Moms Caring About Someone Else's Wounded Soldier

Moms Caring About Someone Else's Wounded Soldier
By Justin Foss, Reporter
By Justin Foss

Story Created: Feb 17, 2010 at 6:54 PM CST

Story Updated: Feb 17, 2010 at 6:54 PM CST

TODDVILLE – A hospital is never a good place to be lonely. For that reason, two mothers from Eastern Iowa are planning a trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C.

Lori Shebetka, 47, Shueyville, spent weeks looking after her son Kain Schilling after insurgents shot him in Afghanistan. While she was there, she saw soldiers who didn’t have a support group.

"We'd see somebody and ask if they need anything and everyone would say, ‘Nope, I'm good.’ They're in a wheelchair, missing a leg or an arm saying nope, I'm good,” said Shebetka.

Michele Albert, 43, Toddville, spent weeks at Walter Reed looking after her son Jonathon, 24, Toddville. The two families bonded and now the mothers are sharing their caring hearts with soldiers who are still recovering.

"That's a big message to send,” said Michele. “Maternal instinct - I'm pretty sure plays a part of it. But it's just letting them know that we care.”
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