She left the room before he could gather the strength to try again.She left the room before he could gather the strength to try again. Wilbur intended to try again, but the night nurse never reappeared. [This is contrary to instructions, but no disciplinary action will be taken. I feel sorry for the poor girl.-AW] Day 2, various times between 0800 and 2000: [Dr. Carter and I had left for the UCLA symposium the morning of day 2. In our absence, Dr. Moriat was in charge of the project. This seems to have been a grave miscalculation on our part, for she made some unilateral decisions that seem to be the most proximate cause of the disaster.] Wilbur was still in pain, and the effort of remaining conscious became a larger and larger burden. The stocky blonde nurse would look at his monitors, write down the information, and then leave. The only people he ever saw other than her were the orderly who cleaned the room and the red- headed student nurse. He wished they'd figure out how to make those needles in his head stop the pain. [This seems to be the gist of the transcript for day 2, the words "pain" and "sleep" comprising approximately 58% of the words therein.] Day 3, approximately 0150: Dr. Vivienne Moriat was not happy. She looked at the computer readout for the thousandth time. |