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Jen gently moved away from Ella to let Ashley take her place, then walked toward the registration desk for the TV remote.
She caught sight of the desk calendar as she reached for the remote. Every month she marked the full moon with a red circle. Things always went ratbat on the full moon. That the “luna” in “lunacy” actually referred to the moon’s effect on the human psyche had not surprised her to learn. A more intense lunar pull meant more intense lunacy; uptakes in lunacy meant uptakes in emergencies. Scientific research might not have proven a correlation, but Jen had never known a full moon when the ER hadn’t descended into chaos. It had gotten so she could barely look at a pickax.
Ella showed all the signs of a sundowner, a patient whose mental state noticeably worsened at night, especially on full moons.
Turning the TV off made it easier to hear the steady stream of water dripping off her. Their soaking wet clothes had left puddles all over the tile floor, but she couldn’t help that. A shriek from Ella kept her from thinking about it for too long anyway.
Ella had Ashley’s shoulders in a death grip and her eyes locked onto the hospital's name displayed on the wall behind the desk. “Daniella Delouse Memorial? Are they talking about me? Who spelled my name that way? Why does it say memorial? Ashley, why does it say memorial?”
Definitely a sundowner.

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