Dad and six year old daughter share hospital room at Walter Reed

Dad, daughter share hospital room at Walter Reed
June 19, 2010 3:20 PM
Katie Tammen
Daily News
FORT WALTON BEACH — It wasn’t quite the reunion with his daughter he’d imagined, but it was memorable nonetheless.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Dalton and his oldest daughter, Eva, saw each other for the first time in about four months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Eva had traveled to the hospital with her mother, Kara, and two younger siblings to see Dalton after he was wounded by an improvised explosive device.

But then, instead of seeing her father right away, the 6-year-old had a severe asthma attack that got her hospitalized, too.

Dalton had no inkling of his daughter’s attack when he awoke from surgery and found himself alone in a hospital room. It was about 45 minutes later that Kara came to see him.

Initially, she gave no indication anything was amiss.

Then Dalton asked about the kids.

“She said, ‘Well, we’ve had an eventful day while you’ve been in surgery,’ ” Dalton recalled.
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Dad daughter share hospital room at Walter Reed