My mom is an 81-year-old patient with pancreatic cancer who underwent a Whipple procedure. Sheila was her nurse for her first two post-operative days. Sheila is an extremely knowledgeable, caring, and compassionate person. She started discharge education on day one of mom's hospital stays, explained all her medications and side effects, and demonstrated how to give herself her injections once she got home. She took the time to get to know my mom and our family and shared stories about chickens. When mom got dizzy, Sheila told my mom and the family that her primary goal was to keep her safe and that she wouldn’t be up and walking until she was feeling better. She called the surgical team with concerns, notified the anesthesiologist pain fellow of her concerns with the paravertebral block and kept my mother and our family informed of everything she was doing while providing care. She even gave mom choices where appropriate so mom felt like she had some control. I have been a nurse myself for 35 years and have worked with hundreds of nurses and in all that time and all my interactions both as a nurse and as a patient or family member I can only name three nurses whom I believe have excelled at the care and compassion that makes nursing a profession and a calling. Sheila is one of those nurses. Please grant her this beautiful and well-deserved honor of the DAISY Award.