Day Fifteen

On the way to breakfast through the Lobby, Mr. Mok stopped us and told us that everyone needed to go to the clinic early. So, we grabbed a few pastries and jumped on-board the Mok van. The reason we needed to come in early is because Dr. Moon wanted to see everyone before he left to the States. Mom got her protein drip as well as her gene and vaccine shots.

Erika is still in the hospital. She, unfortunately, has a broken leg and cracked joint so is scheduled for surgery in two days. She'll then be in the hospital for a week. Luckily, Dr. Moon arranged for someone to be with her in the hospital for a couple of days until her daughter arrives. Yesterday was a difficult day. Not only did Erika get hurt, poor Jackie (stage IV prancreatic cancer) had to have 6 additional fiducials implanted in her back. The first 6 were implanted in the wrong place. The fiducials (golden "seeds") are used as markers for Cyberknife. They pushed the first 6 into her spine area by hand and she said it was the worst pain she had ever felt. Then come to find that they were put in the wrong location is completely unacceptable. Does this kind of thing happen in the States?

Tomorrow, mom is going back to Dr. Cho to discuss her Cyberknife treatment. The kind of mistake that happened with Jackie cannot happen to mom. And I don't understand why a local isn't given to the patient during the implant. I'm sure we're going to find out a lot more tomorrow but we're going to be on top of this particular procedure. I will, of course, keep you posted.

By the way, we stopped in to see Erika after mom's treatment and errands and I have to say that the hospital is not as bad as another patient had described. Erika did have her own room but it's just that the bed is very hard. It's not as nice as hospitals in the States but much better than I had pictured.