From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankarvedantam. This is my unsung hero, stories where one person reached

out to help another in a time of need.

Hi Shanker, my En-Sank Hero is a Frenchman.

She had given me exactly what I needed in that time.

I was fortunate enough to survive with the help of this man, this doctor,

who went out of his way to help save my life.

Today's story comes from Laura Holmes, her dad.

In March 2017, Laura was

37 years old and had two small children.

On this particular day, she went for an x-ray at a large hospital in San Francisco.

I got x-rays and scans constantly,

so it was nothing new to me.

But I was getting used to the anonymous feeling

of being a patient, just a medical record number,

shivering in a white and blue hospital gown and scratchy blue hospital socks. And I was completely bald. I was still adjusting to life

without hair and feeling very self-conscious. And I didn't wear a wig but I

wouldn't go outside my house without my headscarf.

But in the x-ray room, I had to take off my scarf.

And I was so upset and just distraught about being bald in front of a stranger.

But the X-ray tech, a man, was bald also, which made me feel a little bit better.

He was average height wearing scrubs and he had very kind blue eyes.

And he was very gentle with me as he helped me onto the table and adjusted the weighted

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