“We are all in this world together. So while we are here, let’s take care of one another.”
Earlier this year, Ashley Varriale arrived at a patient’s bedside in the Intensive Care Unit to begin a portable chest X-ray. “My patient told me I smelled so nice and that she wished she could shower,” Ashley says. “That evening on my way home, I stopped to buy her a bottle of the same perfume. She was so happy when I brought it to her the following day. She passed away a few days later. I am grateful to have been one of the last people to put a smile on her face.”