Hello, my friends and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday, morning moments with John O'Leary.

My dear friend, my Angela wrote,

They may forget what you said,

but they will never, ever forget how you made them feel.

So while visiting patients at a children's hospital last week,

a little boy came up to me,

and asked who my favorite nurse was during my own hospital stay.

It felt a little bit like being asked to pick between my favorite children, which is always

difficult to be put on the spot and asked. But I shared regardless a story of one nurse's seemingly

simple acts of love and the mighty impact that she made in my life.

The list of extraordinary caregivers at Mercy who helped me survive burns over my entire body

is long. Sissy, my friend still today, is a brilliant charge nurse. Lisa, who, she was a fiery floor nurse.

Roy,

the visionary man who helped me walk forward into life.

And Dolores,

this lovely CNA with a contagious laugh.

I can still hear it today.

But the one that I shared with the little boy last week

was a woman named Sue Rodriguez.

Now, there were many reasons why Sue came to mind with that question. When the power suddenly

failed one afternoon as I laid in bed, connected to a respirator, and unable to breathe for myself,

it was Sue who sprinted into my room and began manually pumping air into my lungs

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