mischele lewis is a born caregiver. as a little girl in southern new jersey she daydreamed about working somewhere in medicine, helping people. >> i knew i always wanted to do something in medicine from when i was probably eight or nine. but it changed. i wanted to be a veterinarian, then i wanted to be a pediatrician. >> reporter: sure enough, as an adult she got her nursing degree and reported happily to the labor and delivery ward. you're with the team delivering babies right? >> i do. it's wonderful every day. you connect with your patients. i'm there with them the whole way. i've cried with them. i've laughed with them. it's amazing. >> reporter: fellow nurse robyn meyers says mischele is a natural -- as a nurse, and as a best friend. >> she's a light in a dark place. she's wonderful. she's the one trying to brighten up somebody else's bad day. . >> reporter: but mischele has seen her own share of bad days. for years, she struggled in a difficult marriage, eventually moving with her kids into her mother shirley's h