this once healthy 23 year old woman.



Brooke is not alone in regards to active duty military members having issues after their covid shots. Noah has been having issues for five months according to his mother Debbie Jones. His issues began four days after his shot. After many tests it was determined that he had a narrowing of his intestines.

Noah’s current health condition as of today, is unknown.

Tonia Boyer posted that her husband DJ Boyer, recently had a Johnson & Johnson shot. While deployed, DJ began having heart issues. He was placed in the medical section of his ship while waiting to get to a hospital.

According to Tonia, DJ couldn’t even stand up without his heart flatlining. The Navy is of course saying it is unrelated, however, Tonia is correct in questioning the sudden change in her husband’s health.

DJ’s current health status as of today, is unknown.

There have been several stories I have come across regarding military veterans. Christopher Shepherd is one of many examples. His wife Jennifer Shepherd started a gofundme fundraiser and claims that Chris can no longer work because his heart has been damaged since his covid shot.

The gofundme doesn’t provide a lot of details, but just enough to know there has been issues. Unfortunately they haven’t had a single donor and it is a pretty simple gofundme where she is just asking for help with rent.


Other veterans negatively affected are Tony Stewart Jr. who died after his second dose. Paramedics and 9 others could not revive him and he died on his living room floor in front of his family.

Kyle McFarland also passed away. It is uncertain if Kyle had one dose or two, but like Tony, he also passed away at home.

There are only a few stories in this post. Many stories continue to be suppressed, however we are at a point where we are hearing of them so frequently, that they (social media) can no longer silence everyone. This level of suppression and censorship is beginning to wake some of the deepest sleepers to the madness that surrounds us all across the globe. If you have a story to share, please contact me.

Our thoughts are with the many families struggling with new health issues and coping with unexpected loss. We are losing our front lines, and that is problematic.

Knowing We Are Worth It, Being Treated Like We Are Not

We all know that we are worth something. That we have something to offer. That we have something about us that others can benefit from. For some reason, some of us choose to stay among people who don’t allow us to blossom. We allow people to treat us like we are not worth it, when we know we are. Why do we do this to ourselves? Is it our forgiving nature? Are we just insecure? What is it we are holding on to?

If you know you are worth it, then pamper yourself. Surround yourself with only those people who know you are worth it too and who value you. It is all too easy to get sucked into helping others and lose sight of our own self-worth. Don’t compromise your values, or beliefs. Don’t compromise your morals, or standards. And if you have, get away from the people who are sucking your life dry. You are worth it, and you should be treated as such. There are too many good people out there, to congregate with the bad ones.

We Have Always Loved Them, Or We Never Did

“You never stop loving someone.

Either you always will or you never truly did.”

© Kait Staples 2010

There is nothing closer to the truth, than these words. When we have truly loved someone, that love never goes away. Although we may ignore that love, suppress it, or fight to avoid it; it is there. We may deny it, we may extinguish it, but eventually our true feelings surface. When we find ourselves, we find love.

Love has many levels in relationships. Despite the level change, it still exists. It may be stronger or weaker than it once was, but it is there if it was ever truly there to begin with. Often when passion has left a relationship, we think that love followed it out the door. We feel less connected to someone, so we feel out love is gone. Sometimes “we run into the arms of curiosity to find out what was there all along” as India Arie sings in her powerful song, Wings Of Forgiveness.

No matter what we do to avoid loving someone: if it was ever truly love it will always be there. And that, should give us all hope. So many search for answers when it comes to love, loss, relationships, marriage, divorce, affairs, who do you love, etc. In fact, heartache drives the most traffic to this website, among many others. It is heartbreaking having learned my lessons the hard way, to watch others as they receive the same lesson. I want to help them, and tell them “NO, don’t do it! It’s right beside you! That love you are searching for has been there the whole time!” But, as humans the more people warn us not to do something the more we want to check it out. We want to see for ourselves what all of the fuss is about. And more often than not, we let denial keep us from experiencing the true beauty of love. We let doubt keep us from experiencing unconditional love. We let low self-esteem allow us to run to someone else and doubt what we had. When we are broken people, love is complicated.

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