Off we go

Hi Everyone--

I wanted to post one more update (especially since I promised so many people that I would!) before we left. Its about 9:30 am on Sunday, Doug's still asleep, and I'm just getting everything ready to go. It has been a wonderful couple of days for us leading up to a pretty monumental event.

Thursday, as you know, the Giants won. Enough said. We also had several friends over for dinner and the game and it was a great time. On Friday, Doug's office had a big potluck lunch for him, followed by a Happy Hour. It sounds like it was a great lunch, especially when I called him to ask a question around 3:30 and he was still eating it! :). I headed down to join in the after-work festivities after I got out as well. Its always nice to see the Mannkind group, and I always get to meet new people every time too! Happy Hour really stretched out, with Doug and I leaving to go home around 10:30---i guess it was happy hourS.

Yesterday night we headed down to New Haven to say goodbye to John, a good friend of ours who will be leaving to live in Korea for a year. The party was great, and a great opportunity for Doug to see all of his best friends before we left. John's fiance Lynn made fabulous food, and somehow we managed to squeeze probably about 40 partygoers into one big group picture (if someone can get me a copy of that picture, I will post on this blog).

The thing that both Doug and I have been shown in the last few days is really how good people are, how generous and caring, and how lucky we are to have everyone. The amount of support that has been shown is amazing. Many people have said that a huge part of recovery is your attitude and state of mind going into it, and I agree. You have all helped Doug to be able to be in the best state of mind and as happy as possible going into it, so for that I thank you. We both have great groups of people to hurry back to!

I wanted to just post my cell phone number--I don't know how often I'll be able to pick it up (weird rules with hospitals and cell phones, ya know?) but feel free to leave a message and of course you can always email us directly--518-369-5940.

We'll be leaving around noon today (if I can ever make myself go in and get him out of bed!) and should be down to Baltimore around 5:30 pm or so. Luckily it isn't a Monsoon/Hurricane outside anymore and seems to be a nice day for a drive. We'll check Doug in tomorrow at 7:30 am for all of the preperation that he will have to undergo. Once we get in and get him settled for the evening tomorrow I'll try to write a quick post letting everyone know how the pre-op day went!

OK I'm off to finish packing and make sure that we have everything. But, we love you all, keep sending us happy thoughts and prayers!
Love,
Lindsey