1.0.36Simple CSS border180500010150000010100450000185000 Gallery 70010*Go back to the Main Index for this Gallery0© CathedralsOfDecay.com1310726214393211581010700IMG_3251overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3251overlayZ"Hello, fellow." 50 No response. 51 "Where do you hail from?" 52 "Huh?" 53 "Where is your home town?" 54 "Bellville." 55 "No foolin'? That's only about half a mile from where I live. Whereabouts in Bellville?" "Spruce Street." "That's between the river and the furniture factory." "That's right." F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3251overlay.jpg­File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3251overlay.jpg File size : 93004 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 675 x 450 s1.jpgs1.jpg1801200l1.jpgl1.jpg4993330IMG_3253overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3253overlayéAnd so, stealing time from the other two hundred and forty patients, you establish contact with the boy. You find out how old he is, how long he has been in the hospital, how many brothers and sisters he has, whether he is married, has any children, or lives at home with his father and mother. This is not accomplished in one sitting, but in odd moments stolen from the other routine duties attendants have to perform -- chiefly locking and unlocking doors. 60 Finally you learn his name is Tony, and you say, "Tony, I guess you'll be glad to get out of here, won't you?" to which he replies, "Gosh, mister, you can say that again! I thought I was comin' here to get a rest and quiet my nerves. Why, this place would drive a guy nuts!" F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3253overlay.jpg®File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3253overlay.jpg File size : 105255 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 687 x 450 s2.jpgs2.jpg1801170l2.jpgl2.jpg5003270IMG_3270overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3270overlayÖYou know this is true, for there are times when it almost drives you nuts. But you can't admit this -- not to this boy. And you know there is a definite routine through which this boy must go before he can hope even to go home on a trial visit. So you suggest to him that there is a method by which he can get transferred from this ward almost immediately -- a way to get out in God's open space where he can get relief from the clatter and bang of the overcrowded ward.F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3270overlay.jpg®File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3270overlay.jpg File size : 107640 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 675 x 450 s3.jpgs3.jpg1801200l3.jpgl3.jpg4993330IMG_3285overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3285overlay+You tell him that in the morning, when the ward doctor makes his rounds, he should say, "Doctor, may I speak to you for a moment?" And when the doctor stops, he should say to him, "Please, sir, can I get work on an outside detail?" You explain to the boy that this will, in all probability, get him a job on an outside detail: trimming hedges, cutting grass, or something along that order, where he won't be required to do any great amount of arduous labor, but where he will be expected to respect the discipline of the attendant in charge of the detail.F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3285overlay.jpg®File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3285overlay.jpg File size : 101890 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 675 x 450 s4.jpgs4.jpg1801200l4.jpgl4.jpg4993330IMG_3301overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3301overlayÖYou explain to him that faithfulness on this detail will, in time, get him the privilege of going "to staff" to ask for a "parole" or privilege card. This privilege card will permit him to roam the grounds and go to the recreation hall or the store. Also, it will "earn" him a pack of cigarettes or a bar of candy about every other day. You add that the goal is neither the privilege card nor the cigarettes, but escape from the perpetual din of this ward, and the establishment of a record of good conduct. Then his family can request a trial visit for him -- a visit home, where he can actually REST amid his loved ones. 64 You know that if this boy will follow the procedure you have outlined, you will have snatched a soul back from hell in the nick of time. For if this boy remains on this ward, amid this senile decay, you know from past experience that you will see him deteriorate from day to day before your very eyes. You have witnessed it scores of times before. F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3301overlay.jpg­File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3301overlay.jpg File size : 76085 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 692 x 450 s5.jpgs5.jpg1791170l5.jpgl5.jpg5003250IMG_3319overlay.jpg2006:08:24 07:59:00IMG_3319overlay-A day or two later you miss Tony. You hope and pray that he has done as you suggested, and you keep your fingers crossed. Ten days to two weeks later, as you are leaving the ward to return to quarters, a familiar voice hails you: 66 "Hi! Jim! Wait a minute. I want you to meet my folks!" You meet a father and mother with strangely moist eyes. Their English, by its peculiar inflection, betrays their European origin. The baby sister, who has hold of Tony's arm, is clearly typical of young America, from the flower in her hair to the pumps through which peek her enameled toes. On Tony's other side stands his brother, Giuseppe, erect and very proud of the World War II service button in the left lapel of his coat. They chorus in unison, "you goin' to take care of my Tony?" 67 Heck, you can't do anything for him. You can only explain the procedure he must go through. "Has he told you what I suggested to him?" "Yes," they all agree. "Well, then, it's up to you people to get behind him and encourage him to carry out that program as fast as he can." F/sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3319overlay.jpg­File name : /sites/photoslave/public_ftp/*SITE_REBUILD/NORWICH/IMG_3319overlay.jpg File size : 61986 bytes File date : 2006:08:24 07:59:00 Resolution : 692 x 450 s6.jpgs6.jpg1791170l6.jpgl6.jpg5003250