PATIENT

 

Name: Choi Minki

 

Birthday: November 3, 1995 

 

Age: [Nearly] 19

 

Ward: Neurologic

 

Illness: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [ALS] or Lou Gehrig's Disease

[More about it below.]

 

 

Minki was talented. There was no doubt about it. When it came to the arts he could do it all. Whether it was painting a still life or emoting through a violin concerto. His future was bright. That is... until the cramps started. Some small pain in his calf, then his thigh and suddenly use of his right leg was completely gone. The diagnosis? ALS. A disease that would slowly take away all his muscle movements and eventually the ability for him to breathe on his own. He was shattered. Three to five years. That's all it would take to kill him. He struggles every day between living to the fullest while he can and wallowing in depression and pity for himself.

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