Medical Condition Question

[PerpPredator]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. I have a good friend of mine on Coumadin and she is a LE Ranger. But it may not be easy for you. She already had her job when she got the clot. She was out for a while and when she came back she really had to fight to keep her job. It worked out (thank goodness) and she's a great ranger. She wouldn't want to do anything else.

It's good to see an example, but like you said, she already had her job. I'm glad she was able to keep it though. Not to be nosey or anything. Does she know how her clot developed? Also, how was she able to keep her job and what was the reasoning behind them trying to let her go? I plan to send myself through the academy. Would this improve my chances of getting hired?

[MORA Ranger]

It's good to see an example, but like you said, she already had her job. I'm glad she was able to keep it though. Not to be nosey or anything. Does she know how her clot developed? Also, how was she able to keep her job and what was the reasoning behind them trying to let her go? I plan to send myself through the academy. Would this improve my chances of getting hired?

Hmmm. Trying to remember... I think she has some kind of condition, can't remember the name, that makes her suseptible (where is a spell check when you need one?) to clots. It was in her lung, I think. No wait, started in her leg, went to her lung. She kept her job because she had a good boss and he fought for her. She had to go in front of some kind of judicial board. She had a letter from her doc saying she could do the job. The reason they didn't want her doing LE was that if she got hurt, she works in a remote area, and will likely not get to an ER for at least an hour. Something that a lot of park rangers have to deal with, but they tried to say that she could bleed to death even from a minor injury. Which may be true, I guess, but she said she'd take her chances and they couldn't take her job away when she is perfectly capable of doing it.

I can't answer your other question. I'd talk to a hiring official before I spent money going through an academy only to find they won't take you. See what the depts think first.

[PerpPredator]

Your friend is VERY fortunate! If it went to her lung she was very close to death. I'm definitely going to talk to a recuiter. I would hate to spend all that money and not be able to get into LE. I know what you mean about needing the spell check. :D lol

[PerpPredator]

I want to thank everyone for helping me on this. I really appreciate it!!!