<p>A heartfelt video of a nurse from&nbsp;Vanderbilt University Medical&nbsp;singing to a cancer patient&nbsp;went viral on Thursday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Olivia Neufelder,&nbsp;termed as the patient&#39;s &#39;angel&#39;, sang&nbsp;her favorite song&nbsp;&quot;Dancing In The Sky&quot; by Dani and Lizzy while Margaret Smith&#39;s anesthesia wore off.<br />
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&quot;Neufelder would sing to her&nbsp;every day during her stay to keep her smiling despite her declining health&quot; said the patient&#39;s daughter, Meghan Smith.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sixty-three-year-old Margaret Smith was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after her health suddenly started to deteriorate.&nbsp;She had been suffering from liver cancer for about a year.</p>

<p>After a procedure, doctors refused to do a liver transplant as she was too weak and would not have been&nbsp;able to recover.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She was later shifted&nbsp;to a nursing home in Cookeville, where she died on Wednesday. But before leaving the hospital, Meghan&nbsp;posted a video on Facebook where&nbsp;Neufelder is seen singing to Margaret.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Meghan expressed her gratitude&nbsp;and said, &quot;You never left her side by choice!! Words cannot describe the appreciation and love we feel for nurse Olivia who mom calls her angel! Your dedication to your patients is beyond any that I have seen, you truly are a beam of light and I cannot thank you enough for the compassion and care and love you shared for my mother. God bless you Olivia!&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The video also became a hit amongst Twitter users who&nbsp;posted their reactions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">*watches that video of the VUMC nurse singing to her elderly patient*<br />
*cries*<br />
*watches it again*</p>
&mdash; shelb (@ShelbyTayyW) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelbyTayyW/status/923764105508540416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I may or may not be crying after just watching a video of a nurse singing to a dying patient. Ugh nurses are the best ????</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I&rsquo;ve watched that video of the nurse singing to her patient like 6 times. I cant wait to make an impact that big peoples lives</p>
&mdash; Kierstin ?? (@Finck_aboutit) <a href="https://twitter.com/Finck_aboutit/status/923694945256357888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">watched the video of the nurse singing to her patient and I haven&rsquo;t stopped crying since</p>
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<p>&quot;Miss Marg has touched my heart in such an indescribable way. I am so humbled and honoured to be a Nurse. My thoughts and prayers are forever with this amazing family,&quot; Olivia wrote in a Facebook post.</p>

<p>The video was posted four&nbsp;days ago and has reached nearly 3.5&nbsp;million views as of Friday.&nbsp;</p>

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Olivia Neufelder has been termed as the patient's 'angel' after singing her favorite song?'Dancing In The Sky' by Dani and Lizzy

A heartfelt video of a nurse from Vanderbilt University Medical singing to a cancer patient went viral on Thursday. Olivia Neufelder, termed as the patient's 'angel', sang her favorite song "Dancing In The Sky" by Dani and Lizzy while Margaret Smith's anesthesia wore off. "Neufelder would sing to her every day during her stay to keep her smiling despite her declining health" said the patient's daughter, Meghan Smith. Sixty-three-year-old Margaret Smith was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after her health suddenly started to deteriorate. She had been suffering from liver cancer for about a year. After a procedure, doctors refused to do a liver transplant as she was too weak and would not have been able to recover. She was later shifted to a nursing home in Cookeville, where she died on Wednesday. But before leaving the hospital, Meghan posted a video on Facebook where Neufelder is seen singing to Margaret. Meghan expressed her gratitude and said, "You never left her side by choice!! Words cannot describe the appreciation and love we feel for nurse Olivia who mom calls her angel! Your dedication to your patients is beyond any that I have seen, you truly are a beam of light and I cannot thank you enough for the compassion and care and love you shared for my mother. God bless you Olivia!" The video also became a hit amongst Twitter users who posted their reactions. *watches that video of the VUMC nurse singing to her elderly patient* *cries* *watches it again* — shelb (@ShelbyTayyW) October 27, 2017 × I may or may not be crying after just watching a video of a nurse singing to a dying patient. Ugh nurses are the best ???? — Ava Mack (@ava_mack) October 27, 2017 × I’ve watched that video of the nurse singing to her patient like 6 times. I cant wait to make an impact that big peoples lives — Kierstin ?? (@Finck_aboutit) October 26, 2017 × watched the video of the nurse singing to her patient and I haven’t stopped crying since — Maria. (@maria_mortimer) October 27, 2017 × "Miss Marg has touched my heart in such an indescribable way. I am so humbled and honoured to be a Nurse. My thoughts and prayers are forever with this amazing family," Olivia wrote in a Facebook post. The video was posted four days ago and has reached nearly 3.5 million views as of Friday.

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