Day 12:
"Two weeks. That's how long it takes. Or that's how long it should take. Last time Hal was trapped in the chair with the straps for two weeks exactly. But this time, it looks like it will be longer. It is day 12 and he is no where near where he should be. The process has a specific time line that it should follow, but this time it is following one completely different.
"On days one & two, he should feel only slight nausea and the mood swings should start. On days one & two, this time, he only felt extreme anger, with small intervals of respite between outbursts. On days three through five, he should be getting sick, and have a very high fever. It should only last for those three days. This time, however, the nausea started on about the third day, so he didn't get sick until about the fifth and, he is still getting sick on Day 12. Days five through ten are when the mood swings should get really bad. The mood swings started occurring on the seventh day and have not stopped (though they have lessened in severity, which was one of the few signs he showed of getting better). During the last four days in the chair, he should be returning to normal but he should still be very weak. It is now day 12. He is not returning to normal by any means. Lastly, the dreams should start about day two. They should start with memories and slowly turn to utter nonsense. The dreams should continue no more than two months after the process is complete. He was dreaming alright, but they started at a weird point between memories and nonsense. At first he thought maybe that meant that they might not last as long, but when he started dreaming memories after nonsense, he stopped hoping.
"He should be mostly better by now. At first the chair wasn't to awful, but now it feels like some cruel form of torture. Two weeks. That's how long he should be in this damn chair. But as of right now, there is very little chance he will be getting out in two days."
Three weeks, Hal thinks after taking some deep breaths, Lets aim for three weeks.