Over recent weeks, I have witnessed many of my coworkers demonstrating extraordinary compassion. They are willingly leaving the comfort zone of our Children's Hospital and lending a hand to other hospitals in the city struggling to keep up with the flood of patients. This week Aprille went for the first time to a hospital in another part of the city to help the nurses there care for patients. She was sent to the ICU where she spent the day helping in whatever way she could. At one point during the shift, she heard that death was imminent for one of the patients who was gravely ill. Realizing that there would be no family allowed at his bedside, she donned her PPE, knowing the risks, and sat at his bedside and stayed with him holding his hand as he passed away. Because of her brave and selfless action, she brought comfort to a suffering person. On behalf of the family that will never know what she did, I am deeply grateful to her. That man was someone's son, brother, father, and friend. Because of her kindness, he did not die alone. Her actions are a bright light in a dark time in New Orleans.