." >> reporter: for peyton walton, the best part of being a nurse is helping her patients in ways thato beyond medicine. there was the time she went above and beyond to help and ailing patient find a home for her dog so she could die in peace. and then -- well, then there was the time an entire community needed her personal brand of healing. >> okay. these were the originals. >> reporter: let it be known that what one day might very well be a key part of the relief effort in any natural disaster anywhere -- >> then i spread these out more. >> reporter: began as a flood of papers scattered all over peyton walton's living room floor. >> this is how the original 20 matches were done. >> reporter: the reason peyton's mill valley condo looked like this one month ago, is because the homes of so many people she knew looked like this. peyton has been a nurse in santa rosa for 25 years. when that city started to burn -- she went to work. for 40 hours over the next four days, peyton cared for patients at the only hospital in santa rosa that remained open. anyone would agree she had done enough t