Callum was not a lesson to be made into a slogan, but if his experience helped another exhausted doctor seek support sooner, something good could emerge from it.

Before Vincent left, Sadie handed him one of her paper crowns.

“For being Daddy’s friend,” she said.

He bowed formally and put it on.

We laughed until our eyes watered.

I had missed laughing like that.

PART 20

As treatment continued, Sadie developed new questions.