Posted by: philouise on: August 30, 2009
Folks,
I am posting here an email passed on to us in our yahoogroups by Rey Dacones.. this posting was a forward that came from class 1978
just passing on the message
philian
Marlene and i visited Sir Emmett at BGH (Flavier bldg, rm 337 this time) after going all over and searching for him in the 3 buildings of BGH since his name is not listed in the information at the main bldg. but a lady doctor happened to hear us looking for him and told us where his room is! Outside his room, we saw Manang Beulah (formerly Zeny Badua) who is taking care of Emmett along with Ely and husband. Mng Beulah told us that so many Sci Hi alumni are finding it hard also to locate Emmett coz they had to transfer rooms so many times since Feb.
Emmett no longer can talk or open his eyes but he still can hear… he is full of tubes (oxygen, medicine, food, blood transfusion – type O)… and looks really buto’t balat na… his arms are bloated though because of the needle pricks for the blood transfusion and dextrose and all… he coughs sometimes and Mng B holds his neck and head to bring him up so he wont choke… he said “hmmm†though when we introduced ourselves.
So, its just Sci Hi alumni and friends who are taking care of his needs… many of the older classes take turns bringing blood donations, many of those abroad send money, the different classes have local representatives collecting financial donations and sending them thru Mng Beulah and Pastor John. And people coming are finding out “uy Science Hi din pala si ganun  pati mga doctors and nurses are getting to know the Science High spirit so much alive and so loving to Emmett. Its just so heart-warming! Sana nga we can have a Science High alumni directory so we can also know where our manongs and manangs and adings are now… a real clan talaga.
You have been talking about ‘giving back’… maybe lets prioritize Emmett now coz he has very little time na. He is 78 yo (march 3) and we think he may be waiting for… whatever it is… so, if you wanna see him, please go now. I was thinking about… maybe an Emmett Brown Asuncion Foundation – if we want to see his legacy live on – that of selfless giving to so many young students to educate them (like he did to us)… what do u think?
