End of Journals

From this point on, Brian has been recording his own life in his Planner/Log/Brain Book. All the pages from the (so far) two versions of this book have been saved in other notebooks. There are also numerous photographs, and Brian's mother's notes and diary entries.
maybe Brian would like to record more of his recovery in this book, on the following blank pages, someday.
Martha Hammann
Brian's mother
11 August 2002

This is how the hospital journals end. Brian did have his own planners that he used for some time, and they are in a box where the hospital journals are kept, along with other mementos. He stopped using a planner for a long time after he finished school, because he never used one voluntarily and it wasn't a tool he used prior to the brain injury. In the past couple of years he has started to use small planners that he carries around in his pockets, and he has resumed writing in a journal (which he DID do before) and drawing. When he visits here each year, I always buy a supply of planners and pens for him; they are on this year's list for his upcoming visit. I was pleased when he took up recording his life, and it seems to help him. He loses the planners periodically (hence the need for a supply), but they seem to reinforce his memory. When he visits, I can ask him about events from the past months and he can refer to the planner and tell me what he has been doing. 

I am excited about his imminent visit. I would like to see if he wants to continue the recovery journal. I gave him the notebooks years ago, but he wan't interested. He has been more interested in moving on with his life, and learning to accept what happened. I hope to talk to him about these things during our visit. We also need to discuss the future, as a family.

I will continue this blog. I will post the photos promised, then I plan to access my own diaries and more photos. It may be a while before I return, depending on time during Brian's stay here. 
I may also just write about how he seems to be doing right now, and post new photos.
We'll see. Stay tuned.