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(4:05–4:10. Lynn came in to do all of Jane’s vitals. Temperature 98. We talked about Karina, in the room on the other side of the bathroom between rooms. Lynn thinks Karina is disoriented, although some of the doctors don’t. We speculated as to why Karina has never learned any language other than Russian. Lynn said the hospital even has a list of Russian words, but that Karina doesn’t respond adequately to them — perhaps they’re poorly pronounced, say.

(The day was warmer at about 22 degrees. This morning I’d prepared payments for insurance and the hospital. Karina is much quieter today — so far. I said I wouldn’t mind Seth commenting on her.

(“How about saying something about Karina?” I’d heard the Russian lady sounding off a few times this afternoon during the session.)

(Long pause.) Karina has that same kind of orientation. At this point in her life, she has actually refused to concentrate upon languages, which would tend to tie her more tightly to the details of the world. (Long pause, one of many.) She does “return to the past,” remaking it more to her liking. Her latest-present is beginning to show signs of a deterioration. She wants a turning-off point from which to construct other realities, so it is not so much that the latest-present is deteriorating as much as the fact that she is purposely letting her attention wander, and allowing the latest-presents (with the hyphen) to diminish in strength and vitality. She will of course construct a new form from which to operate.

[...] When I got to 330 Jane told me that Karina had been moved to a rest home in Wellsburg, a small community a few miles east of Elmira. [...] So for the first time in weeks, we didn’t hear Karina cry out in Russian, or cry for Georgia in English.

(Karina was hollering out in the hall, around the corner, and had been doing so steadily ever since I got there.)

[...] A new nurse came in to take Jane’s temperature — 98.3. Karina had been yelling throughout the session — so much so that at times I’d almost missed what Seth had been saying.

[...] Karina had definitely been a bother this afternoon, and she was still calling out, her voice hoarse and much weaker. [...]

(I had to ask Jane to repeat what she said because the Russian patient in the room next door, Karina, was yelling out in the hall, as she has been all afternoon. [...] The girl who brought the supper tray at the end of the session left our room door open, and Karina sounded all the louder.

(Karina was mostly quiet today, although sounding off at times. [...]

[...] A nurse took Jane’s vitals — temperature, 98.5. When all was clear and quiet — except for the patient, Karina, hollering next door — Jane said she’d like to have a short session.)