tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626537130461773288.post9066320505919292709..comments2024-01-26T21:46:03.850-08:00Comments on Actually, it IS brain surgery!: Beginning a New Life - Second ChanceKenny Waynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00866408435196866301noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626537130461773288.post-100243961115701032009-12-17T21:16:40.710-08:002009-12-17T21:16:40.710-08:00I remember observing in the OR one of the doctors ...I remember observing in the OR one of the doctors massaging your huge cramping calf muscle with her tiny little hands. It was then I came to realize what a "beast" of man your are. I thought to myself, this Alaskan warrior has been fighting his whole life. If it was not one thing it was another and now, after he has managed to help raise two girls and provide for his wife for so many years he has deal with this gnarly condition. I never heard you complain once. Sure you talked about your symptoms and admitted frustration but you held on strong the whole time for us and for yourself. Only now do you take the time to truly reveal the agony of it all. Not hat we didn't have any idea what you were going through, but now your mouth (and hand) is free to share in a spirit of truth and hope as opposed to agony and frustration. Now we see plainly that God is not finished with you yet. Keep it it stud!samtuneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169589195622900593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626537130461773288.post-191382768250933792009-12-17T12:55:15.818-08:002009-12-17T12:55:15.818-08:00I feel happiness in knowing that you are able to s...I feel happiness in knowing that you are able to share how you felt during those long and hard days. It's almost as if being open and honest about the truth of it all is release in itself.<br />I am sure that the difference your body and mind feels is like experiencing the feeling of a true miracle, just like they experienced in Jesus' time. Miracles, even medical driven miracles, are mind boggling and unbelievable. But, as a wise woman (my mother) once said, (ironically during the Christmas season)...."I Believe".<br />I remember telling Sam when we were first together how you were a different person with parkinsons. It was not a "bad" thing, I was just trying to explain the obvious effect coping had on how you functioned. That I wish he could know the dad exactly the way I remember him to be before PD.<br />Well, I cannot express how excited I am to see you guys next week, so that Sam and Leo might see the dad and grandpa who is even better than the way I remember him before PD.Jenna Tuneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632078081393296348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626537130461773288.post-84439871359233568222009-12-17T12:45:39.541-08:002009-12-17T12:45:39.541-08:00No Crying this time, this was, shall i say, HOPEfu...No Crying this time, this was, shall i say, HOPEfull! ;) <br /><br />Love you Dad, we are all praying this will keep up 4-ever! and keep the hope alive!Rachel K. Lincolnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236196810249947856noreply@blogger.com