Tonight Paige left Stamford Hospital and a cast of medical luminaries.  She will not remember them, but they have asked repeatedly that Paige return to see them for a victory lap when she is well.

As we followed the ambulance from Stamford to her acute rehabilitation facility in White Plains, New York, we reflected on the talented team that Paige would have adored: the petite, confident and caring head trauma surgeon in charge of Paige's case who greeted us grimly on that awful early Sunday morning and dismissed us today with a smile as wide as the Hudson River; the compassionate ICU attending physician from South Africa who stopped in twice on Paige this morning as he made his rounds; the beautiful Indian doctor in her bright blue scrubs who would appear in the very middle of the night to look in on Paige; the dashing young neurosurgeon who kept Liz alert all night so that she could give him a thorough report on Paige when he made his rounds at dawn; and the endless and varied cast of nurses, technicians and aides of every nationality who gave their days and nights to Paige's recovery.  Thanks to their collective good efforts, she is on the way to a triumphant return.  

Paige now begins a comprehensive rehabilitation full of medical attention and extensive daily physical and occupational therapy.  She will be working hard and has much to learn, beginning with her swallowing, but she is supported by a talented team.

Ryan kindly returned to help us with night duty.  Paige's smile when she saw him moved us deeply.