25 October 2011

Hope or suffering





"He, is a patient with terminal liver cancer. No matter how his family opposes it, he resolved to stop chemotherapy. That day, he only left behind a letter and left. He said, he owes his daughter a promise…”

“Dad, can you take me to school and pick me up from school every day? Daddy, remember to come pick me up!”

“I often think, when a patient’s life reaches the end, is it hope that is prolonged or is it suffering? The last time we met, because of liver cancer, his life marked an end. And his promise was only half realised…”


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