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Miracle Visit to Japan
It’s Thursday afternoon, June 2. I’m here in the family room with Ken and we are both finally getting over a very heavy case of jet lag. We got home on May 31 from an incredible trip to Tokyo. Many friends and family thought we were totally crazy for even attempting a trip like…
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Can’t Keep Two Good Men Down
A few weeks ago we learned from Ken’s first wife Barbara of a new therapy for Parkinson’s Disease – Boxing!! It seems that the exercise of intense punching improves physical performance, stimulates the brain and can even reduce the amount of medicine needed. We decided – what the heck – let’s go for it.…
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The Scrabble Game
I hope I can write about this afternoon with the depth of feeling that is in my heart right now. I had a wonderful morning outside at Eastern College. It was a beautiful day – way too bright to take good photographs, but I still found a little secret place to stand in the…
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Research on Parkinson’s
A few days ago Ken and I heard a broadcast on National Public Radio about a new study done on a drug called Nilotinib. The drug is being used for cancer patients, but it was used by two neurologists from GeorgetownUniversity Hospital in Washington D.C. on a small group of Parkinsons patients. The study…
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Ken Kono Publishes “Stories From My Life”
It’s been years in the making, but we finally pushed the button on Ken’s Memoirs. Ken put his heart and soul into this. Yumiko took a lot of time this summer typing all of the text into a blurb book. Ken’s sister Takae provided us with lots of photos from the early years. If…
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Ken
It’s been some time since I last wrote about Ken. His situation has had so many ups and downs it is hard to remember it all. But this morning as I woke up I thought I just might document a little of what has been happening. As many of you know Ken had a…
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Ken and Tango on the Bench (Click for Better Viewing)
My two best friends (except for Yumiko and Canolli of course….)
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Wildlife at 470 Glenmary Lane
Ken and Tango enjoying spring in the garden and by the blooming cherry tree.
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Ken is HOME!!!
Ken came home on Friday and is so happy to be back at 470 Glenmary. Although it has only been two days, I think Ken is getting better by the hour. Here is a picture of him just as he left Bryn Mawr Rehab hospital. That is Mark, his spectacular physical therapist to the…
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We Have to Wait One More Day…..
Today, March 5 was the day Ken was coming home from the hospital after more than two months. We will have to wait one more day as the snow is piling up outside. Oh my little heart…..