YES!! Oh YES... I believe in that "young, brash man!! And I believe that
surely on October 24, 1994, God stood at not only Dr. Iacono's right hand but
also guided the skilled hands of Dr. Gary Heit of Stanford University Med.
Center - studying pallidotomy under Dr. I, as he performed a unilateral pall
on me.
I know God was there, because I felt his presence at my side in that
other-worldly, echoing, equipment-laden room that day. He directed Dr. Heit
and Dr. Iacono in giving me a second chance at life.
I believe, also, that God brought Tony Schoonenberg to Dr. Iacono's where he
contributed so much my life (and to so many others in the same boat as I was
at that time) by his thoughtful caring, his vast knowledge PD which mutually
share, and by being a supportive friend in that seemingly endless wait between
my first visit to Loma Linda and the surgery.
I don't remember being thrust from my mother's womb at my original birth, but
I'll NEVER so long as I live forget that Dr. Heit, Dr. Iacono, with God
watching over them permitted me to take an active part in my rebirth.
And I'll never forget that event or those profoundly skilled people.
Barb Mallut
[log in to unmask]
----------
From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of H. Wallace Teal
Sent: Monday, October 13, 1997 7:20 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Like Me by Janet Johnston
Were You Like Me?
Were you like me?
Were your days bordered by pain?
Were your nights eternally endless?
Did you wonder if this young, brash man could alter it?
Did you wonder if anyone could?
Did you cry when he said, "It's over for you"?
Cry, but not believe that he had the kind of power
to alter such a thorough awfulness?
Were you crucified when they twisted the screws into your head?
Did you feel horror at the drill,
horror at making an opening, an access?
Did you feel it when it left?
Were you shocked to awaken the next morning
while the pain slept on?
Do you know that he believes that God is with him at Loma Linda?
Did you too, hear wings?
by:
Janet Johnston
Bilateral Pallidotomy
Loma Linda University Medical Center
