bedtime: 7 pm

Spoons is safely installed and sleeping in his room at the hospital. I came down earlier in the afternoon and there was a roommate in his room, but as I started to unpack a few things, I heard his wife say "I am going to get you a private room!" So, I scared them away and we have a nice big room to ourselves, at least for now.

When I saw Spoons in the recovery room right after the surgery, he looked like himself, just so, so sleepy. He barely wanted to talk, but could squeeze hands once for yes and twice for no, and when I asked if he was feeling OK, he said yes, and if he needed anything, he said no. I could only stay there a few minutes, but it was good to see him.

When they moved him up to the room about an hour ago, he was talking more. One of the doctors came by to ask how he was feeling and he said "I've been better" with a smile. Overall, he's feeling fine and sleeping now but apparently the incision itself is really painful, as you might guess. As they were moving him into the room, one of the various tubes grazed his stomach and he said that felt pretty bad, so he is getting enough morphine to sleep well and not feel horrible, but not so much that he can't tell what's going on.

Since we got up today before 5 am and expect him to be poked and prodded early tomorrow, we are both calling it a night. They have a recliner thing that I can sleep in for the night, and I am so tired I think it will be easy. We'll see.