Altered States - Chapter Twenty-Five “I’ve got some terriffic news to report regarding Brian’s progress with his cancer,” Dr. Loenstein announced as he laid a blue folder down on his desk.

Howie, AJ and Kevin waited for the doctor to continue, literally holding their breaths.

“Brian’s cancer is in complete remission and I have good reason to believe that he will be coming out of this with his mental status intact.”

“Layman’s terms doc,” AJ requested.

Dr. Loenstein chuckled at AJ’s remark. “Basically what I’m telling you is that Brian will be Brian again, no amnesia, his short term memory has been affected from the chemo, there’s nothing that will ever change that, but Brian won’t be drifting off into total unawareness. Is that more clearer to you?”

“Crystal,” AJ replied.

“So he’s well enough to go now and actually go back to his own life and not back to Greenville?” Howie questioned.

“Yes, he can go back to his home, not to the nursing facility,” the doctor stated, smiling.

Kevin sighed a huge sigh of relief. He stood up and pumped the doctor’s hand vigorously. “God, thank you so much Dr. Loenstein!”