Daily News | Letter to a 60-year-old male with HCC
Rebekah Chun is a second-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and co-editor-in-chief of the student magazine Appendx. In this personal essay, she writes how her father’s death shaped her medical training and approach to becoming a physician.
From your ICU bed, you watched through a video livestream as I walked across the stage during my white coat ceremony in September 2021, marking the beginning of my medical career. And you heard me say, “My fun fact is that my Korean name means grace flowing like a river, and I want to thank my parents for giving me that name.”In October, I glared at the murkiness of the Schuylkill River as you told me how nauseous the radiation and immunotherapy made you feel.
After time was up, we tossed our formaldehyde-splattered scrubs into a bin and catapulted out of the lab into winter break. I was so excited to go home and celebrate your 60th birthday with you. Interventional radiologists controlled the initial bleeding, but the electrolyte imbalance from hemorrhage contributed to an irregular heart rhythm. Medical staff revived you with CPR, but couldn’t stop the bleeding. You were put on dialysis until doctors could discuss next steps with your family.
At 10 p.m. after we listened to your last words, your ICU nurse asked whether you would like something for anxiety in addition to morphine. You responded, “No, thank you. My daughters are my anti-anxiety medicine.”There is a dimple on my left ear that takes after yours, Appa. I remember caressing it as we waited for your blood pressure to drop.
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