SALEM, N.H. (AP) – Thanks to a stranger, the parents of an injured soldier in Iraq can visit him in a hospital in Germany.

The anonymous donation, worth thousands of dollars, came Sunday from a man the family has never met, said Sandy Bohne, mother of Army Spc. Joseph Bohne. She said the donation makes the situation a lot easier for her family, and she hopes to talk to the donor in person someday.

“We’re very stressed, not sleeping very much,” she said. “I feel a lot better now that I’ll be able to actually see him.”

Bohne, 22, is recovering from the June 27 explosion that killed Sgt. 1st Class Terry Wallace, 33, of Winnsboro, La. They were on patrol in Taji, north of Baghdad, when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicle.

Sandy and Joseph Bohne plan to fly out to see their son on Sunday and spend a few weeks with him.

Bohne suffered from injuries to his lower body in the explosion. He has undergone surgery and may have to have more before his treatment is done, Sandy Bohne said.

Sandy Bohne said her son has been given crutches but has been unable to put pressure on either of his legs yet. Doctors are also trying to figure out how to remove shrapnel from one of his feet, she said.

“He’s determined to get better,” she said.

Bohne, a 2001 Salem High School graduate, was serving his second tour of Iraq. He was first deployed in March 2003 at the start of the conflict and returned late last year. He arrived in Germany on Thursday.

Bohne specialized in repairing radar equipment and participated in night patrols, his mother said. Stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas, he hopes to make a career for himself in electronics when he returns home, his mother said.