Hi Joan--thanks for the update--it does sound encouraging. Please tell Jo we appreciate the good news, as I'm not sure Dennis ' mailbox is "open" right now. >hi! just got another note from Jo, Den's wife: >First thank you from both of us for all your lovely messages of support. >I >went in to see Den today,(2 days post-op), and was there to see the 2nd >go >at switching him on. There is a definite response, and it was amazing to > >see >the doctor connect up and turn on the stimulator when Den was twitchy >and >rocking and to see him calm before my eyes. At the moment it is early >days >but the registrar says it was 'most encouraging'. I just hugged him and >cried.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Thank You, God! Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm <[log in to unmask]> "In all beginnings, endings lie enfolded, implicit and invisible as roots." from: "Leaving the Garden"--CHF