Nurse asking whether Edgar will see Pam (unnamed)

… the red, a creature coming to look at the monkey in the cage, and the nurse says: “Are you ready to visit with your wife?” And I say: “Only if she brought a gun to shoot me with.” You don’t think that kind of pain will pass, but it does. They shipped me home, the red began to drain …

Nurse speaks to Edgar at the convalescent home while he is restrained and in severe pain. Could be one of the two older nurses; no identifying continuity proves it.