Rob's Deployment to Texas

Rob was deployed to Texas on Monday September 22, to help staff make shift pharmacies there offering disaster relief. He had been preparing for the possibility for a few weeks as we'd all been watching the weather in the Gulf states. He was excited and it was impressive to see how hard he worked to be prepared. Here is his email from today.

Hello, I made it down to College Station, Texas. Things are for the most part wrapped up down here, and the residents are heading home. I am at the Reed Arena on Campus here and there are folks from Point Arthur, Beaumont and Galveston that were evacuated to this arena. They are the special needs folks who were either in assisted living centers or recieving home health visits. At one point they had over 300 patients here, but now they are down to less than 100 and more are going home today. They are real relieved to get going. Most of their homes are fine, but a few of the folks are still here because they don't have homes anymore. They do have medication needs and I think we are providing them good care. The folks here at Texas A&M have been so great and this is a real organized and secure facility. Food's good. The cot up in the hallway on the second floor of the arena is not real comfortable, gonna try sleeping on the ground tonight. I have meet some real nice folks amongst the evacuees and also the other disaster relief folks from the Public Health Service and the other agencies. Can't believe what these patients are going through as they have evacuated a couple of times this year and have had their lives' disrupted. I am sure greatful to live in the circumstances that I do. Take Care, Rob

Here is a link to a news report about the arena and Rob's mission: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7472832&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1