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(Jane’s new freedom of motion continues in many ways. Many of those ways are small yet, but show signs of enlarging—and none of them even existed a short time ago. Turning her back on her back went much more easily this noon; she’s also dispensed with the pillow between her legs, and using a doughnut sponge we used to use before the leg break. I massaged Jane’s neck, after she had trouble trying to read yesterday’s session. The massage is supposed to help her eyes, according to Seth.
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(Then I looked up to see Jane reaching up to her left ear with her left hand—in a spontaneous gesture I haven’t seen her do in I don’t know when. It looked unnatural to see her do this. She was surprised too. It was another great sign, I told her. With her gesture Jane couldn’t quite reach the ear, which itched. She began to move on the bed, twisting her hands and wrists and rotating her arms. “But you will reach it,” I said, delighted. She tried again—and did reach the ear. She actually dug a bit of wax out of it with a forefinger. “I got it. I got it,” she exclaimed. Obviously, this was something she couldn’t even manage yesterday, let alone last week, say.
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(4:32. Jane now said that her reference yesterday to an unexpected visitor probably referred to Peggy G’s visit today. Then I got it. Of course: Peggy had not only visited unexpectedly, but she’d brought a letter from a fan who wanted to visit us from New York City. I’d scanned the letter while Peggy was present, but hadn’t made the rather obvious connection then, nor had Jane. “It makes your prediction pan out,” I said to Jane. “It reminds me of those old envelope tests. See the correlations?” Jane did. Things work out in unexpected ways.
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