Best things of 2008

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Added: Fri. Jan 02, 2009 2:51pm

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Pat Paciello
The most significant event of 2008, besides the Giants winning the Super Bowl, was my wife's recent illness. She twice had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Eventually the doctors found out that her gall bladder was the source of the problem. This seemingly simple procedure required my wife to be hospitalized for three and a half weeks, and then to be under the care of a home health nurse for two weeks.

Only in the last week has my wife resumed her normal activities. During one of my visits to the hospital, I was teary-eyed. I told "her that I didn't want to see her in discomfort. I wanted her back home where she belonged."

She said "that I shouldn't worry and soon she would be better." I said "honey you don't understand. The laundry is piling up to the ceiling and the bedding hasn't been changed since you have been hospitalized."

For a brief moment, she regained her strength and her voice was clear and strong. I'm sure it was the pain medication that made her say those colorful words. Fortunately, the nurse came in and sedated her and my wife went into a deep sleep.