OK, another update:

It works just fine now.

I decided to take the car around the block to see if it would matter.
I start car, put brake, reverse, I back out of garage, press brake again, and all the warning lights switch off!!

Only problem was the keys needed to be reprogrammed to lock/unlock the door, which I did using the methjod listed here.

That was one big WTF incident. Which I was in serious panic mode (the car's my wifes) Everything works fine now, so lesson learned (I guess).

AND THE BEST PART OF THIS? During this whole WTF incident, my wife went to the movies with our daughter and some friends and she'll never know a thing about how I almost screwed her car up