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(I turned Jane as soon as I got to 330. The day was warm—55 degrees—and very bright. She hadn’t had any aspirin or Darvoset since before going to hydro, and was now quite willing to get some aspirin as soon as the lunch tray arrived with some milk.

(Jane ate an excellent lunch, and had a cigarette by 2:00. I did some mail. At 3:05 she started reading yesterday’s session—and surprised me by doing very well indeed. This was her best effort yet: she marched right along in a perfectly normal way. I was quite impressed—another best for the body. Jane also said she’d never heard anything about the cultures Patty had taken from the ulcer on her knee a couple of weeks ago, so she guessed that meant things were okay there. Of course, we’d never asked, either, and I’d quite forgotten. I told Jane the swelling had decreased some more on her upper right leg and around the knee, which cheered her also.

(3:22. I read the session to Jane, then checked it again to make sure I understood what Seth was saying. The left ankle, say, would be one of the signs leading the way, then, or the shoulders or the head or the neck. Jane said yes.

(Cigarette. Jane was at times quite uncomfortable—and worried—because she kept passing large amounts of gas. At the same time she described what seemed to be a very positive dream she’d had early this morning, involving her dying her hair black, a white cat, and Claire Crittenden. I suggested Seth comment if he returned. I thought the dream meant that she was just investigating past events when she had normal freedom of movement, with the idea of bringing them into the future. The white cat could mean a new clean start.

(4:03. Left leg way up off the mattress, grunts and groans, head and shoulders and arms going sideways. Even the right foot moved. “I couldn’t tell what was going on,” Jane said as she rested.

(4:20. Strenuous motions of the left leg up and down. Noises, rising torso, up and down. Side to side, cries aloud. When she rested, all Jane remembered was the hips “going crazy.” Not until I mentioned it did she recall her left leg pumping hard up and down. Her motion had been so strong I’d almost been afraid she was overdoing it.

(4:44. I turned her on her side. The move went easily, yet she had trouble getting comfortable on her left shoulder. She’d also been having a lot of gas, and was concerned about this no matter what she told herself. I finished massaging and dehypnotizing her hands and feet and limbs with Oil of Olay at 5:08. The supper tray hadn’t come yet. I tried to nap, but got up at 5:15 to press the call button for a nurse to track down the tray. No one came. I gave up trying to nap at 5:28 and went into the hall looking for someone to help us get the tray. Found Sharon Poley and the little girl who usually delivers the tray. She went down to get it.

(5:30. I turned Jane on her back. She was uncomfortable and wanted aspirin. Tray at 5:40. By 6:55 Jane had eaten a good supper and we’d had a visit from Rhonda—a nurse from rehab; she’d had surgery. What was going on, I asked? Here Jean Reome was out with a bad back, Shirley was out with a bad arm, Susie was going to be operated on for a defective kneecap, and Georgia had to have a tumor removed and a hysterectomy....

(7:03. I was getting ready to leave when I asked Jane if she wanted Seth to return and talk about her discomfort with gas, which was persisting. She didn’t know if she could or not. It worked well, however. Her Seth voice was strong if subdued. Begin at 7:08.)