There is no nurse like David Vogel. When I think about someone who works skillfully and carefully to provide efficient care for our sick pediatric Hematology/Oncology kids while making sure their patient experiences exceed that, at the top of my mind is David. He is consistent in the ways he goes above and beyond for our patients and for each story that is shared, there is another one to be discovered.

This past month, an end-of-life patient wished to celebrate Christmas, as it was his favorite holiday. Although it was March, David was rummaging around the unit, looking for decorations and collecting anything he could while rallying the nurses to make paper snowflakes to hang in the patient's room. Providing ways for kids fighting cancer and blood diseases to still have core memories, celebrate milestones and be children is his specialty, and that is seen through towel animals on their beds, helium "walking" balloons to get them ambulating and ensuring families have individualized legacy items created before patients pass away. There isn't just one story with this nurse...He exemplifies whole person care and is a nurse patients adore, and colleagues admire, and his career on our unit exemplifies consistent demonstration of excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care.