Hospital Update

To those who have kindly inquired about our well-being: We are back from the hospital in Bellingham; Ed is doing as well as one could ask after major surgery.  The last time he was in a hospital overnight was in 1953; I in 1965 (and then only for the birth of my third child).  Thus, we are naive at best about what it's like to get serious medical treatment of that sort.  It takes a lot out of everyone, and when they say recovery will take 3 or 4 weeks, I now take them at their word.  But it's very nice to be back at home.