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Hey, that's my brain you are messing with!

Posted by keepthefaith1296 on October 22, 2008 at 10:02 AM

Monday a.m. was a time of reflection and hope. My wife, mom, and myself were headed down to Emory University Hospital to begin our 12 hour day. We would have some laughs on the way down and share some music interpretations as we fast forwarded through stations. It had been about a 35 minute commute down to the hospital that morning, thanks in large part to my wife driving like Mario Andretti to get us there on time.

Once we got there, we would find the valet parking area; the same area that we parked approximately 13 years ago, when my mom had her "heart transplant". Amazing ey? Well, we headed to the third floor, 3F Same Day Surgery, signed in and waited. Not long after that I was being lead to the room where my headset would be placed on my head by Mrs. Smith. She is an interesting lady and full of zeal. She liked me calling her my "Aunt Carolyn" I think.

Not too much longer, I was being chartered off to MRI with the head gear on. I had no idea what I looked like, so when I got the first opportunity to see my reflection in the window of the MRI room, I realized that a child would think I'm some kind of monster from "Monster's Inc.". Nevertheless, I pressed on and completed my MRI.

Next stop, the O.R. For those of you not "up" on the lingo, that is "Operating Room". It was there that I would experience something I'll never forget.

Let me back up for a second. Back in 3F, I was introduced to Jennifer Steevo, "JSteve", she would become. She was right there the whole time in the O.R. I don't know what I would have done without her.

One of the first things the doctor did was shave my front half of my scalp. The back half was left to deal with once I got home. The medical team worked diligently and politely throughout the whole surgery, and for that I am grateful. After many tests and retests, the doctors nailed down a couple of areas that were tagged inside my skull to initiate the programming that will occur on 12/1/08.

More to come...

KTF1296

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2 Comments

Reply Primetime

03:08 PM on October 22, 2008

Coach D how r u, the wife and kids Were the doctors satisfied. It sounds if it went like a breeze. Like I said if GOD'S around not much can go wrong. So u r wired for sound lolSpeak to u soon,Waiting on next chapter KTF Deon

Reply TSwain

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