The neighborhood where the Karmanos hospital it located is what I would call a “renaissance” neighborhood. By that, I mean that a once bad neighborhood is slowing being revitalized by new development. So, I was not surprised to find an upscale restaurant just one block away from the hospital on one of Detroits most famous avenues, Woodward.

Now, in all of the weeks that we have been down here at Karmanos, I have never ventured our of the hospital on foot. But, when Kathy’s brother Tom came to visit and suggested going out for lunch, we decided to walk over to that upscale restaurant.

Now, the restaurant was only a block from the hospital and it was a bright sunny day, so I said why not. And, since I was dressed in surgical scrubs and a white jacket, I figured that we would blend in with the medical community in the neighborhood.

Well, blend we did. As soon as we got over on Woodward Ave, some street person came up to me and thanked me for saving his leg. He said that he was drunk and really hurt but he remembered my face from the ER. He shook my hand and thanked me over and over again for saving his leg. After about five minutes of praises, handshakes and pats on the back, I managed to escape.

After that, we decided to drive to a restaurant in another area.