Picture taken 15 March: Nuria and me trying out the comfortable hospital bed, one day before the operation. Like me, Nuria was feeling quite at home there, and even suggested to jump from the window in order to be able to stay next to me. (Thank goodness no windows can be opened in Dutch hospitals...)

I must admit that my own bed feels better, even though it lacks these wonderful devices of lifting you up to the ceiling, folding you up like a concertina or driving you around the house. Of course these buttons and their effects were a major attraction to Nuria and Elias. To my relief, the nurses did not come in when they were trying out all technical possibilities...