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The Bridges Between Us

The Bridges Between Us

One Obstacle at a Time: John Carter on His Son Cannon, a Congenital Heart Defect, and What Thirty Days in a Cardiac ICU Taught a Healthcare Insider About Being a Patient

Jul 31, 2026 · 30m

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About this episode

John Carter has spent sixteen years in healthcare working with health systems, physicians, and executives all over the country. He knows how the system works. He knows which levers to pull. He knows the language. None of it prepared him for the moment a cardiologist walked into a NICU room and a grenade went off. In this episode of *The Bridges Between Us*, John shares the full story of his son Cannon. Born July 5th, named for the cannon his father fired as an Army field artillery officer, ...