Medical Update

Just a quick update today. I still haven’t spoken to Patrick, not since January 7th. I have communicated with Fatou but it’s very difficult—as mentioned previously she writes English phonetically, which means she’s transcribing her accent. Not great. I asked her when she would see Patrick next and she said it wouldn’t be until this coming Saturday. “Yes is coasty an hard to go dear,” she wrote, which I read as, “Yes it is costly and hard to go there.” She followed this with “I is cook ans do ale walk on homme is daily,” which I get means she’s doing the cooking. She spells “all” consistently as “ale” but I don’t know who is walking home daily or from where. You get the picture.

Anyway, I have no idea how much longer things are going to continue like this, and I have no idea what kind of condition Patrick is actually in. All I know is that he’s still alive. I asked Fatou to try to get a photo of him next time she visits. Until then, take care.