I don't know if we'll have her again, but I certainly hope so (if we're still here), and these are the reasons why: Taylor demonstrates a high level of clinical competence, and at the same time is flexible and responsive to his needs that fall "outside the box" clinically speaking. For example, she gently suggested lowering the lights in our room when she came on shift and there was a lot going on but also respected our decision to have his siblings in the room for a visit to help him feel some normalcy. Another example of this balance was her decision making in the very early morning hours when my son was suffering from severe pain and ensuing blood pressure spikes. His pain management has been tricky, a balancing act between weaning off IV narcotics, keeping him comfortable, and treating pain in the context of underlying blood pressure lability. She was proactive with his pain management and blood pressure treatment, listened to what I suggested as Mom,having been through this scenario multiple times, but had the confidence and sound clinical judgment to do something different than he had needed up to that point. Throughout our multiple hospitalizations over the years, including 9 months in the ICU at another hospital, we have been blessed with many great nurses along the way. We have seen that the excellent nurse is able to apply his or her clinical expertise while considering the context a child brings. In order to understand that context, excellent nurses ask questions. They listen, evaluate, and make decisions as part of a team. And they have an extraordinary gift of compassion that they pour out day after day. Some people just have what it takes, and Taylor is definitely one of them.