EVAN CAN NOW say 'Fuck', he reported to me yesterday afternoon. Apparently this is quite a big step despite the fact that he has years of practice with the expletive in question. The doctors report that he is suffering from an exceptionally rare variation of the chicken pox virus called Ramsay Hunt syndrome. This indeed causes acute facial paralysis on par with what occurs in stroke victims, though in his case it is caused by this viral infection that- hopefully- will spontaneously disappear. He reports that speech is a pain in the mouth but that not being able to blink one eye is causing him the most frustration. Much to my delight, he is wearing an eye patch.