I’m hoping to be one of many in nominating this nurse for a DAISY Award, given the circumstances. Chris helped make a horribly sad situation a little less sad and a lot more honorable. The patient had been fighting a battle against heart failure and the complications of an LVAD placement for 3 months when he finally ran out of options. Despite being alert, cognitively sound, and mobile, the patient made the brave decision to withdraw care instead of prolonging the inevitable. His final wish was to withdraw care and pass away outside, spending his last moments outside with his wife and three daughters. This was a difficult ask, given the sensitivity of moving a critically ill patient with a multitude of lines and life-saving medical equipment throughout the hospital to a common area. There was then the added complexity of managing the withdrawal of care, the focus of which is to achieve peace and comfort in death while life support is removed. This task is challenging enough in an ICU room, let alone outside. But Chris was up to the task, and along with members from a multitude of other disciplines, planned a way to get the patient to a secluded but beautiful courtyard at the time the patient had chosen to withdraw. After a final goodbye to his family, the patient's ECMO circuit was clamped in collaboration with med passing, and the patient passed away peacefully outside, looking at the sky, feeling the sun, and smelling flowers, with his family at his side. Not only did Chris facilitate and successfully meet the patient's final wishes, but he also organized a proper send-off for the patient as a veteran. Chris had an American flag placed on the patient before he passed, and upon returning to the ICU room, Chris folded the flag while "Taps" was played. Chris presented the flag to the patient's wife as a thank you for the patient’s service to our country. Chris’s status as a veteran himself allowed this amazingly sad departure to happen with the appropriate protocols and the utmost distinction (within the constraints of hospital care). Though I wasn’t there, I knew the patient well, and I know how important this day was to him; his worry was the smoothness of his passing and the comfort of his family, both of which Chris managed to the fullest extent. I am so grateful that Chris was this patient's nurse for his end-of-life moments. Chris’s care, consideration, and attention to detail gave this patient the honor he deserved in death while providing his family a respectable final memory of their loved one after months of distressing ones.