”Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan
I remember the day pretty plainly when the surgery scheduler Sunny called with the good news. I was a candidate for bilateral DBS surgery. It was a Friday and although it is usually a day off for me I had picked up a shift so was able to tell my supervisors and coworkers. I also called my mom all excited. I believe there might have even been tears envolved. I believe I even called both brothers and their wives to share the good news with them. I was given tentative days and times and she would confirm them the following Monday. So I originally was given November 30th for stage 1 and then December 14th for stage 2. Then Stage 2 got bumped up by one day to December 13. I will have to say I was not scared at all to have a brain surgery. I am not sure if it’s the fact that I scheduled brain surgeries for 12 years, the fact I felt really comfortable with all the Ohio State staff, the fact I have the best support system, or a little bit of all of the above. Well reality was setting in and I had almost 7 weeks to get my ducks in a row. The part I was struggling with was that I was going to have to take a whole month off work. More about that in a later blog. Until next time.