Hi all!!!
I finally got home yesterday afternoon about 3:30. I am so relieved to be here and thank alll of you for all your messages and good wishes. I'm sure one of the reasons things went so well was because I had so many people pulling for me! Rehab was not all it was cracked up to be and I actually ended up waiting for two days for a bed and only getting about 1 1/2 hours of rehab at Mt. Sinai. I'm planning to find a good center here on Staten Island, and I understand there are quite a few of them here. I went for my first post-op checkup today and the wonderful Dr. Choe told me he ia extremely happy witht how well I am doing. I am doing really well and only have a very slight weakness in my right eye, which Dr. Choe said looked even better today. He feels certain it will be gone in a month or less. I think he deserves much of the credit for that but he also told me my strenghth and positive attitude also contributed a lot to my outcome I think much of the credit for that goes to yoiu my AN family. You stood by me, made me laugh, listened to me complain, helped calm my fears and helped guide me through this propcess and I will be eternally grateful for that. I hope in some way I have helped some of you and will continue to do my best to do so.
Debbi - Thank you again for doing such a great job of keeping everyone updated. I know everyone is always anxious to know how surgery has gone for each of us and you certainly did a wonderfful job. I 'm also glad everyone liked the pics. Rob was a very good photographer and very cooperative about forwarding them to Debbi for posting!
My bunny slippers were a source of laughter and fun to me and the hospital staff and other patients and visitors. They really helped keep my spirits up and I highly recommend bunny slippers to everyone (I would share mine but they are quite old (about 25 years old actually) and fragile and have a great deal of sentimental value to me.) The magic scarf bestowed upon me by my excellent press secretary Debbi will be passed on to bring luck to someone in the near future. I have to check the calendar and see who has surgery coming up and is interested and then determine how quickly I can get it to them. I think Steve -- Maybe you should buy a knitting machine so you can knit everyone a pair of bunny slippers, or maybe he should hire some helpers (hmmm -- Steve I guess you should use pink and white for the women and blue and white for the men -- or for a good laugh, maybe the other way around. I think real men can wear bunny slippers!!! I'm sure Phyl could pay for it out of the moderators discretionary fund!!
To my fellow quadruplets -- I guess Jan and I are the oldest, or I guess that's about right and I think we might also be the tallest. I remember Jan saying she is 5'10" and I am 5'8" and we both have brown hair. Jan -- Just so I know how much we look alike, my eyes are hazel what color are yours? It's okay if K and Lori are the little sisters. It just means now there are two older sisters to boss them around!!! After that's what big sisters are for! No back talk Lori -- you are the youngest aren't you -- or is that K?
My thanks again to everyone,
Wendy
