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WTH Part One: Chapter 4: March 27, 1984 5/25 (20%) insurance circulate enemies health exuberance
– The Way Toward Health
– © 2011 Laurel Davies-Butts
– Part One: Dilemmas
– Chapter 4: The Broken-Hearted, the Heartless, and Medical Technology
– March 27, 1984 4:12 P.M. Tuesday

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(At 11:00 this morning our lawyer called to tell me that Blue Cross has agreed to pay our insurance claim. I could hardly believe it, and barely reacted to the news. I did ask if he knew whether the company is paying 80% or 100%, and he didn’t know. If it’s the former figure, we’ll still owe a hefty bill.

(“Seth was right,” Jane said with a smile as soon as I gave her the news. During the afternoon she said that she’d never worried about the insurance question. I think the good news may not have penetrated my psyche yet, not even as I type these lines at 9:00 p.m. After talking to our lawyer this morning I went back to work on Dreams just as though nothing had happened. However, that mixture of dread and anticipation I’ve felt every day for months when I went to the mail box should now begin to dissipate.

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(After I’d told her about the insurance thing, and Jane had told me about her increased motions, she added that she now felt that everything would be fine, and that she would recover. What a treat that will be!

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We will resume dictation. Congratulations after the long wait concerning your insurance. I understand that the wait seemed longer to you than to me, but I was not concerned.

(Seth was almost amused and understanding at once. After the session I told Jane that he’d said more than he realized — that in the case of predictions it would be wise of us to remind ourselves that his sense of time is indeed far different than ours, that much more time could be involved on our parts than on his. This in turn had reminded me of my dream of months ago, when from the elevator tower of the hospital I’d looked out a window to see checks from the insurance company lying on the asphalt at the side of the left front wheel of the car. I’d interpreted that dream to mean that a meaningful settlement was still far away from us, but there nevertheless. I do not recall the date of the dream without checking.

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