My husband, K, had just had three stints put in place in the ER. His second day in ICU we met Neil. He was to be his nurse for the day. He had the dubious honor of having to pull the tube in K's groin out and fix it so that K would not bleed. Well, all was going extremely well, and Neil did a wonderful job putting a pressure belt on K. K is a very restless patient, and I could see trouble coming on this one and was watching things tensely. Neil gave K morphine to ease the pain. K slept for a bit but woke suddenly and wanted to pull the belt and everything else off his body. Neil and other staff came on the run to assist to stop him so that he would not start the groin bleeding. Neil did an exceptional job in calming K, and the situation was again under control.
I then realized that we had gotten off the ship so fast that I had forgotten to bring a pair of shoes for K. I asked Neil if there was a store nearby that I could go to buy a new pair to go home. He said yes there was a store and that he would take me there after his shift and bring me back to ICU. Now, this is unheard of, over and above the call of most people, and I was flabbergasted by the suggestion. He was as good as his word and did just what he said. After his shift, he drove me to the store and brought me back to the hospital. My HERO, Neil, is an exceptional Person, Nurse and I felt that I experienced a genuine friendship with him.