Jacuzzi

2009 Post ScriptThis 2009 revision especially honors all the wonderful souls who have touched my life ...alwaysfull of surprises.On September 19, 2008, at Barrows Neurological, St. Joes Hospital, Phoenix, I had brain surgery, or microvascular decompression. Two neurosurgeons, Drs. Andrew Shetter and Joseph Zabramski performed this high risk procedure. These guys were brilliant and the surgery 100% successful. But a couple of days post op I developed multiple complications, including pneumonia.On my third trip back into intensive care I felt... spent. I told the attending nurse that I didnt wantto be re-intubated. The nurse called my wife and told her what I wanted.... After four weeks ofhospitalization and five more weeks of intense therapy and recovery at home, I returned to myjob with the State of Arizona....Barack Obama had just been elected President of the United States.... An ever worseningeconomic crisis was gripping this country.... The historically predictable causes for this crisishad been forewarned by renowned scholars.... For now, consider the health of a US economythats been moving away from... producing real products... to one which exchanges paper-- buying and selling... corporate and consumer debt... making financial bets, i.e., hedging. Contemporaneously... erode this economysmiddle class while concentrating... its wealth intofewer hands. Thats whats been happening inthe US over the last 40+ years. Its an historicalflashing red light for the end of an empire. Guesswhich empire.On May 18, 2009, I was advised thatdue to budgetary constraints, the ArizonaOffice for Americans with Disabilities was tobe permanently closed.... My job as ExecutiveDirector... would terminate.... Like many of youwho read this, Im looking for another job. Thatslife. The rest is inside.Jacuzzis creative memoir of growing up disabled in a family of Italian inventors is filled withhistory, romance, and globe-trekking adventure. Business coach, manager, and ADA advocate,Ken has lived an incredible life!