In November my father was hospitalized with COVID. He was placed in the ICU unit where Andrew was one of his primary nurses for almost 3 weeks. My father’s condition did not improve and my father passed away. During those three weeks that were unbelievably hard on my wife and me, Andrew was very compassionate, understanding, and helpful. On many occasions, Andrew went above and beyond his job responsibilities. He would constantly check on us to make sure we were okay and that we understood what was going on and being done to help my father.

On one specific occasion Andrew had been appointed responsibilities in a different part of the hospital and upon completing his shift, knowing we were still sitting in ICU, went out of his way to come down and check on my father and see how we were doing. At such a trying time, when decisions and the massive amount of information are being processed, we were overwhelmed, he went out of his way to make sure we understood the medical processes and the terminology being used as neither my wife nor I are involved in the medical field.

As the days went on and our exhaustion grew, the only thing that allowed us to be able to go home and rest was knowing that my father was in Andrew’s care. When we would leave, he would assure us that he would keep watch over my father and if anything changed or any updates came about, we would be his first call. I hope I have been able to express how exceptional and special Andrew is. The job he does is unbelievably hard, and I don’t think that I could do it, but I am so very thankful that there are people like him that can. I feel the very least he deserves is to be recognized for his exceptional skill both as a nurse and a person. His bright light in our time of darkness is something my wife and I will never forget.