Arlene here - good to hear about Dr. Furst!
Yesterday, Bill was "present" and, for the most part, thinking clearly. For ex., when I mentioned getting Kaiser membership for Abigail now that she's no longer covered by Vermont's state health care program he said he wanted to be sure her coverage would be good, we were not to skimp. When asked whom we should talk to about restoring drawings and maps that had gotten moldy in his leaky garage, he immediately said, "Ask Judd" (Emerick). But -- he was feeling intermittent pain in his stomach/digestive tract even after getting some pain medication and needed to squeeze my hand while it occurred. He described it as torture and said he wanted to be "knocked out". Before leaving I left a message for his nurse saying he was intermittently in a lot of pain and that he understood that pain meds might have an undesirable effect but that his health care directive says he wanted to be kept comfortable and out of pain.
I got a small 'boom box' for his CDs, particularly the ones from the hypnotist he likes so much. As we talked about her, he described as "a miracle" the effects of talking to her before his bone marrow biopsy; the test was virtually painless. I hope the tapes will help him now.
Shelley is indeed amazing. I'm glad Bill will be able to listen to her voice - that should bring back some of the peace he felt when she hypnotized him that first time when he went to her home for a session. The look on his face that day was relaxed, sweet and open - he teared up with relief, yet had that classic feeling of having 'not been hypnotized'!
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