But even as she spoke, more beds arrived.
We got the reference to the health service as soon as the hospital beds arrived.
At the New Hanover Regional Medical Center, several dozen children had spent the night in sleeping bags and inflatable beds, arriving with staff members who had to work and parents from the area who wanted a safe place to wait the storm out.
Gradually, they are obtaining the barest essentials once more, with donated clothes and bedding arriving from different sources.
"The bed never arrived," says Kureishi.
As I found his hospital bed, security arrived with another warning.
He put down two rugs he bought on a trip with his girlfriend, and his new bed had arrived from 1-800-Mattress 1-800-Mattress 1-800-Mattress
So far they have bought a bed, which arrived in May, just a few days before they did; a red couch; and some pieces of African art from a store that was going out of business.
I peeled myself out of bed and arrived, alone, at 7 32.
