No Cape, Just a White Coat and a Heart

Today's superhero is the doctor who shared her Diet Coke with my dad. It wasn't his exact brand (the caffeine-free variety), but it didn't matter.

What matters is that she knew that a swig of Diet Coke meant the world to him.

That it wasn't going to kill him.

And that a small kindness and a willingness to break a senseless rule can be as important to a patient's recovery as all the surgical skill on the planet.