Sam was pure sunshine.

My husband was under her care for four days of his stay, and she made each one feel less bleak. She would joke with him over bowel movements (honestly, I would be suspicious of a nurse who lacked a good poop humor game), cheer on his good blood sugars (which were a steroid-induced struggle to control).

As for me, in the 2.5 years my husband has battled GBM, I have never had a nurse tell me to sit and relax, and that my care was just as important as his. Normally I'm doing as much as I can to take the load off of the staff with his care that I never stop moving.

I knew that every time I left here, he was in good hands with her. She's an asset to this hospital and this floor, especially.