She was my uplifting spirit during a dark time. Unfortunately, I suffer from the extremely dangerous, excruciatingly painful, highly lethal Sickle Cell Disease. Much is known about the disease, like the fact it comes in two forms, SC and the much more potent and deadliest of the two, SS. I was diagnosed with SCD-SS at the tender age of 2, and it has been taking from my body since the beginning. Hip replacements due to the Avascular Necrosis it causes, as well as a significant amount of other serious crippling afflictions. But she was there for me. She showed compassion and was very empathetic to my needs. She was there with heat packs in the times between my pain medications. When it was time for my pain medicine, she went above and beyond by ensuring me that she would be in my room ready to administer it as soon as time would permit. Now I know how difficult that can be, especially when you have nine other patients to tend to. However, she did it and made it look effortless. Now, being that I've had SC all my life, I know how easy it can be to spend too much time in another patient's room, and it can throw off your complete cadence. Not her, though; she was so focused on me that I never had to push the nurse button to page for her at all. I mean not one time in her complete 12-hour shift.

She more than deserves the DAISY Award because she went above and beyond her call of duty to make my miserable day of being another pain-stricken severe Sickle Cell patient a lot better and way less painful. Her compassion erased my misery for those 12 hours. So I say Thank You, and I know there's a promotion with your name on it right around the corner because good deeds and hard work do not go unnoticed!!!