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(Jane was doing well when I got to 330; her catheter is working okay. The day was 32 degrees, with the snow melting somewhat. Jane went to hydro this morning. She said Gail Greene and others told her this morning that the ulcers are all doing much better, and that the two on her right knee, especially the one on the inside, are almost healed. Some on the back are reduced to pinpoints, Jane said. I haven seen these for a long time.
(This is surely excellent news, I told Jane. She had other good news—but first, she told me that last night she’d really been blue for a time. The good news is that Toni, the night aide, had suggested that Jane see if she could work the nurse’s call button. I hadn’t even thought that this might be possible. Neither had Jane. She discovered to her pleasant surprise, however, that she can work it—while on her back at this time. Not the side. But once again, a new motion and strength has been added. Excellent, Jane.
(Jane ate a good lunch. All was quiet in the halls re Teresa and Christine, though before Jane was through the emergency alarm sounded by the elevators outside our door. A patient in 333A was having heart problems—so the people came running down the hall pushing the emergency heart/breathing machine, including Doctor Fred Kardon, who said hello as he passed 330.
(3:00. After a cigarette Jane started reading yesterday’s session. She did fairly well in between pauses and hesitations, and finished at 3:l6. It wasn’t her best or worst.
(3:32. I began doing mail while Jane started a few motions with her left foot and head and shoulders. Nothing strong or violent. Rest.
(In between visits by staff people to do her vitals, I rubbed various spots on Jane’s head and neck. One neck spot got a good reaction, her head pounding back and forth against the pillow. Temperature 97.8. I joked with Sharon Poley that it was really 92.1.
(4:23. Heads and shoulders, side to side and around and around, noises and louder breathing, the left foot also. I made sure the door was shut as much as possible. Jane made a few more motions before the session. I was surprised when she suggested the session, since for some reason I’d thought she wasn’t going to have one.
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(I was appalled as what I was seeing began to sink in. So was Jane. “Do you think the human species is insane?” I asked her. We were watching grown men discuss the end of the species—with means given to politicians by science. “I wouldn’t mind hearing your boy comment on this,” I said to my wife.)
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(4:38 PM. I was certainly glad that she had the session, I told Jane, for it contained excellent news. I was nearly elated, and felt again that surge of hope and expectation that I’ve come to learn is so valuable. The signs of healing on the ulcer on the outside of her right knee are very pronounced, compared to the size of the wound there when it had burst after she broke her leg. I told Jane the little session was her best yet—that if it would do any good I’d put it up on the wall. But she couldn’t read it.
(Seth’s comments re war and probabilities evidently mean that in his view Jane and I have moved into a probable reality where nuclear war will not happen. At least I hope so.
(Once again I turned Jane on her left side. The motion still bothered her right knee, near the break, however, but not nearly as much as it used to. There followed our routine of massage with Oil of Olay, a nap, then supper. As Jane was having dessert we watched the shuttle craft land in California—still a thrilling site even after so many have taken place. After her cigarette following dessert, I read the prayer with Jane, then left for the house at 7:05 PM. Sleep well, Sweetheart.)