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As he works toward finishing what he views as the defining work of his career, Mr. Kramer said he hoped to be remembered for his art as much as his activism. "Tt goes against the grain in this country to do both, and that's why I'm not taken seriously," he said. "I want this book to be taken seriously as a work of art and a work of thought." A version of this article appears in print on April 8, 2015, on page C1 of the New York edition with the headline: The World According to Larry Kramer . April 8, 2015 (Cont'd) -- Cold, damp and drizzly day in DC. Unseasonably cold (40s) for mid-April. Went to White House Situation room for meeting at 1:50 to 2:50 PM with the POTUS and the NSC. Purpose of meeting to discuss "getting to zero cases of Ebola in Guinea". Present at the meeting among many were Eric Holder, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Denis McDonough, Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Samatha Powers (by teleconference), Tom Frieden (by teleconference), Amy Pope (new Ebola Response Coordinator, replacing Ron Klain), Gayle Smith, Lisa Monaco, etc. I presented the recent information on the RCT for ZMapp. We have enrolled 5 patients: |Gorman in the USA, I in Liberia and 3 in Sierra Leone. I also updated on the Phase 2 RCT vaccine trial in Liberia. As indicated above, we are planning to move the trial to Guinea in collaboration with the French, the Guineans, and the Liberians. Tom Frieden is very anxious about this since he feels that it could go badly (suspicion on the part of Guineans that we are hurting them). He called me up before the WH meeting strongly urging me not to pre-emptively bring up the possibility of expanding the trial to Guinea. I agreed not to pre-emptively bring it up; however, if the subject does come up, I will say that we are considering this. Nervous Tom was OK with this. The POTUS looked very tired during the meeting and Tom, in his presentation, went on and on until the POTUS said: "OK, I get it". Will discharge HE tomorow. Eye exam shows some uveitis and MRI of heart shows some residual cardiac dysfunction and MRI of CNS shows evidence of prior meningoencephalitis. Looked at MRI of brain tonight with Avi Nath. There are considerable abnormalities in the white matter and in the corpus callosum. Considerably worse than what his neurological status would indicate. Went over to see tonight. He is getting ready to go out to dinner in Bethesda with his parents. Took a bunch of photos with us all together. Leave tomorrow for Dallas. April 9, 2015 -- Good day here at NIH. We discharged) today. A lot of warm emotion as many of the SCSU staff gathered with and his parent in the SCSU nurses station to say goodbye. Partners in Health paid for a chartered plane to