Healthcare Raw Podcast

In this episode I interview James Marcus, a Certified Financial Planner, entrepreneur, avid golfer and all-around great guy. I ran into Jim at a busy gas station- I hadn't seen him in a few years- and, while our reunion was brief, he still managed to tell me about what was going on in his life. I immediately invited him onto the show.  It was a beautiful Friday morning in mid October 2015. Jim had a great weekend planned. He was going to play golf, then fly to a tennis fantasy camp in Texas. Talk about an exciting life! Jim moved around the bedroom and, per his routine, he leaned down to kiss the sleeping Zeus, their beloved family dog. Zeus startled when he woke and bit off Jim's nose. "He bit my nose off!" It was a scene of chaos. Blood, paramedics, pain. Jim's life was immediately changed. His son found the severed nose and convinced the medics to bring it along to the hospital.  He was admitted for immediate reconstructive surgery, then observed for the next eleven days while they waited to see