Tom & the ER - the extended version
File this in "things that make you realize Ferris Bueller has a point": The long version of this begins with me helping my friend Jenn for about a year navigate a big diagnosis and then another separate diagnosis. I did what I could to help research what the doctor said, coming up with lists of questions to ask at the next appointment... just stuff that's a lot easier to do when you aren't the patient. Anyway, after a lot of contemplation, Jenn decided to go with a NYC surgeon I had suggested as an option for a needed surgery. But that meant that her husband needed a place to stay in NYC. We of course said he should stay with us and we really meant it. Fast forward to the evening after the surgery and Jenn’s husband is making his way from the hospital to the local restaurant where Tom and I are having dinner. It started to get kinda late and long story getting longer, Tom ate an entire giant plate of chicken parm that really was on the huge side. After Jenn’s h...