 to the nurses, doctors, aides, and staff of the mountainside hospital emergency room. I was suffering from a severe case of edema. This was having a detrimental and negative effect on my body and my heart. Needless to say, I was quite worried, and so were my family and my friends. I was wheeled from room to room for various tests, and even the people in other departments could not have been kinder or gentler to me. So, on October 23rd at approximately 10 o'clock in the morning, I dropped off a homemade bananas foster bread pudding with butter scotch drizzle to the emergency room doctors and staff. On the exact same day, October 23rd, I had a wonderful day planned with my beloved wife, Lynn. I used our front door exit. I got to the third step of our concrete landing, and I completely lost my footing. I landed simultaneously on my left wrist and on the right side of my head. We made it down to the emergency room and record time. The same emergency room secretary I had seen earlier was still seated at the front desk. She knew that I needed medical help immediately. All of my favorite nurses and some of my favorite doctors and attendants were all there in force. Miraculously, I did not break or fracture my skull or break my eye socket. They couldn't get over the fact that hours earlier, I had dropped off a thank you dessert, and here I was again. As I left the hospital, I was being pushed down the hallway in a wheelchair by none other than Nurse Joy. As I looked up, I could tell that a few other staff members had followed out to make sure that I was okay. I'm so grateful to have a very good hospital in my backyard, but I'm even more blessed to know that there are professionals there who are out to make a real difference in people's everyday lives. In closing, I want to thank a great hospital with an amazing and rich history attached to it. May God bless each and every one of them, and may God bless Mountainside Hackensack Hospital.