The Nurse Timeline and Summary

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• The nurse enters the reception area where the attendant is asking if Phoenix is deaf because she has not answered any questions or identified herself.
• The nurse recognizes Phoenix and tells her to have a seat after her long trip.
• The nurse asks Phoenix three times about her grandson's health, but Phoenix does not answer, so she asks if he has died.
• Phoenix's memory and words return to her, and she explains that her grandson is just the same.
• The two discuss the lye poisoning, and Phoenix then moves into a description of the boy; the nurse tries to quiet Phoenix after this long description.
• She gives Phoenix a bottle of medicine and marks the exchange as "charity" in a record book.