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A Special Announcement This Birthday Weekend for Alex Garrett Podcasting · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, Well, as you might
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  know by now, I have turned thirty two. And to those of you
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  wishing my personal page a very happy birthday, thank you so much. My
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  girlfriend here has made it a great one, Gabriella, and as as my
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  on air radio family. But before we get to the media highlights of this
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  birthday weekend, I just want to say thank you to a few very important
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  people to make getting to thirty two possible. And of course it starts with
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  my mom, who literally gave birth and has been a dedicated mother forever and
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  will continue to be. And I just hope and pray that I've been as
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  dedicated us unto her as I could be. And I love her very much.
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  And of course she's carried me now to thirty two. And we both
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  struggled with the loss of my dad, but of course he's another reason why
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  I'm here at thirty two. While he has unfortunately left us, the indelible
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  impact will never be forgotten, will never be replaced, will never be duplicated
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  ever. Again, my father was, as one of my friends Billy Canal
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  would say, an institution. He was always there. He even took me
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  to the nick You every year to say thank you to the hard working nurses
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  and doctors. We'll get to that a little bit later. In this episode
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  of the Roosevelt Saint Luke's System, Nick You and the two of them start
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  the journey out thirty two years ago, a parenthood in very unusual circumstances,
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  but because both of them have taught me in their own ways, have guided
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  me in their own ways, have loved me unconditionally in their own ways,
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  We're here. We're here, thirty two years later, and how can I
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  forget my stepdad Vic. Vic's first real impact on my family was actually my
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  belief seventh birthday. My grandmother's stove was not working the day and my birthday
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  party, and Vic came in and said, I'm going to fix it.
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  And, as he likes to say, he feels like he had forehead written
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  all over a son in law written all over his forehead as far as my
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  grandmother was concerned. Because my very first or his very first birthday celebration for
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  me and with my family, he already went to work fixing things. And
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  he has been that steady, stable father. He's been that seati stable husband
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  to my mom. And it all started on my seventh birthday. I love
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  before that, but that was when he really was welcoming to the family.
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  And he's been with us ever since. And of course he's a big reason
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  why, because I was saying about this yesterday. Who made the runs for
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  Alimentum when I knew them the most during those you know, early years.
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  My stepdad Vic, who would get us to the hospital almost every time we
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  needed it. Well, when he came to my life, Vic was always
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  there to get us to him from to make sure we got the proper medical
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  care. Who was there to literally put a roof over our head the last
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  twenty plus years, my stepdad and so and his lessons, I mean,
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  the biggest advice and I continue to taking his advice. But the biggest thing
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  that's ever gotten me the last it's twelve fourteen years into adulthood and beyond,
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  is the fact that he said you should go to Queen's College and Boom took
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  his advice made it happen, And that wisdom he shares year in and year
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  out sticks with me. And he's been as much of a presence in my
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  life and deserves as much praise for getting us to another year around the sun
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  as they say, So thank you Mom, Pops or missed you and dad
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  Vic love you so much. And how can I forget We'll talk a little
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  more about that later in the show with Gabby and I, But how can
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  I forget my partner in crime in the last five years though on and off,
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  but you know, she's been there. She's helped me get to this
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  point as well, because I think Gabby knows it as well as anybody.
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  And so while we're out here venturing and taking care of each other and supporting
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  each other, yeah, we have each other's back in the health department.
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  And Gabby is a huge reason why we're able to celebrate thirty two this birthday
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  weekend because she's done as much as anybody to keep to keep me on my
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  toes and help me stay healthy. And you'll find out later in this episode
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  how much I truly love this woman. I mean, it's to the point
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  of a very special announcement that I want to break to you on the One
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  Leg Up with Alex Scarrett podcast. But I do love her so much,
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  and she's in the circle of trust if you will, as they would say,
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  and meet the parents circle of trust. And I love Gabby so much.
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  I admit be doing a little better in the self care department, but
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  to have this supportive team and family and the guidance from my grandmother and her
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  wisdom for all these years, it sticks with you, and it's definitely stuck
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  with me. And this is thirty two years in the making. One radio
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  colleague, Lou Terminala's takey here. Im often tip me off to this part
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  of the Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano, and this says, the
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  Other Side of Midnight, We're gonna do fifteen seconds of fame in a moment.
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  Those of you that have called in on free will, We're gonna try
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  and get to one or two more calls real quick before we do fifteen seconds.
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  Since you guys have been patientenough to hold I want to wish a happy
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  birthday to my friend Alex Garrett. Alex Garrett is a great guy who I've
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  known for about a decade and he works at another radio station. But he's
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  really progressed so much, and he's I've been one of the producers of the
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  Cats Round Table and a lot of you here on Sundays and a great guy.
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  I was just a guest on his podcast and if you want, I
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  linked to it on my Facebook page Facebook dot com slash moranofan Facebook dot com
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  slash Morano fan. Let me tell you about Alex. Alex is celebrating his
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  birthday today. I hope all's wishes come true. Alex was born with one
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  leg and he gets around town better than I do on a rollerblade, goes
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  everywhere on town on a rollerblade. And here's a guy who has had,
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  you know, a significant disadvantage dealt to him. He's not able to do
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  a lot of the things that people with two legs can do. And in
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  the decade or so that I've known him, maybe twelve years that I've known
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  him, I have not known him to feel bad for himself once. And
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  he's a wonderful guy. And I hope he has a happy birthday and that
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  owl's wishes come true today and always, and very very special little shout out
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  there, thank you Frank for including me on your nationally syndicated WABC radio show.
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  That that is cool. And then last night we had a jazz singer,
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  great singer, Vanessa Rocchi on the Arthur Idella Power Hour, And for
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  the second year in a row, by the way, Arthur. I've got
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  an engineer Arthur's show and helped him and Joni Pels are out and Arthur had
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  this request of our guest Vanessa Racci. So can I get like maybe one
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  or two bars of a happy birthday for our producer, for our engineer today,
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  Alex Garrett. Absolutely, yeah, you can do an Italian or English.
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  Yeah, do the Italian way, the Italian ways more from it's Italian
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  heritage month. So wait, what's his name? Sorry, Alex? Alex
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  again, Yes, this is my birthday today? Is it a big one?
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  It's thirty two, which is every birthday after being a nick you baby
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  for seventy seven days? Is a birthday a big birthday? Oh amazing.
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  Well, I'll wluity to you and now I'm going to sten to you an
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  Italian here we got bon compliano, Wati bon comble No, Alex won compliano.
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  Thank you so much. That is awesome. Thank you having a wonderful
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  And then also I did get to visit the nick You the neonatal intensive care
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  unit up at now mountsime My West formerly Saint luc Rosevelt Hospital, and obviously
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  not having my dad here for my birthday has been very tough and very emotional,
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  but I did get to place him on the grounds where he became a
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  father yesterday, spreading a few of his ashes outside the hospital where I was
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  born. And then the remaining active doctor, doctor Colabio, brought me upstairs
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  with the Nick You for year thirty two, a tradition my dad and my
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  mom and I had for so many years, and that you know that personal
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  relationship with those childhood doctors could continue on in adulthood. Believe me, my
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  childhood surgeon and doctor Claudio have helped me figure out what's been going on with
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  my body as I've been growing up, as the scar on my stomach has
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  been kind of leaking, if I may say, and they've both been a
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  great help to figure out what's been up with that thirty two years later,
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  But it was it was special to go up to the Nick You. And
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  then of course it's probably been announced. You probably hear it on the radio
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  if you're listening to A nine seventy the answer constantly. But yes, Nick
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  de Moro, Senior and Junior and World Gabrielle and I are engaged. And
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  that's kind of the biggest birthday gift I could have coming into our ending year
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  thirty one and coming into year thirty two. And may this engagement be prosperous
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  and healthy and godly and loving toward each other and forever more. And yes,
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  there will be a wedding. We don't know when, but stay tuned
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  for this podcast. But yes, and engagement has been had. We are
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  going to make that announcement right here on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network. But
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  here is the reveal on AM nine seving the answer earlier today. I have
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  to put out a big shout out to Alex because the roovel has him just
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  currently engaged to the beautiful Gabriella Pisani. This is not wrong, Nick,
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  so thank you, and we're breaking that news here. That's right. I
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  appreciate the honor of break hitting it on the air. So congratulations you to
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  love Birds, Thank you, thank you very much. So we're we can't
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  wait for the big days. Of course, the Demorros have been becoming not
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  just radio colleagues but friends off the air as well, and they've had us
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  at the lead Fest the last couple of years, so for this announcement to
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  come on their show is pretty special. And yeah, if you have any
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  thoughts on all of this shoot me an email at Alex at alex GANYC dot
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  com. And you know, when I visited doctor Colabio yesterday at the nick
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  Q, I gotta say I felt very fortunate that I had the healthcare that
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  I needed to thrive and survive those seventy seven days in the nickqu and beyond.
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  And it just brought me to this idea that why isn't there a better
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  healthcare system in America? Why is it that pushes to get drug prices lower
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  always seem to fall short and never really feel accomplished. Why do politicians who
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  say they're out for our well being actually in the pockets of big pharma at
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  the same time. Now, I know it's birthday weekend and maybe not the
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  time to get political, but it just made me think how this healthcare system
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  needs to totally be shaken up so that Nick, you, babies and moms
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  to be and even fathers to be and those in general deserve to have that
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  same care that was extended to my family and I, and I want your
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  ideas on how to improve our healthcare system on Alex at ALEXGNYC dot com.
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  I found a mission yesterday to figure out ways that our healthcare system could be
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  better, could be more inclusive. I know it's controversial because you're gonna say,
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  well, immigrants already get a lot of healthcare treatments, more so than
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  Americans, And I just believe Americans and those that I'm here looking for a
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  better life should have the equal access to healthcare. Americans don't even have good
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  access to healthcare. That should change too. That should change too. And
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  it's up to us to vote people in who don't have the pockets lined by
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  the big pharma, if you will, Big Pharma doesn't understand the lengths that
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  these doctors, these nurses, the Nike you nurses went too, and go
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  to day after day. So while we may be frustrated with our own healthcare
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  of times as we get into adulthood, maybe we should target the healthcare system's
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  massive costs and not the doctor who is willing to spend time with us day
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  after day. And yeah, there's the trope of the eight minute doctor that
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  just comes in and sees you for eight minutes and then leaves and just pay
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  the bill. But then he's not the right doctor. She's not the right
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  doctor. Find that doctor who will literally sit with you and look at the
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  images of your body like I've had the fortune of and spend an hour with
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  you. Those are the types of doctors you want to be around. Those
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  doctors exist, those nurses exist. So if you have a doctor that's in
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  there for eight minutes with you, you're at the wrong place. Pal find
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  the right doctors. They're out there, and I am living proof