I want to introduce you to Nurse Megan Smith. She is a petite nurse with a huge heart. She has not been a part of the Loma Linda family for very long. Megan started working in our Surgical, Trauma, Neuro, and Transplant ICU in June of 2021. During this short time, she has had a tremendous impact on our patients, their families, and her teammates. Megan fights tough as an advocate for her patients and families; at the same time, she works equally hard to provide them with gentle, compassionate care. There are numerous instances to share that describe her extraordinary and selfless qualities. I have chosen one particular instance that exemplifies the superior type of person and nurse our Megan is. COVID has impacted all of us in unprecedented ways. Unfortunately, for some of our patients, the outcomes are devastating and tragic. Our lives and the lives of their families will be forever changed by the deadly virus. On this particular day, a patient was admitted to the High-Risk OB – SICU service. She presented pregnant with hypoxia and pneumonia. The patient continued to decompensate, and she underwent an emergency cesarean section. She delivered a baby boy of a low estimated gestational age. She did not see her baby. Over the next two weeks, her condition continued to deteriorate, and her prognosis was poor. After a week, per the lactation RN note, Megan called the NICU lactation office with questions about pumping. The patient remained intubated and was now non-responsive. Megan was attempting to pump breast milk from the patient but was only getting drops. In addition, she was asking if the baby could somehow be brought to the mother’s room. The patient had been COVID-cleared as of this date. Megan voiced her concern to the Lactation RN that “the mother and baby had never been able to be together.” The lactation RN provided Megan with contact information to NICU management. Megan did not give up on her quest. She contacted the NICU RN team and arranged for this meeting to happen. Finally, the patient’s baby was brought to the unit for a 30-minute visit and was placed skin-to-skin with his mommy. The patient’s family was present for this reunion, and numerous photos were taken. The patient’s baby will now grow up with these images, forever a memory of his mom. The patient was being worked up for a transfer to an outside hospital for a life-saving lung transplant. That transfer did not happen, and she, unfortunately, passed away the next day, only a few hours after their reunion. Thank you, Megan, for making this extraordinary effort. Because of you, the patient’s baby met his mother and shared that very important bond of skin-to-skin contact.