November 4, 2006

  • Got an email from Charles!

    Didn't have much to say, though.  Just asked for updates on the recoveries of his friend, Summer, and his grandfather.


    I'd not emailed him about them in over a week, as there was nothing particularly positive to say about Summer.  (On Oct. 2 she had brain surgery to correct a misshapen area of her skull, which was squeezing the base of her brain; unfortunately, she has had a miserable time ever since, being in pain and having been home only one week since then...yesterday I discovered she's still in the neuro ICU.)


    Charles asked specifically, though, so I told him.  Didn't emphasize the pain part, though.


    At the time he wrote, he'd been 26 days without seeing the sun.  It's bothering him some, which surprises me, considering how many hours he'd while away in his darkened room in front of his computer.  I'd assumed if there's anyone who could take dark, enclosed, windowless spaces with composure, it'd be him. 


    It's the first communication we'd had from him in four weeks, so was pleasant to receive.