When it was time to transport up to the floor, a transport aide came down to get us. I chose to walk, carrying Kara in my arms. The aide pushed the IV pole and Brian followed with the stroller and our belongings. We headed up the elevator to the fifth floor. We got off the elevator and there was some commotion. There was a guy in the hall wearing a Vikings jersey as well as a big light shining on him and a big TV camera. I looked at Brian - is that? really? do you think? who? As we got closer he said "it's Adrian Peterson!" Holy S*&T! REALLY? What the...WOW! We were so star struck!
One of the nurses said they come up once in a while to visit with the peds patients. After he was done with his interview Brian said "Excuse me, Mr. Peterson? Would you take a picture with my baby girl?" "SURE!" he replied! He came up to us, put his arm around us and pictures were taken. HOW COOL. We needed that little break in the day, that's for sure! We headed down our wing and there was another one doing an interview - this time it was Ben Lieber. WOW AGAIN! We headed to our room to get situated but with these football stars there it was pretty chaotic. Brian was in the doorway checking things out and I was stuck! We had the IV pole plugged in and Kara was all hooked up to the heart monitors so we had a leash of about 5 feet! I said "I want to see!" and one of the publicity girls said they'll come in! Three guys came in next - I had no idea who two of them were and one of them is a new guy this year - Greg Camarillo. They visited with us for a little while and Kara LOVED them! She loves men anyway and these guys were HUGE! They talked to her and we got some smiles out of her. When we went to leave I told her to blow them kisses and she did - hamming it right up again! They loved her! We received a license plate thing that they all signed. How neat is that that they come up and visit with the sick kids like that? They were so nice, so sincere!
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