Staying at a hospital with my friend who is suffering from leukemia, I’ve come to the realization of how fragile we are, yet it makes me feel hopeful about humanity. I’ve seen lots of people and heard lots of stories. The patient next door (we are in a secluded area) hit his head and is in a coma. His family members come to tend to him and speak to him every day. Listening faintly to them singing and speaking brings tenderness to my heart. Seeing my friend smile and feel better after playing videogames and conversing together is truly priceless. She’s such a sweet person. Despite the adversities and injustices of life everything’s been working out for her and she’s recovering, she’ll hopefully be out in less than a week.

I think empathy and solidarity are some of the greatest things we have as a species. I wish more people could see that. Medicine as a whole is pretty cool, and it’s just something I’ve never quite thought about, or at least it hadn’t quite had an impact on me before because it’s so commonplace. We dedicate a lot of effort and resources to helping people, and to say this is highly commendable would be a huge understatement.

I don’t really know where to post this, it’s like 4:30 am and I’m feeling a bit sensible. My friend’s lost two very important people in her life within last year, this isn’t the first time she’s had leukemia, and these few months have been incredibly hard for her. Despite this, she keeps on going, she keeps smiling and laughing, and I really admire her.

I hope the patient next door recovers and gets to be with his loving family once more. I hope no one here has to go through anything similar, and if you are, I hope everything works out in the end.

If you’ve read this far, I appreciate that you took some time of your day to read my 4 am ramblings. I hope I’ve been of some help. If anything I want people to feel united, for we may have different nationalities and languages, but we feel the same feelings, our hearts speak a collective language.

Have a lovely life.