UPDATE ON BRANTON
FROM CAROLE FOX

I SPOKE WITH BRANTON'S MOTHER THIS MORNING AND SHE GAVE ME A REPORT ON
HIS CONDITION. IT HAS NOW BEEN FIVE WEEKS SINCE HIS ACCIDENT.

AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, HE WAS IN A COMA FOR ALMOST A WEEK, DURING THIS
TIME HIS JAW WAS WIRED SHUT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN FRACTURED.

HE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REHABILITATIVE CENTER OF THE HOSPITAL.

THE JAW HAS HEALED NICELY AND HE IS NOW EATING. PHYSICALLY--- HE IS VERY
WOBBLY AND IS WORKING ON GETTING HIS BALANCE IN WALKING.

HOWEVER, THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN WAS AFFECTED, RESULTING IN
POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA. HE IS IN A VERY CONFUSED STATE. HIS PARENTS WILL ASK HIM IF HE KNOWS THEIR ADDRESS. HE WILL REPEAT AN ADDRESS THEY HAD THIRTY YEARS AGO.

HE DOES SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO READ, THOUGH.

THE DOCTORS SAY WITH A CONDITION SUCH AS THIS, RECOVERY IS USUALLY RAPID--RIGHT AFTER THE FACT. THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE IN THIS INSTANCE.

THE PROGNOSIS AT THIS POINT IS UNCERTAIN AS TO REGAINING THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY HE ONCE POSSESSED.

SO, IT SEEMS HE IS IN THIS SITUATION FOR THE LONG HAUL, WITH NO
GUARANTEES AS TO RETURNING TO HIS ORIGINAL FACULTIES. TO THIS DAY, MEDICAL SCIENCE DOES NOT KNOW PRECISELY WHERE MEMORY IS LOCATED IN THE BRAIN.

BRANTON DID GET A LOT OF CARDS AND LETTERS, WHICH HIS PARENTS READ TO HIM.

SOME PERSON SENT HIM A BOOK FROM MYSTERIES.COM--CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX. HIS PARENTS ARE AWARE OF SOME OF HIS WRITINGS, HOWEVER, I THINK THIS UPSETS THEM.

BECAUSE THEY ARE MORMONS THEY DO BELIEVE IN ‘OTHER WORLDS', BUT THE REPTILIAN THING COMPLETELY BEFUDDLES THEM. SO PROBABLY BEST NOT TO MENTION ANYTHING CONCERNING THAT.

IN CONCLUSION: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WONDERED IF HE COULD CARRY ON A CONVERSATION OR ANSWER HIS E-MAIL . . . THINK IT WILL BE A VERY LONG TIME---IF AT ALL.

BRANTON, HIS PARENTS AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY NEED ALL THE LOVE AND PRAYERS YOU CAN SEND THEIR WAY.

OVER AND OUT

CAROLE FOX
DENVER, COLORADO