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Brain Go BOOM! Author/Survivor: John Cooper Thank you to Jesus on the cross for not simply sparing me, but for saving me. Thank you for answering my prayers and sending one of your angles down to me to tell me that “Everything is going to be okay, John.” I was told that by a family member that there were at least a dozen prayer chains spanning the globe in my behalf. Thank you for answering their prayers. Please remember one particular woman, Jesus, the custodial engineer from Haiti. She selflessly started a prayer chain and diligently prayed for me after she had lost her son and other family members. Everything near a dear to her was taken after that devastating earthquake in 2010, but not her faith. Please put her in the EZ PASS lane when it’s her time to enter your pearly gates. She believed in you and you believe in me. Thank you for the support from my wife’s company and coworkers, especially, Mike for allowing Laura to take the much needed time to be with me at home while she was by my side for surgeries, hospital stays, doctor appointments, setbacks and therapy sessions. I know that most companies wouldn’t have displayed the extent of heartfelt compassion that they did. Thank you for being there for Laura. Thank you for understanding our predicament. You believed in Laura. Thank you to our nursing coordinator, Jill, and all of the members of the monthly aneurysm support group meeting at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. We are a motley crew, but we all believe in each other and make sure our car doors are surely locked (beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep). Thank you to Trace Adkins, Mark Walberg and Dean Norris for being celebrity supporters on the Wounded Warrior Project commercials. (I would like be reimbursed for at least fifteen boxes of tissues.) The commercials that were aired motivated me and shed some light on expanding my mission in completing my book, while encouraging my readers to support The Wounded Warrior Project. Thank you to our wounded veterans and for The Wounded Warrior Project by working with me and providing me with a link on the website so people may directly make a donation to you. I believe in them and so should you. Page 154 of 167
Brain Go BOOM! Author/Survivor: John Cooper Thank you to the anonymous Wal-Mart clerk and grandmotherly-looking lady at the D.M.V. for being YELLOW LIGHTS. Special thanks to the Wal-Mart lady for giving me that strong heartfelt hug. I really needed it that day. I would have never expected a hug from a stranger, yet alone a Wal-Mart clerk. Thank you to the all of the people that looked at me with compassion and understanding. Thank you to the H-OOOOOO-G-EEEEEY eating patient and my Mexican-bodyguardgentle-giant-of-a-roommate. You made me realize how fortunate I was and that other people have it worse off than me, and I must further learn to accept how lucky I really am. Thank you to Georgina Perticari for taking the time to edit, re-edit and re-re-edit this book. I greatly appreciate your support, hard work and precious time. Thank you for telling me, “By reading your book, I felt like I was a fly on the wall following your journey while going through a box of tissues crying during the sad moments and almost peeing my pants in laughter, during the funny moments. This is an inspirational story you have written.” Thank you to my wife, Laura, for finalizing the proofing and editing these past few months. Thank you to my friend, Joe Hart, for your writing guidance and suggestions. I apologize for not taking your advice on going with a publishing firm, as my new brain can’t take it all in. Thank you to Brian Richardson from Greenhouse Films for shooting and producing my “Brain Go BOOM!” video. And thank you to Brian Stasik from Design Star 3 for designing and printing my business cards. Thank you for believing in my story. Thank you for believing in me. To my family: Thank you for being there every day, Grace and Ron. Thank you for the support and laughter you brought into our house and for forgiving me when I was acting like a complete fool. Thanks for helping the girls thrive and taking over my roll. There is too much to mention all that you have done. I love you. Thank you to Drewbie and Chris. Drewbie, you stepped in and provided the girls with a temporary father figure while I was resting in bed, crying at commercials. Grace thanks for being there for and for supporting Laura. You helped us maintain our home as a source of support, understanding and unconditional love. You believe in us. Page 155 of 167
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