What happens when your childhood disease becomes your life’s calling? This week’s guest, Nurse Danie discovered her purpose in the pediatric ICU, where her own battle with sickle cell anemia transformed into a superpower for healing young patients.
As a child navigating countless hospital stays, she never imagined she’d one day be the nurse offering comfort to families in their darkest moments. But sometimes our greatest wounds become our greatest gifts. After years in the PICU, witnessing miracles and heartbreak in equal measure, motherhood shifted everything. A divine nudge led her to step back from bedside care into nurse coordination—where she now bridges the gap between families and the medical system that once intimidated her.
This is a story about turning trauma into triumph, finding God’s voice in career transitions, and how lived experience can make you the exact person someone else needs to meet. Whether you’re in healthcare, considering a career change, or wondering how your struggles might serve others, this conversation will remind you that nothing in your story is wasted.
Tune in to hear how sickle cell shaped a calling, why she left the PICU she loved, and the moment obedience trumped comfort in her career journey.
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