When there’s so much katakata in the country and commotion on TwitterNg, it’s nice to find a post that bears none of those trademarks; a post so inspiring, it fills you with glee.

This is the story of Dr Mike and his baby sister:

(I'm going to tell a wee Twitter story, forgive the flurry of Tweets for the next few minutes please)

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

4 years later, summer of 1985, she got sick again.

Coryzal, fever, drooling, harsh breathing.

I was 9. She looked sick. Toxic.

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Mum took her to our local GP. He examined her, told my mum it was a cold, take her home, give Calpol, she'd be fine

Mum argued. He insisted

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Mum put us in the car

She didn't drive home

She put her foot down, drove the 40 miles straight to the nearest ED, in Raigmore @NHSHighland pic.twitter.com/aZU45Vx8s7

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

I remember how she looked and sounded in the car: sick, harsh raspy breathing, her chest working ever harder. It was scary.

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

My sister had a respiratory arrest minutes after we arrived in the Raigmore Emergency Dept; her airway completely blocked by swollen tissues pic.twitter.com/DjFaa8SlE2

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Dad drove me home, leaving my mum and my sister deep in the heart of the hospital.

I don't think he really knew what to say to me.

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

I remember that drive home so so vividly.

We drove through a torrential rainstorm that lasted only a few minutes, then sunshine

A rainbow

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

We stopped at a petrol station.

Dad, to try to distract me, bought me a comic … this one: Transformers UK issue 24 pic.twitter.com/qc9ssXtLNS

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

It was the first Transformers story I'd ever read

Shockwave (bad guy) attacks an oil rig

A girl gets hurt, badly

It was "to be continued" pic.twitter.com/EwpTIoGTDP

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

The Queen stayed a few minutes. Her lady-in-waiting stayed longer, to get the whole story

My aunt took me to the harbour to see Brittania pic.twitter.com/AoDlTNZAEL

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

After Brittania, we went to the toy shop so I could get my sister something from me, to help her get well.

I chose this pic.twitter.com/9WKVRO9e2r

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Slowly, my sister got better.

Extubated.

Transferred to the paediatric ward (I was more welcome there! Toyroom!)

Eventually, home! ?

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Before she went home, the next Transformers issue came out: the girl survived too!

(Tho' she did get transformed into a cyborg. Comics, eh) pic.twitter.com/oW3bBodAT4

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

At the end, I knew two things:

I wanted to be a doctor, a paediatrician. I wanted to help people like they helped her.

And comics were ACE

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

I don't think I wavered after that, not really.

I wanted to be an astronaut too … but if I was, I wanted to be Bones McCoy. pic.twitter.com/XJWt7oTjZz

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

And comics! Comics!

Transformers lasted for years.

Simon Furman, Geoff Senior and others were heroes to 10 year old me!

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

(In one of life's weird quirks, Simon and Geoff are now drinking buddies.@james_dodsworth and I still catch each other's eye and giggle)

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Transformers led to Secret Wars, and Secret Wars II and then, then, the X-Men. Difficult to over-estimate how much those stories meant pic.twitter.com/9rNQjp64XD

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

My baby sister all grown up ❤️@lalalinz pic.twitter.com/liclqXH6lV

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 9, 2017

Comics and medicine go well together!

My Comic-Reader's Guide to Being a New Doctorhttps://t.co/XPjPEeRkus#TipsForNewDocs pic.twitter.com/yxoagtQnkQ

— Mike (@thefourthcraw) August 11, 2017

Reactions:

Twitter at its best – we should all tell more stories, read more comics and trust the intuition of families Thank you!

— Dr Ros Taylor (@hospicedoctor) August 11, 2017

As an F2 I was inspired by your endless positivity, patience & kindness to families – now I know where it all came from! You're a legend

— Shaarna (@HeadSmartFellow) August 10, 2017

Thanks, Mike, it's another evening when it's suddenly gone all dusty here… some's got in my eyes.
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— Andrew Hartle?️‍? (@startle65) August 9, 2017

You're not the only one Andrew, rest assured lovely!

— ClairyLou (@HappyClairy) August 10, 2017

https://twitter.com/martinpmcevoy/status/895568480015007744

That was magnificent, thank you for sharing!

— Gavin Barrie (@jammach) August 10, 2017

So wait, your sister is a cyborg!? AWESOME!

— Lyle Frankfort Comic Con July 14th (@ironkodiak) August 9, 2017

Joke aside, glad it all turned out well & as the son of a Dr (& nurse) I admire people that go into the profession for all the right reasons

— Lyle Frankfort Comic Con July 14th (@ironkodiak) August 9, 2017

That’s a wonderful true story. Thanks for all that you, and other doctors, do. ❤️

— Janet Jenkins  (@janevans35) August 9, 2017

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— Neal Ashwangler (@NAshwangler) August 9, 2017