Jim Gaffigan is an American comic and father of 5. In late April, he realized that his lovely spouse, Jeannie, had a mind tumor the scale of an apple hooked up to her brainstem.
Jeannie underwent a 9 hour surgical procedure to take away the tumor. The process was profitable, however left her throat paralyzed for weeks. She was unable to eat or drink with no feeding tube. Slowly, she regained the power to swallow and now can eat something, so long as it’s pureed.
I'm coming again! Thanks on your prayers. I'm alive!
A publish shared by @jeanniegaffigan on May 1, 2017 at four:19pm PDT
With this in thoughts Jim began scrambling to discover a venue for his or her upcoming 14th anniversary. Gaffigan referred to as in a favor with famend Chef Mario Batali to see what he may do, and the consequence was lovely. Check out Gaffigan’s phrases, posted to Instagram, under.
“I realize we live in strange, maybe even mean times. Like you, I read the news daily shaking my head with horror how humans treat other humans. But there are some amazing people out there.”
A publish shared by Jim Gaffigan (@jimgaffigan) on Jul 26, 2017 at 12:24pm PDT
“When @jeanniegaffigan was diagnosed with a brain tumor so many friends, family and strangers stepped up to offer meals, help, encouragement and prayers. It really blew me away. Thank you so much for everything.”
A publish shared by @jeanniegaffigan on Mar 21, 2017 at 9:05pm PDT
“One friend was @mariobatali who with his wife Suzi sent over numerous elaborate gourmet meals to feed me, the kids and our helpers.”
“Last week I emailed Mario asking him to hep me find a place for our 14th wedding anniversary. I was trying to find a nice place for us to celebrate but given Jeannie can not comfortably eat solids I was hoping to find a place that did amazing soups (yes,in July.)”
Gratitude for terrific friendships and a greater life than I ever anticipated.
A publish shared by @jeanniegaffigan on Jun 5, 2017 at 9:24am PDT
“I knew Mario was on vacation but I hoped he could point me in the right direction. Mario responded insisting that we come to @delposto and that he would make sure we were well taken care of.”
“When we arrived we saw that Mario had created a custom tasting menu of various gourmet soups with accompanied wines or cocktails.”
A publish shared by Jim Gaffigan (@jimgaffigan) on Jul 26, 2017 at 9:42pm PDT
A publish shared by @jeanniegaffigan on Jul 27, 2017 at 2:56am PDT
“Of course the entire expertise was insanely wonderful however the generosity of kindness and compassion by Mario was most transferring. Thanks Mario”
When instances get robust, family and friends are there to assist. Many of us select to combat our battles alone… however that’s what buddies are for. Let them be your honor guard whenever you want them most and return the favor when the tides start to show.
We’re rooting for you Jeannie! Share and unfold a smile!
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