Angels in disguise

While there is a lot of down time at the hospital, we also have our fair share of action as well. Yesterday afternoon and evening were one of those times.

First of all we had some visits from our favorite doctors - the neurosurgery team at CHOP. I call them real life heroes and I mean it. Dr. Heuer, who performed Cannon's surgery, is amazing. He has such a tremendous gift, and is humble through and through. This man does surgery on unborn babies, repairing spinal bifida. And talk about bedside manner, the nurse told me that he french braids little girls hair after doing surgery. Here is pictured with Dr. Hoelscher, another awesome doc here at CHOP.

 World Class Brain Surgeons, Dr. Greg Heuer and Dr. Christian Hoelscher

Another angel - is this man, Ari. 

Our new friend, Ari Miller from 1732 Meats 

This is a complete stranger who heard about Cannon after our friend, Chaz Godwin Ross, frantically called around Philadelphia looking for someone to deliver bacon to the hospital. During her research she learned that Philly is arguably the bacon capital of the world. By fate, she happened to reach Ari Miller. Ari, mind you, doesn't have a restaurant, isn't even a retailer, but a wonderful person who shares a love of bacon. Turns out that he's former banker and attorney who left the rat race to pursue his passion for food, specifically making gourmet cured meats, specializing in none else but bacon! Here's a little about him on his website. http://www.1732meats.com

Now, it would have been one thing to just send over some bacon. But Ari went a step further. He went home from work, and he himself cooked three kinds of bacon - smoked paprika, roasted garlic and black pepper. His daughters even decorated the bags. He drove to the hospital and came up to our room and delivered the bacon himself. And that wasn't all, he also brought t-shirts, stickers and a cooler filled with ice and - you guessed it - pounds of bacon! He has made lifelong customers and friends. Next time we are going to go to his plant to learn more about his trade. I hope everyone will take a moment to check out his website - he ships bacon and also is available in some stores (like Forager Market in New York City, etc.)

Hoping today is a better day and one day closer to bringing home the bacon!