We watched in awe as he shook the salt shaker until a thick, white layer topped his entire breakfast, including the bacon and sausage. In the back of my mind, I thought it was only a matter of time before this man became a patient at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC). Two weeks later, the 45 year-old truck driver was looking at me from his bed in our Intensive Care Unit, promising he would never eat salt again.