{"product_id":"9780595863839","title":"Dr. Dan's Last Word on Babies and Other Humans","description":"1ST FLAP COPY  \u003cp\u003eSeveral years ago, while I was rounding at one of  the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurseries, a  new father shared a funny story with me.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEarly the previous morning, this new father went to  the hospital lobby in search of coffee and bagels.   While waiting in line at the coffee shop, the father  noticed a man enter the lobby.  He was struck by  the odd appearance of this man.  In the midst of a  brutally cold New England winter, this man was  dressed in a bicycle racing shirt, shorts, ski socks  pulled up to his knobby knees, ankle weights, a hos- pital ID badge around his neck, and a propeller att- ached to the top of his bicycle helmet.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWhen he returned to his wife's hospital room, he  told her about his experience.  This new dad worked  in the human services field and was very impressed  that the hospital was so progressive as to hire such  an obviously mentally challenged person.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout ten minutes passed when the new parents  heard a loud knock on the hospital room door.  To  their surprise, shock, astonishment and horror, the  same man walked into the room?complete with the  propeller helmet, shorts, ski socks, ankle weights.   Now the man had a stethoscope around his neck  and was pushing a portable crib with their new baby! Greeting the shocked and befuddled new parents,  the man proudly announced his arrival.  \"Hi, I'm Dr.  Heller.  I'm your pediatrician and am here to exam- ine your baby.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDr. Dan was, without a doubt, the most unique,  charismatic and outgoing individual who one will  ever meet.  As one mother remarked to me, 'You  will always remember the first time you met Dr. Dan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBruce Bunnell, MD, Dr. Heller's partner of 15 years at Centre Pediatrics, told this story at a memorial  sevice for Dr. Heller in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e  2nd FLAP:  \"Having Dr. Heller for a doctor was like having  Mary Poppins for a nanny.\" -Parent, Sara B.  \"Dr. Dan was an original-that's the only way I  know how to put it.  He is such a huge part of our  family history that memories keep flooding in.  For  example, when our daughter finally slept through  the night after months of disturbing our sleep, my  husband and I were not only shocked:  as new  parents, we were also worried that her brand new  sleep pattern might signal a serious medical problem.   Dr. Dan was on when I called, and I will never  forget how he questioned me closely about symp- toms and listened very carefully to all I said.  Then,  as I hung on to every word of diagnosis he could  provide for me, he slowly explained, 'That, Mrs. L,  is what we in the medical profession refer to as ...a blessing!'\" -Parent, Susan L.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173448728816,"sku":"9780595863839","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595863839_p0.jpg?v=1763724321","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595863839","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}