In this narrative, Kacper Niburski remembers when, for a short while, his father was unrecognizable to him.Mr. Niburski is a medical student at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, and editor of the CMAJ student humanities blog.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Cough."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190314-----------------------------------Music: Impromptu in Quarter, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.