It's a bird...its'a plane...no wait.... it's

Kenny Wayne with his SuperMan T-shirt!!! The 2nd surgery (on Wed 11/18, to implant the neurostimulator and wires) went so smoothly, we can barely believe it happened!! Ken was released about 2 pm & immediately was ready to eat. Our girls had told us there was a "Sprinkles" @ the Stanford Mall so we headed there to celebrate --- Ken got a Black & White -- me, the Red Velvet standard :).

I had fully expected 3 more days of zzzzzzzzzzz, just like after the brain surgery on Friday --- but amazingly, Ken was energized & feelin' great --- good enough to have a late lunch @ Max's Opera Cafe (we saved the Sprinkles for later!!) Interesting choice for our celebratory lunch --- we've celebrated MANY family birthdays @ the Max's Sacramento location before it's demise.... so we felt right @ home toasting to the completion of surgery @ Max's.

We've decided that maybe our grandson, Leo, will have to start calling Ken, "Grampa Zip" (since his tonsorial scars look like zippers right now!!!)
He has to keep those incisions open to the air for complete healing -- so get used to seeing him like this!!

Ken has been able to reduce his use of Parkinsons Meds by 1/2 since last Friday --- a phenomenon referred to as the "honeymoon period", seen fairly often after the brain surgery, that can last 3 days, 3 weeks or 3 months!!! When you're used to scheduling & taking 20+ pills a day, that's quite a reduction! and a blessing... of course, once the neurostimulator is 'turned on', our expectation is that Ken will be able to reduce his dependance on the PD meds even more.

Wanted to include a couple pics of our time @ Stanford --- just for general interest.... this was the look Ken sported after the titanium screws were inserted last Thursday (11/12)... we tried to get a picture of Leo with a 'matching' "hat" made out of TP -- but he wasn't havin' any of that!!!

For all you 'analyticals' --- these are 2 of the 5 (!!) screws Ken had inserted in his skull prior to the CT Scan for GPS coordinates (and the headwrap) ..... yikes!!

The **3 Musketeers** -- SAMUEL (son-in-law/O.R. grip/medical afficionado) ANDREW(friend/business associate/videographer) and KENNYWAYNE (patient) -- tippin' the *Bux

Who's that handsome DOCTOR???!!!! that's our son-in-law, Sam --- but that's the wrong daughter on his arm!!! We were so glad Sam had the opportunity to be in the O.R. --- he was jazzed!!! And the most fun thing was everybody mistook him for one of the docs!!!! at 6'6"... he can be pretty impressive!

We are so thankful for the amazing way that God has carried us thru this time of surgeries --- it is directly due to the prayers of many on our behalf.

Now for several weeks of healing & letting Ken's brain settle back down.... next week a post-op appt @ Stanford --- the day before Thanksgiving.... we DO have much to be thankful for don't we?? Sometime mid-December he'll head back down to Stanford to his first 'turn-on' of the neuro-stimulator and programming will begin...... exciting times.

Thanks for stayin' on the journey with us --- when you check back in, you might even get to see snippets of video from the O.R ......

I PROMISE --nothing too gross!!