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(1:30. Jane began eating a good lunch. She’s having spasms in her bladder from the catheter. Her hair and scalp itch—I suggested it was caused by the medicated water in hydro, but she said no. My own ears itch, and have for some time. Yesterday I read in the Enquirer that such itching can be caused by shampoos, so I’m going to do some experimenting.

(3:10. After a cigarette, and my doing some mail, Jane started reading yesterday’s long session, which I’d finished typing at about 10:30 last night. Before I went to the john I helped her hold the session papers on the left edge with her left hand—something I’ve been hoping she would become able to do, since it would add to her independence in reading. She started reading fairly well. When I came back from the john, she suddenly was able to grasp the right edge of the papers with her right hand—a totally unexpected development, one that I hadn’t expected yet at all. Jane uttered cries of approval. “Look at what I can do.” This feat enabled her to bring the session closer to her eyes, so that she didn’t have to read with it propped up against her knee—she held the papers where she wanted them. She could almost hold the papers up like anyone would, even though her arms and hands aren’t clear yet; but, she told me, they have changed enough so that she could now do this. Wonderful, I said. I stressed that it was a very important step, and that maybe soon I could take apart Personal Reality, as I had suggested doing some weeks ago, so that she could read it page by page.

(4:18. Good movements, head and shoulders and both feet. “See, that’s the impetus from the spine again,” Jane said, breathing heavily. “I’m trying to sit up again, I can tell, but I can’t do it from way down in the bed. It makes me feel all hot and itchy....” She’d talked several times earlier about feeling itchy, and the tingles, in various parts of her body, as though circulation was increasing.

This can indeed be experienced as an irritation, but it is a beneficial irritation—the renewed activity of bodily business. A turning up of bodily activity. The results, even so far, were apparent in the manner in which he handled reading material this afternoon. He is experiencing the body’s impetus, its urge toward motion, and to reactivation.

I will add to our other material, but for now I simply wanted to give you this information. I may or may not return, according to those rhythms of which I speak—but know that I am present and approachable.

(4:51. Jane had said before the session started that her head didn’t want to stay back on the pillow—that it kept moving forward all by itself. It did so now also. She had more bladder spasms, and was afraid she’d loosened the catheter with her motions, although I hadn’t thought they were that strong, except for the rapid head movements. But she said they had been strong enough.

(I got all ready to leave, when we remembered that we hadn’t read the prayer. So we skipped it for the day—but I’ll say it for my wife in bed tonight. After I got home from the Bumbalo’s, Louise Stamp called. She had been watching for my house lights to go on. Someone had sent us a bouquet. When Marty brought it over I discovered it was from Betts and Loren—my brother and his wife. It’s beautiful, a Christmas bouquet. The temperature is down to 23 degrees.