SARASOTA, Fla. - As Dr. Steve Hefler, a pediatrician of 50 years and Navy veteran, lay fighting COVID-19 in the ICU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, his family in San Diego felt helpless. "They said there is nothing else we can do, he’s declined so much get ready to say goodbye,” his son Jonathan Hefler said. “But we said how can we say goodbye?" Dr.
Hefler’s cell phone died 48 hours after he was admitted, without a charger to start it up there was no way for the family to connect.
Kimberly Kuizon reports "Fortunately, an amazing nurse at Sarasota Memorial said ‘I have an extra charger at home. I’ll run and grab it, I’ll donate it to your dad,’" Hefler explained.