Personal experience

Be on a Surgical Operating Table

In my childhood, I was very active and had a good sense of recreation. In the sand box, I ran and jumped very fast. I also climbed the jungle-gym pretty quickly. I used to hang around the playgrounds in my town almost everyday to have fun with my friends.

When I was 10 years old, my family moved to Ilsan. In the new town, I roamed on and on until the sunset. It was a bright autumn day on which the accident happened. I had looked for a new playground with my best friend and after an hour of riding our bicycles, we finally found a good one. We started to hang out together with some children who were already playing there. It was really exciting and joyful for a while.

I tried to climb up the slide in the playground, but unexpectedly I glided down and hit my chin on the edge of the slide. At first, I didn't feel anything wrong except a bit of pain. However the blood started to run down, and the children started to surround me and looked at me anxiously. The tears began to gather in some children's eyes. My best friend rushed to my house right away to call my parents. Unfortunately, they were not at home, yet my father came back soon.

Since it was Saturday afternoon, every clinic in the neighborhood wasn't opened and we had to go to the emergency room at the nearest hospital. Because the injured part was cut deeply, a surgical operation was necessary. The doctor put ten stitches on my chin. I felt very little pain during the operation thanks to the anesthetic but it was fairly disgusting experience.

Now, a tiny scar remains in the place of the wound on my chin and nobody can tell unless I show them. Nonetheless, I still remember the awful experience being on a surgical opertaion table. The feeling of being stitched for the part of my head was truly terrible. Anyway, I became to take a cautious attitude toward a risk after that day.