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stable basis, instead of just coming and going.
Q.
Right.
A.
So there were two beds in the room, you know,
double beds, and one across the room. Lisa was on that bed, with perpetual extreme motion on her bed, her bed was rocking all the time, and she was (indicating), and she would get her fingernails in herself and face (indicating), and people were taking her hands of f her, you know (indicating), trying to minimize the harm.
Q.
And this first contact that you had with
Lisa, were there any signs, that you observed, of her being an irrational person?
A.
Irrational? She was like ——
Q.
Did she know where she was?
A.
I honestly don’t know.
Q.
All I can ask is what you know and if --
A.
She wasn’t saying anything that I could
recognize.
Q.
She wasn’t making complete sentences?
A.
No.
Q.
Did that change?
A.
No string of words like I could make any
sense out of, that had anything to do with the environment or what she was doing or what she wanted or anything.

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