
—Bright & coolish—pleasant—Warren has gone over to Dr Mitchell's with urinary specimen—have the belly ache plain enough early in the morning in bed—& then during the day subsides or is quite gone—a bit of chop & some bread & tea for my breakfast—dull heavy head—yr letters rec'd & welcomed—sit here in den as usual
Dec 13—got out yesterday 1½ P M in wheelchair but was too chill'd & made it short—cold weather here—Keep good fire—just my breakfast bit of broil'd chicken, cranberries & bread & tea—eat light—appetite middling (to poor)—mark'd symptoms of cold in the head to-day—write this early in forenoon
P M—bad day—neglected here badly—cold—probably chill'd (badly) f'm sitting here in cold room—am feeling sick & cross & unattended to here & probably feel ugly enough—sun shining out
Walt Whitman
