Sean welcomed my 12-day old daughter, my wife, and me to the unit where an MRI was to be done on our daughter, V. V was in CHOP due to an unresponsive incident. Almost the entire time at CHOP I felt positive that the outcome was going to be okay (which ended up being the case). However, when it was time for Sean to take V for her MRI, he needed her to be fed and quiet. We handed our daughter to Sean and I no longer could handle the situation strongly. It’s my daughter, and I did not want another man taking care of her and I felt weak and unable to do that. I still felt like the test results would turn out okay but handing my daughter over to another man and having to leave her out of my wife's and mines hands did not feel right. It was very emotional for me, and usually, I do not show emotions. I then took a breath and remembered she was in good hands, which were Sean’s and I knew I felt comfortable with him already, the way he spoke to us, looked at V, and now held her.

Sean rocked my daughter as if she was his own, fed her and I realized she was in great hands and I wouldn’t want her with anyone else. I then told Sean we could leave and wait in our original room while Sean did his job. I left the room feeling like a family member was taking care of my daughter. Sean deserves this award for his presence and confidence in V. The ability of a male to handle a baby the way he did was not what I expected and words can’t describe how amazingly loving he was to our baby. There is no doubt in my mind that he repeats this every shift with all of his patients.