hospital post 2

okay, ed now in the bed in the room which is, unfortunately, in a pediatrics unit because the hospital is mighty full.  they expect to get him over to a surgical bed this afternoon.  he's getting some oxygen, rolling icechips around in his mouth via a spoon, and looking a little pale.  no memory of muchof anything in the past 6 hours; talking clearlybut still, he says, a little slowed down in the head from the anesthesia.  we're at noon now.

the 'unfortunate' part of the pediatrics unit is only that there is a constant sound of babies crying in he distance.  he's in a regular bed, not a crib, e.g.