Hey Gillie......After 3+ weeks I think I may have my computer back and working.....sorta'! Anyway, you should know without being told that my best thoughts are with you for a quick recovery. Having had a Quad myself, let me elaborate a bit on that cough thing.

Ya' gotta' love those folks at the hospital. They explain how much it will hurt to cough and show you how and you're thinking, "Isn't that nice?" But in reality, about the first thing they have you do is COUGH!!!! I can't describe the feeling, but maybe Magician can for you......It hurts like hell. But it's okay after awhile and you get used to it. But pass this on to him......What they never mention is the sneeze. I guess it was Day 2 out of ICU that I was doing pretty well, walking the halls slowly and coughing as I should and all to prevent pneumonia and then it happened. All of a sudden, as is usually the case, I had to sneeze and did so immediately, as you so often do. I don't know the time period between the thought and action but it was just a few nanoseconds BUT IN THAT TEENSY BIT OF TIME my mind said, "Ohmygawd, I'm gonna' sneeze and if coughing hurts like it does, this is going to be friggin' awful!!!!"

I sneezed and as they were scraping the miserable, quivering blob of jello off the floor that had once been me, I knew I was right!!!! Tell him not to sneeze!!!!!

Laughing hurts some too, but it's a good hurt.

Spaw