Mary Ann,
I also talk with you on pittsburghrnysupport. I am very excited for you too, the letter to kids will most likely not be necessary, but it is a nice thing to put in writing how you feel about them, you may want to save the letter until months after the surgery, re-read it and then maybe give it to them or save it and give to them individually on a special occas. like a birthday, graduation or wedding. Now onto my needs HeHe!, how did the approval process go with Cigna PPO, that is what I have, the surgeons office said they submitted the request for approval on 12/18 but when I call Cigna, they say there is nothing pending and no record of it. Did you have a similar scenario? GodSpeed on Monday!