A Recollection of Eyra's Moment at Kyunghee Medical Center

 Eyra was making her first Tae Kwon Do girl with her clay. At first I did not know what she would make, but after some time, it was a surprise that she made this. Oh, she was wearing a pad-on on her forehead so as to cool off her fever.^^

This is how the taekwondo girl looks like. Apart from making some dolls out of clay, she was also busy making small stars out of fancy papers that her mom bought her. See the stars inside the bottle?

To give a better or closer look into how small or how big the clay doll is, this is the picture. She was so proud of being able to make it on her own. I think she learned it from the school where she joined a clay-making contest just two days before before she was hospitalized.^^

This was the last day at the hospital. She was finally allowed to go home. Alhamdulillah that she was released from the hospital after 6-day treatment. This is the picture we took. Her doctor seemed so happy to see Eyra getting better.

He was such a generously and attentively kind doctor. He comes every morning and evening to see Eyra and make sure how she was. 

Thank you 의사님^^...

Being with my daughter is priceless...

It is still a story about the time we spent together for almost a week in a hospital. We tried to smile as always, despite ..... oh well, I do not have to jot it down here. Eyra was  practically  lying on her bed for almost 6 days...of course, there were times when she got up and walked about the corridor at the 12 floor of the hospital, going to the toilet, or....going out to the 2nd floor of hospital plaza where we could breathe some fresh air...(rad my other post on this one)

I took a peep into the corridor where Freya was being hospitalized at Kyunghee University Medical Center. A father was seen pushing in a carriage with his baby on it, I guess.

Back to Eyra, here...she looked so soundly asleep. Every night she got a high fever. Whenever I remembered this, I felt a lump on my throat coz I know that she was struggling. But, thank God she's now fine and everything is fine now. 

Oh, this one is an example of set menu provided by the hospital. Since we told the staff that we do not eat any ham or pork or any dwaeji gogi or any products derived from those, we were lucky to have an attentive staffs who did their best to make sure that the menu met our request. In short, we always have fish or seafood with lots of veggies. And..Eyra loves to eat fish. 

This is a picture I drew on Eyra's bandage. It depicts Eyra and me tossing the balloon around.

She's the one who asked and persistently insisted me to draw something on it.

She looked back and --I knew--that she tried to smile^^

We went down to the 2nd floor of the main hall of the hospital where we could sit on a couch and sofa while enjoying a free time relaxing. Afterall Eyra needed some time to cool herself off from the monotonous atmosphere of the bunk bed in her ward. 

A happy look on her face. I could see that she was a bit swollen due to her illness. But, once again...alhamdulillah that now she is back to normal and fine. 

What I learned from having all of this is that...no matter how gloomy a problem may look or sound...things are surely going to be clear and better. We'd just need patience...^^

(Alhamdulillah ...and we are so grateful. We got a health insurance for the whole family. Thanks to the charity and the generosity of Kyunghee Hospital, 사회선업실, and the doctors there who sincerely supported us.

A Day in Eyra's Life at the Hospital

Eyra was hospitalized for a week. She got a high fever and the doctor had to examine all-full body USG Scan for days now...But, she seemed to be okey apparently. Anyway..I just wanted to post an entry about one hour we spent at the 2nd floor of Kyunghee Hospital where Eyra was treated.

First, she asked me to buy her a balloon with a pink dolphin in it. ^^ 

She looked so happy when I put some air into the balloon that finally made it float as if some water had been pumped into it. We were sitting at the 1st floor veranda where visitors and patients could talk and take a rest...

Now, we were outside at the second floor where some recreational facilities were there for anyone to enjoy. One of them is a pond with some big fish in it....

Eyra and her sister, Freya, were happy to spend an evening together while enjoying their snacks. Eyra was seen with her injection attached to her. She got herself got used to it already by the 2nd day.

Even a pigeon wanted to stroll along the plaza...

Now, it's time to take a rest with their Mom. Some other patients were also having some time with their families and relatives. Eyra --although I knew it was though for her-- seemed to enjoy the moment.

They never seemed to stop liking the pond. They kept coming back and forth...

Then, off the went into a foot-spa or some rock-and- stone-made walking path where we could walk on it barefoot. They seemed to be enjoying it.

Freya tiptoeing. Eyra tried to figure out how to get her 'equipment' could tag her along.^^

Then..off they went to another....corner to do something else...

Oh, I see...they wanted to try on using a rocking chair or ...was it a swing? Yes. 

I just could not stop admiring how persistent Eyra was....

Despite her condition, she insisted on playing with her sister...

....Oh, swell...they were back again..at the pond and started again..chatting with them ( I assume)^^

Other kids were pouring in. 

oh, ...well...they were back again on the swing. This time, they were sitting on the other swing. 

Took a shot of what the situation at the 2nd floor looked like at that particular time. 

Now...for the last time that day..they were running, walking, chasing one another...

Gosh..sometimes I came to wonder if she was alright...^^

A relief. Now, they were back to the room The room where Eyra stayed for a 6-day treatment at the hospital was somewhat not-that-big, but it could accommodate up to 4 patients with their families. 

This time, Eyra and Freya were playing cards and coloring books. They looked so busy.

Never have they been this persistent in coloring and making stuffs. To make it more peculiar, Eyra had to take a rest at that time, but still..she did not want to. Instead, she kept playing with her toys and coloring pages.

Ok, girs...now stop playing and start looking at Daddy. Say 'Cheese'!

Eyra, you were hospitalized..and...this has been a tough but at the same time...an eye-opening and full of blessing days for all of us.