Buenaventura News

"Shipmate For Life"

to learn how to accept it and move on with it, and it’s through my shipmates I’m getting that done.”   Mr. Sam’s shipmates pitched in to help him in a multitude of ways, but he’s also getting help from a team of medical professionals, including Lt. Cmdr. Jason B. Buenaventura, D.O., a Public Health Service medical officer assigned to Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, New Jersey.   “The weakness is worsened by activity and is better with rest,” said Dr. Buenaventura. “It is autoimmune, meaning, the body produces antibodies that are attacking