Ich bin ein [Texas-Born] Berliner

Today Dr. Helmut Möller replied to a request from me for information about Paul by saying that he had picked up some of Paul’s things from his apartment and taken them to him at his new location earlier in the day. He commented that Paul’s walking was much improved and that he would be participating in speech therapy from today forward. He promised to let me know just as soon as there is a phone number for Paul. And of course, once I’ve learned that number, I’ll share it with you as well.

On a personal note, let me thank you all for your comments made to Paul on this blog. I do try to convey them to him whenever he and I talk. And also I’d like to thank you for your expressions of appreciation to me for my effort to keep you up to date at this stage. I am only doing what I would hope one of my friends would do for me if I were in Paul’s predicament.

Because Paul has so many of you out there across the globe who care about him, this blog probably provides the best way for me to reach out to that considerable network of people. I encourage you, if you wish to, to talk to each other in the commentary section and discuss your concerns, suggestions, hopes and fears for Paul so that this blog becomes not just a place to hear about Paul, but also a place for you to share your input and thoughts. Maybe together we will stumble over a way to do more than just spectate and instead contribute in some meaningful way to his recovery.

I’ll let you know the crucial details of how to communicate with him as soon as I know them and I can conveniently do so. Of course if he tells us he’s getting too many calls after the phone is installed, we’ll just have to get him one of those 900 numbers and charge an exorbitant fee to talk with him and then we could apply the proceeds to help pay for his care.