First Responder Friday – Chester Ackerman
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00:00No one understands the dedication and sacrifice it takes to be a first responder better than their loved ones.
00:06Tampa Bay's Morning Crew would like to honor someone in our community.
00:09It's First Responder Friday, brought to you by our friends at Primeline Capital Home Loan Experts on 99.5 QIK.
00:18Well, we love doing it. It's First Responder Friday, and today we welcome Patricia on the show with us to honor her husband.
00:23Good morning, Patricia. How are you?
00:25Good morning. I'm good. I'm good. Thank you.
00:27Well, thanks for reaching out to us. Let's talk about your husband, Chester. First of all, how'd you guys meet?
00:32So, we actually met in nursing school.
00:34Okay. Are you in Arian as well?
00:36No, not yet. I still have to pass my board.
00:39Okay.
00:39But I'm getting there.
00:41Well, awesome. I hope you crush it.
00:43All right, so talk to us about this first meeting. Who approached who? How did it work?
00:47Well, actually, he was like the teacher's assistant, kind of.
00:53Okay.
00:54What do you call it? I always forget.
00:56Teacher's assistant, yeah.
00:57The person that can help you get a better grade. Very smart on your part.
01:01Well, he was in the lab, and I was like, so, you know, I need to get more practice with the stethoscope and, you know, the blood pressure cough.
01:10So, I was like, let me close the curtain real quick.
01:15Whoa, close the curtain real quick.
01:17Wow.
01:17All right, go on.
01:20And it happened to be my birthday, and I was like, so, you're taking me out tonight, right?
01:25And he was like, uh, sure. So, ever since then, here we are.
01:29So, we're just 10 years later.
01:30You're kidding me. Wow.
01:32Wow.
01:32Well, you know, I just wish you weren't so shy, Patricia.
01:36Well, that's the thing. He is. So, I was like, you know what? I'm going to shoot my shot. And I did. And here we are, two weeks later, and having a good old time.
01:45Well, you know what? It is First Responder Friday, so we probably should talk about that, too, even though that was amazing.
01:50This is my second date of course.
01:53Yeah. So, Chester is an RN at Advent Health. How long has he been doing this?
01:58He's been at it for eight years.
01:59He's got eight years. And then you guys have two kids at home, right?
02:02Yeah, yeah. One's eight and one's six. So, we're pretty busy.
02:07Well, tell me about him outside the curtain and practicing yourself. Tell us what he's like.
02:15He's, you know, he's always outside. He's always doing a project around the house.
02:19I mean, he's really good at not bringing work home and just doing family at home. So, I'm really grateful for that.
02:28I mean, he's, when he's at work, he's doing his thing. And then when he's here at the house, you know, he's all dead duty.
02:36So, he does really well at both things.
02:39Now, if somebody falls and gets a boo-boo or somebody cuts themselves, who do they run to?
02:44Do they run to dad since he's got more experience or do they still run to mom?
02:47Oh, no. They still run to me. When I get hurt, I run to dad.
02:53Now, he is an RN. What division does he work in at AdventHealth?
02:57So, he works on the PCU floor. It's like in between intensive care and med-surg.
03:03So, I mean, he's gotten a lot of COVID patients and, you know, it's just, it was definitely intense the first time it was like...
03:12Oh, I'm sure he probably had nights he couldn't even come home.
03:15And you're like, help, I have two kids at home.
03:17Oh, no. It was bad because, you know, he has to take off his scrubs before he even comes in.
03:22And, you know, the kids are all like, oh, daddy, you're home.
03:24And he's like, no, let me take a shower first.
03:26So, it was definitely hard.
03:28I mean, we've been at this for so long now.
03:31It's just like, well, this is it.
03:33This is what we're doing.
03:35Well, he sounds like a great guy and it sounds like you're a very proud wife and he's a great dad.
03:39And we just thank you so much.
03:41You may be our most entertaining first responder friend of the event.
03:43I love it.
03:44And we didn't even talk about the first responding, really.
03:46But, no, we are so thankful for him as an RN.
03:49Good luck passing the board for you as well.
03:52Can't wait to honor you for that.
03:54And we'd like to give you a gift card.
03:56Our friends at Primeline Capital, home loan experts, want to give you a $100 Visa gift card.
04:00Maybe you guys can go out as a family, have a good time, maybe a date night.
04:02But just our way of saying thank you to him and to you for all you do for our community.
04:07Oh, get out.
04:09That's awesome.
04:09I didn't know that was part of the deal.
04:11Yay!
04:12No, we love that you reached out to us.
04:14Well, hang on for us, Patricia.
04:16You were awesome.
04:17And we'll get you all taken care of, okay?
04:19Perfect.
04:19Thank you guys so much.
04:22That was an entertaining one.
04:23But, listen, hey, if you want to nominate someone you can't have at First Responder Friday or Military Monday,
04:28it just takes a couple minutes, 995QIK.com.
04:31We are so thankful for those who serve our country and our community.
04:35So we'd love to hear your stories.