Dr. Samaniego arrived at work that day, the place was quite chaotic, he still had a consultation to give, not because he was the director, he was not exempt from not having patients; But he still had to talk to Dr. Lanah, about patient 1903. That number told him something, but he didn't remember any more, it was his second day at work, he had prepared for it so he would take it forward.
SOMEWHERE ELSE ...
A group of students found themselves in practices, at that time they were in Gessell's chamber, they had a class with Dr. Abelló, they were going to have a session with a schizophrenic patient, many of them were studying psychiatry.
Dr. Abello entered and with him two men who were leading a woman, she had her short hair, which was light brown, her eyes were lost, she did not know at what moment they were.
They were in a regression, suffering from catatonic schizophrenia, there were times when he stayed in one position.
The boys wrote down each of her symptoms, but apparently the woman would not cooperate today, the nurses took her out of the place, she had to go to eat, if they could get her to do it.
The lights were turned on to let the audience see, Dr. Abelló addressed them, very well I will tell you what we have here:
Female patient, aged 20 years, her preliminary diagnosis is catatonic schizophrenia, admitted in the past for several suicide attempts, she still had paranoid delusions, the day she was admitted she had a psychotic attack in which two people lost their lives and she left in a catatonic state, she was transferred almost six months ago.
Her task for the next session will be to find the psychological current that we use today, if there is any medicine that can help her. See you next Tuesday.
One of the students raised her hand- Dr.Abello, what is the patient's name?
Abello stared at her under the glasses and meditated - she is patient 13 from the San José ward - that's all I can tell her.
See you next Tuesday, and he left the place.
HOSPITAL OF RETURN TO.
Mar had arrived at the hospital, she asked to see the director of the hospital, they told her that she had to enter through different rooms and corridors to find the office, the place was quite large, there was a moment when she felt stunned, that she got lost, a nurse supported her by seeing her.
Is she okay? The woman asked kindly - she was the head nurse of the hospital and the one who would be the director's right hand. She was a middle-aged woman with a hard face, very efficient, intelligent, but she doubted Samaniego's abilities to run the hospital, to Mariana that woman became known, but she couldn't remember from where.
Yes, I got lost; I am looking for the office of my boyfriend, Dr. Manuel Samaniego- I speak Mar- Could you help me find it? This place is too big and I have an appointment to eat with him at 2:00 pm and he also promised to show me the office of the.
Come with me and I did not separate - the nurse spoke - this place is great, it is not strange that it was lost, the same Doctor should have left for you.
They arrived at the director's office, which was occupied by the girl's boyfriend, it had a transparent window so that it will be noted if the director saw each other or not, Manuel met with Dr. Ángeles, they talked about patient 1903, there was no progress She did not cooperate or did not want to cooperate, Ángeles approached Samaniego a little until she was left arm to arm glued, Mar's furious gaze became visible, Samaniego noticing and feeling the gaze; He had a horrible headache again, he looked up to meet the fury eyes of his girlfriend, who was looking at him from the other side of the glass.
GESSELL CHAMBER
Abello can again in the session with patient 13; At this time he was talking more, his hair had already grown and he was staring into his eyes.
Tell me 13, she didn't want anyone to know his name, it was the only thing she remembered, his name, but she liked the nickname 13, what do you remember from yesterday? - Questioned the man, Abello was a middle-aged psychiatrist, he had a specialty in psychoanalysis and hypnosis, he has not yet reached that point.
Yesterday my mother came, and she talked to me, she was here all night- she was what she said thirteen before she was silent ...
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Mar, darling- said the doctor- I introduce you to Dr. Ángeles, she is my colleague, and in charge of the permanent interns' ward, we are commenting on the case of a patient and his progress, we were seeing the decision that I take care of she as a patient- the man ended his dialogue looking exclusively at his girlfriend.
Dr. Lanah Ángeles stretched out her hand towards Mariana Márquez, Dr. Samaniego's girlfriend, who did not return the gesture, but looked up at Dr. Lanah as if she were going through laser beams, Dr. Ángeles was a beautiful woman, 2 years older but he looked younger, with a smile full of peace and tranquility
Nice to meet you, Dra. Ángeles -he said in an arrogant tone to the Dra. Who withdrew her hand- I hope she doesn't see her so close to my boyfriend again, because if she knows, she's compromised- she said this seeing her challengingly, Lanah Ángeles couldn't believe what she heard, like this that he decided to ignore Samaniego's girlfriend, so he excused himself to be able to withdraw from there.
I am retiring Director, I have to make the round to the pavilion and write down the doses of each one of them, have a good afternoon- she said this while she was leaving- Miss Gela. Have a good afternoon, she said goodbye to the nurse and said to the director's girlfriend- good afternoon, I hope to see you soon and she withdrew at a fast pace from there with a feeling of panic.
Dr. Abelló's class, the group was discussing the case of patient 13, that's what he called himself, the Doctor did not give them the name of the woman yet, the chair of the day could not be in Gesell since patient 13 she had suffered from a seizure of epilepsy the day before and was in the hospital at the time, and had a neurological monitoring.Okay guys, what have you investigated about our patient 13's symptoms ?; I await her hypothesis, her possible symptoms and her theories about her.Andrea Santos, one of the doctor's best students, raised her hand to ask for a word --- from what we can identify, she has strong traits of paranoid schizophrenia and there are also schizoid traits; but the strangest thing is that in the last consultation she had coherent language- Santos term.That's right, Santos- said Abello sometimes returns to reality, but not all, let's continue with the case and a bit of the girl's story ...&nb
They were in consultation with Dr. Abello, again in Gesell's chamber, the students of the specialty in psychiatry every day, they found more interesting things in the case of patient 13, Dr. Abello had decided not to reveal the name of said patient out of professional ethics, but wanted her students to see her case.Tell me thirteen, how are you feeling today? - Abello asked kindly to the woman who was sitting in front of him- the woman when hearing the voice of the doctor looked up, but did not focus on him, if not on someone invisible, smiled at that something, and turned to see the man who had questioned her before.Very well, I always feel very well, I told her that my mother came to visit me, well she came and told me about the stupid ex-boyfriend, - the woman saw that invisible something, that made her signs that she will not speak, that It was better to remain silent, thirteen nodded to that character who was in front of her to remain silent again.
In 1903 she was in the hospital garden for the first time; This was the occasion that she had waited so long for, she was ten years old in that place, the smell of flowers, trees, the air itself, all that filled her senses and perception. Dr. Samaniego gave the authorization to let her go out for a few minutes, all this due to her good behavior in the last sessions.Dr. Lanah watched the woman from the window overlooking the gardens, many patients were in the place; But the one who stood out the most was she, that woman who from the moment she arrived at Fray Bernardino could never touch that space until that moment when she walked among the rose bushes, looked at her scrutinizingly, she was not deceived, 1903 was manipulative and dangerous .Dr. Samaniego approached the woman; I was doing a tour of the facilities, I did not have a fixed day to do that tour and supervise that all things were running normally, I did it that way, both in wards
Thirteen was in the dining room, it was very few times that she ate together with all the inmates in the area, she had been in the psychiatric hospital for more than two years, since she saw his whole life collapse, his mind played bad Past, this day was quiet, her mother had not visited her in days, since the day she spoke with the kind Dr. Abello, if he was a kind man, he reminded her of her biological father, if she remembered him.One of the students who witnessed the sessions with her, worked in the area as a resident, observed the woman from a distance, produced a sensation of pain every time he observed her, for her case, the antecedents they marked, the signs and symptoms He did not want to make a prognosis, but he was one hundred percent sure that thirteen, if patient thirteen would never leave the fantasy world that lived in her head, although on some occasions she was lucid on others not so much.That day Dr. Abelló had con
“sometimes I dream of a love distant and vaporous like the schizophrenia of a perfume” -Emil Cioran- 1911 -1995
It was a rainy morning in Mexico City; she looked gray because of the smog covering her, it was her first day