Help with aligning an img within a div

[suavedesign]

My url is http://216.188.144.4/mental_health.php
I have a closed quote, which is an image at the end of each italicized paragraph.
The img is a span, inside a div.
How can I make the img align so that it doesnt create a space between the second to last and last lines in the paragraph.
I need it to come at the end of each italicized paragraph, after the last word.
Here's the code:

<div class="italic">
It was hard coming to Pesach Tikvah at first, as I was afraid people would see me coming and going. But I am getting so much help from my therapist and psychiatristthat I now feel comfortable coming, and actually look forward to my appointment. I would never have made it without     them. The respectful, yet warm, family-like atmosphere makes it so much easier for me to get the help I need.
<span class="close"><img src="images/detail_quotegreenclosed.jpg" width="30" height="30" border="0" alt="Continuing Day Treatment Program" /></span>
</div>

[urtrivedi]

Add vertical-align :text-top to img element

<img src="images/detail_quotegreenclosed.jpg" width="30" height="30" border="0" alt="Continuing Day Treatment Program" style="vertical-align:text-top;">

[suavedesign]

that did it, thanks

[JorgeM]

A few different ways to handle.. here is one approach..

<div class="italic" style="position:relative">
<img style="position:relative;top:8px;left:0px;" src="images/detail_quotegreen.jpg" width="30" height="30" border="0" alt="Continuing Day Treatment Program">

Ten years ago, when my eighteen-year-old son suffered from yet another mental health episode, my wife and I were torn trying to decide whether or not to institutionalize him. We both worked long, hard days to support our family and could not allow him to be home unsupervised. A neighbor recommended that we look into Pesach Tikvah's Day Treatment Program. It was the best advice anyone ever gave us. He has been happily attending this program daily for the last ten years, allowing us to maintain our stable lives while enjoying our son's presence in our home.

<img style="position:absolute;bottom:0px;right:260px;" src="images/detail_quotegreenclosed.jpg" width="30" height="30" border="0" alt="Continuing Day Treatment Program">
</div>

`