Applied Physics

Saturday 10 November 2001
11:15 am  Dave and I visited Brian 6 -7 am this morning. He was awake and alert, wanting to talk. He said "applied physics" in response to Dave describing the game he and Brian played with pushing the Cadillac Chair. He remembered and KNEW it was funny! He also reminded Dave and I that they had a basketball hoop in the driveway at Emerick: "Basketball hoop outside!" (This was at Brian's childhood home). He held and inspected our hands and arms, looking for veins and arteries, after watching the nurse (Jeff) flush his PICC line. Dave explained again what the PICC line was for. Brian also said the word "artery, pointing to a big vein or artery in Dave's wrist. When we left, Nurse Penny had arrived. Brian kissed us both on the lips and waved goodbye with a smile.
10:30 pm  Mary Kathryn reports that today she and Alana spent most of the day with Brian because "hardly anyone else was here", and that as of 7:15 Thom was with him. Brian spent time in his chair in the hospital's Japanese garden, sat on the edge of his bed by himself, and ate a dinner consisting of ground beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, and peas.
Marshall and Kellie helped feed Brian. 
Marc and Dan Ferguson tried to visit but it was during shift change.
Alana and Penny took Brian to the garden.
Grandpa Jimmy and Grandma Rosemary are not visiting yet.
Matthew MacKinnon visited Brian, brought a photo from Spain, and went on the walk with Alana and Penny. Megan Fisher, who went to Europe, visited with her mom. (Matt was one of the People to People chaperones, a teacher at the high school, and a friend of Marshall's and Kellie's)
Ken Kesey died today. (Brian's great-grandma knew the Kesey family)