hospital playlist x patient stories — an appreciation thread dedicated not only to the hp doctors but also to all other health care professionals out there doing their best

"It must be fascinating to see a woman with a fake breast. You're always peeping at me. Am i a monkey in a zoo?"

"It's because youre pretty. Who cares if you only have one breast? As for old people like even if we get surgery and feel completely healthy we'll never look pretty."

"Professor, when do you sleep. I've been here for four days but you're here every morning and every night. Thanks to you, Jiyeon lived."

"Everyone says we're immature. So I've been acting all tough on purpose. I wanted to cry, but I was afraid that they'd say we're too young to deal with this. But I can't do it anymore. Chanyeong will be okay, right?"

"We'll make sure he'll be okay."

"Miscarriage isn't a disease. You did nothing wrong. A lot of patients that had miscarriages ask me if they did something wrong or if they must be careful in the future. That's not true. This can happen to anyone."

"Minyeong was in so much pain because I wanted to see her more. But thanks to the great doctors and nurses, she had three years of a happy life. Thank you for loving my daughter and treating her the best you could."

I asked "Why should I play loud music?".

He said, "The mother already knows about it and has prepared herself. But still, if she hears the cry when the baby is born, she'll be traumatized for life."

"He didn't want to make her traumatized after all she's been through."

"Today is Children's day, you know. He has a five year old son named Wonjun. He was supposed to have jajjangmyeon with his dad. But, Wonjun.. He'll never get to do that, for the rest of his life. We can't have his son cry on every Children's Day thinking about his father."

the pain of losing a child