Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin on Jul 30th, 2009 Comments Off
I am pleased to report that Paul is back in his apartment as of July 20th and he is adapting to his new schedule and that of the various caregivers who come by as many as five times a day for one reason or another, to bring meals, to do speech therapy with him, to [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jul 13th, 2009 5 Comments »
Posted in Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jul 11th, 2009 4 Comments »
I’m very pleased to be able to announce that Paul is going back to his apartment on July 20th. He is, as you might imagine, quite excited and a bit anxious about the transition. And as I acknowledged to him this morning when we spoke, this is a day that at one point I frankly [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jun 20th, 2009 5 Comments »
Dr. Charles E. McClelland of the University of New Mexico is working at the University in Berlin this summer and graciously reported on the gathering for dinner on June 17 of the Berlin circle of Paul’s friends who have been helping him since his stroke. Paul seems to be recovering nicely from the stroke. I [...]
Posted in Administrative, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on May 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Health, Letter from Berlin, People on May 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Today I heard from Dr. Helmut Mõller that Paul has been moved to his own room in a new location where he can receive all the physical and speech therapy that he will need. Although I don’t yet have all the details of where he is or how to communicate with him in writing, Helmut [...]
Posted in Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Apr 25th, 2009 3 Comments »
Here is some reassuring photographic evidence for those of you who may have been concerned that Paul has not been able to see Maxe since his stroke. The picture is dated February 24, 2009. It was sent to Paul at his Gmail address by Wolfi Petri, who is apparently a member of the family that [...]
Posted in Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Apr 20th, 2009 Comments Off
For a little over a week, I’ve been talking with Paul almost daily. Usually our conversation lasts no more than about 10 or 15 minutes, but it has been regular direct contact with him which has been encouraging to us both. Dr. Robert K. Bolan, Paul’s former physician when he was in the U. S., [...]
Posted in Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Apr 10th, 2009 Comments Off
Christian Steinhoff visited Paul today and shared this picture of him. By clicking on the image, you will get a larger display of it and you may then save that image to your own hard disk if you wish. Christian reports that Paul is receiving therapy at the hospital and will be able to stay [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Apr 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Friday, April 3, I heard from Stefan Kempinski, who is now back in Berlin after a three week absence, that he had seen Paul the day before and found him in better shape than previously. Stefan said that Paul can now walk without help and that his psychological situation is also much better. He [...]
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