Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A Battery-Operated Brain


On January 9th I had out-patient surgery at Stanford to switch out my impulse generator.  The battery was running out of energy and needed to be replaced.    A week later, here at home, I was changing the dressing on my chest incision
My grandson asked, "Grandpa, what's THAT?" I replied, "I had a little operation."  Leo exclaimed, with a look of horror on his face, "The doctor cut you?  WHY?  (Leo is 5 years old).
My response was limited by my inability to speak in long sentences,  "I have a battery powered brain."   He quipped, "Grandpa, you're a robot!"  and proceeded to run around the house yelling,  "Mommy, mommy, did you know that Grandpa is a robot?  He has batteries!"
Life is good.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Mr. Wayne,

    Thank you for writing about your experience and creating those youtube videos. Is there any adjustment that will be done with the device to improve your voice quality ? or is it something to accept as part of the package ?

    My mother will undergo the procedure later this month and we have done quite a bit of research and been uncertain about it for a while. But overall I am glad we are finally going through with our decision.

    Thank you,
    Deepa Jain

    ReplyDelete
  2. He is a gem Ken. It is so precious to see children put life in perspective.Like Jesus said we are to come to him with the faith of a child.It seems they don't worry and have this unending ability to trust that everything will be okay. Especially when they have parents who model Jesus life like Jena and Sam. You are truly blessed with your girls and their families. I love you lots Ken.Can't wait to visit.

    ReplyDelete
  3. He is a gem Ken. It is so precious to see children put life in perspective.Like Jesus said we are to come to him with the faith of a child.It seems they don't worry and have this unending ability to trust that everything will be okay. Especially when they have parents who model Jesus life like Jena and Sam. You are truly blessed with your girls and their families. I love you lots Ken.Can't wait to visit.

    ReplyDelete