1 result for (book:tps7 AND heading:"delet session novemb 23 1983" AND stemmed:jane)
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census
Judy
cries
mattress
surgical
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(The temperature today was half that of yesterday—about 32 degrees—when I got to 330. Jane was sort of blue as she lay on her left side. I could spot the signs instantly. It developed that she’d had to have a new catheter inserted at around 11:00 AM, and that she was worried about being transferred to another room if and when the administration shut down surgical 3, as they call it.
(Jane had called me last night, saying that the issue of transferal hadn’t been settled after all, in spite of what Georgia had told us yesterday afternoon.
(Now she told me the head nurse, Mary, had told Jane the decision would be made later this afternoon about whether people would be moved.
(1:30. Jane ate a good lunch, though she had a little trouble with her teeth.
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(4:00. Sharon came in for temperature—96.0?—and pulse. No one ever showed up for blood pressure. Jane hasn’t heard about any results from the blood tests of a couple of days ago. Judy and LuAnn came in; all talked about transferals. Judy said the latest now is that six patients—including Jane—are to stay where they are in Surgical 3. “Thank God,” Jane said. I hope so. I noticed later in the afternoon that the old room we used to have, 331, next door, is empty. I also think the room on the other side of us is empty. Judy seemed to think that what she’d been told about the six patients was pretty reliable. The section is down to 13 patients, she said. The census usually drops over the holidays. LuAnn said the unit has never been shut down before because a drop in the census, though. She thinks management is using the impending construction program as an excuse to move people.
(When we were alone I asked Jane if she planned to have a session. I suggested that she do so, and that we ask Seth to comment on the moving prospects. I wanted us to be put at ease, if possible, about it. “I do sort of feel Seth around,” Jane said a little later.
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(Jane’s Seth voice was good.)
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(4:28 PM. “Well, that’s good.” I said. “I’m glad we did that.” Jane agreed. I read the session to her.
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(The supper tray still wasn’t with us when I got up from my nap, but Sharon Poley ran it down for us. As usual, I massaged Jane with Oil of Olay after turning her at 4:50. She did well. She ate a good supper. I left at 7:20 after reading the prayer with her. Sleep well, Sweetheart.
