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A few memories of my rock star, Kindra. I knew she would be a rock star when she as a toddler explained to her mother that the object in her nose was a “wock”. She added that she found it in one of the houseplants. That was our first of many trips to the emergency unit with Kindra. She went there so

Our family had gone skiing in Jackson Hole (one of the most difficult ski resorts in the USA). Kindra and I had decided to seek out some of the more advanced chutes there. As we headed down, we continuously took the more difficult way down until we arrived at the precipice of a series of cliffs. As

I knew Kindra since she first started working in the ER at nights. She always impressed with her work ethic, and I was privileged to see her grow in her endeavors and her passions for them. She spoke to me about her love of bicycling, and most of all, of the love she had for Karen. We joked around a

I remember when Kindra was quite young (maybe 14 months) her mother and I let her sleep in our bed. We eventually changed our minds, so I told her she could not sleep in our bed anymore. She agreed. I woke up to find her lying on the floor next to my side of the bed. Guilt Trip!! So I told her she c

There is no doubt that Sinai has a heart. It’s strong pulse is felt by anyone who enters through the door. Just as the human heart is made up of cells, Sinai’s heart is made up of it’s dedicated employees. Kindra Nelson made up a large portion of that vigorous heart. Hers, so in tuned with all the r

January 2014 the Nyien’s arrived in California to ski at Lake Tahoe. My wife Svetlana and I were to meet them at Northstar at 9:00 but they didn’t arrive. 9:30 I called Patti asking, “Where are you guys?” and she responded, “In Nevada” I asked, “What are you doing in Nevada? Northstar is on the west

My fondest memories of Kindra are when the Nelson’s lived in Hinsdale. While I was babysitting her & Kirk, she came up with a game called Dragon. I was the dragon & they were the dragon catchers. They would catch me & tie me to the toilet. Kindra was always amazed when I would bust free the jump rop

My favorite memory of Kindra goes back to the first time we met in 2012. We were both going through SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) training and I, a brand new advocate, was quietly sitting in that big auditorium with a bunch of fierce emergency department nurses feeling totally out of place. W

I remember when I first met Kindra. She brought her father into a lounge I was working in . It was his birthday. I carded Kindra and not her father and her dad said "hey why aren't you carding me? I'm young". Kindra and I both looked at her dad and smiled. That day changed my life for ever. Little d