Preface
In 2018, Mina Kojima was lying on a hospital bed in Sweden, watching a film about "euthanasia" on the TV, yes, she is also a patient seeking euthanasia, this film and television is not only a film and television, but also her fate later.
I saw an infusion shelf standing next to the bed, and a bottle of euthanasia infusion on it was connected to her arm, as long as she gently pushed the roller, she would leave this world completely after five minutes, at this time she had no complaints about this world, she just wanted to come silently and leave silently.
Before leaving, she turned on the camera in front of the bed, showed an extremely rare smile, and left a message for everyone, and then pushed the pulley away and lay quietly on the bed, waiting for the liquid to continue to enter her body.
So why did Mina Kojima lie in a hospital bed in Sweden? Why did she give up her life and choose euthanasia? What unspeakable things happened in between?
1. I look forward to death
Kojima Mina lay quietly on the bed, at this moment all the unpleasantness of her life disappeared, this is the day she wants to leave this world the most in her life, although she was also very happy and happy in her life, but they are too short, the beauty of the world can not be experienced at all, and finally in the pain and beauty, she chose euthanasia.
So what's going on in her life?
Second, a hard-working family
In 1966 in Japan, Kojima Mina was born in an ordinary family, but what she didn't expect was that this was a patriarchal family, she was already the third daughter in the family when she was born, and her father who only wanted a boy to inherit the family business, and his personality changed.
Kojima Mina's daily life is very hard, because she is a girl in the family, she will be scolded by her father every day, as long as it is a little unsatisfactory to her father, then she will definitely be reprimanded by her father, not only that, because there are no children at home, but her father's colleagues will always use this incident to ridicule.
And all this will become the father, the main reason for beating and scolding the mother and daughter, and finally the mother couldn't stand this kind of domestic violence, and chose to divorce and leave this unfortunate family forever, but fortunately, she and her two sisters depended on each other, and the sister also made up for the lack of love from Kojima Mina.
And Kojima Mina knew that if a woman didn't have the ability, she couldn't survive in this society at all, so she studied hard in high school, sat firmly in the top few positions in the class, and under the guidance of the teacher, Kojima Mina was successfully admitted to Seoul National University in South Korea.
Hearing the news, the two sisters couldn't help but feel happy for Kojima Mina, but at this happy time, Kojima Mina also told her mother the news, although her mother was happy, but at the same time it also brought unfortunate news.
"Mina Kojima, I was diagnosed with cancer, it is currently in the advanced stage, and the doctor said that I will not live for this month, although I can't be by your side all the time, but I will always love you. These words were like a bolt from the blue, and among the three sisters, the mother was the best for herself, and even after leaving the house, she kept sending money to herself.
The death of her mother also made her very sad, but she was not unhappy, but was born to the sun, in her junior year, her two sisters also got married one after another, and the two backers also left her side, and the rest of her life could only rely on herself to move forward.
And she has long reached the time to get married, but she is haunted by her parents' unhappy marriage back then, and it is a very simple matter to find the other half by virtue of her appearance, but every suitor has been rejected by her one by one, and in his opinion people are unreliable.
After graduating, Mina Kojima arrived in Tokyo to work as a Korean translator, a job that paid off for her and continued to be single until she was 40 years old.
3. There are changes in life
She originally worked well in the company, but there was a problem with her body inexplicably, and her originally stable hands began to shake non-stop, at first she thought it was just caused by taking too many heavy objects every day, but later found that this situation would happen even if there was nothing on her hands, so she began to pay attention to rest.
But the long-term rest not only failed to alleviate this symptom, but the hand tremors became more and more frequent, in order not to slow down the progress of the company, Kojima Mina took the initiative to resign from her job, looking at the company where she had been for more than ten years, Kojima Mina felt an indescribable sadness in her heart.
However, the physical change can't defeat the strong Kojima Mina, so she plans to find a relatively easy job, the job of "welfare home caretaker" is relatively easy, she only needs to play with those children every day, and there is nothing else to dress, but Kojima Mina looked at her hands that were shaking even more, and she was also a little overwhelmed.
But the children here don't hate themselves because of this, which makes her cold heart, feel a trace of warmth, the days pass quickly, Kojima Mina has been in the welfare home for three years, and has established a deep relationship with the children, but it's time for her to leave here, because her illness is getting worse and worse.
Colleagues have also told Kojima Mina many times, hurry to the hospital for a check-up, Kojima Mina also felt that it was time to go to the hospital to see, who thought that the doctor's words made her little world collapse, "The disease in your body is called multiple system atrophy, which is a very rare disease, and there is no treatment at present." ”
Kojima Mina's small world collapsed, he didn't understand why God was so targeted to him, he had become very unfortunate since he was born, and now God has closed the last window for himself, with the diagnosis, Kojima Mina returned to the welfare home, although the children here are unfortunate, but fortunately they can provide a little warmth for themselves.
However, as time went by, Mina Kojima's muscles and mental state began to deteriorate, not to mention taking care of these children, she even became very difficult to take care of herself, and she didn't want to drag the children and her colleagues back, so she submitted her resignation to the dean.
After leaving here, Kojima Mina returned to the hospital for treatment, her body was full of various tubes, her body was completely unable to move independently, she basically ate and drank Lazar in bed, and even breathed with the help of a ventilator, at this time she had fully accepted her fate and waited for the day of death.
After Kojima Mina's two sisters learned the news, they decided to take turns taking care of their bedridden sister, hoping to see the healthy sister one day.
But no matter how the two sisters took care of her, Mina Kojima never had any smile on her face again, after all, the disease on her body, with the medical technology at the time, could only slow down the time of death, but could not treat and cure it.
My sister also knew, but in order to encourage her hope for life, she kept enlightening: "It's okay Mina, no matter what you become in the future, we will definitely always be with you, just like when you were a child." Mina Kojima felt a lot more relieved after hearing this.
Fourth, there are suicidal thoughts
Kojima Mina took advantage of the absence of the two sisters to search the Internet for the fate of the disease, without exception, everyone's fate was very cruel, but when he saw the attitude of those patients who also suffered from this disease, she knew that she was also a person with incontinence, and the thoughts of suicide became heavier and heavier.
She tied the towels in the toilet together and planned to hang herself, but fortunately, her sister found Mina Kojima in time to prevent the accident, and her sister also cried because of this incident, where Mina Kojima couldn't see.
As the days passed, laughing until the body became worse and worse every day, and the spirit of the whole person became more and more decadent, until 2018, Kojima Mina completely lost her mobility, and she couldn't even move her body, at this time she was like a vegetative person, and what filled her brain every day was death.
At this time, her idea of death has reached its peak, and she remembered the euthanasia article she saw on the Internet some time ago, although the focus of this road is death, but her process is not painful at all, rather than suffering inhuman pain, it is better to leave this world early.
However, the two sisters didn't want her to do this, so they tried their best to stop her, but this was a happy thing for Kojima Mina, and after explaining to her sister, the two finally agreed to her sister's request, and then applied for euthanasia in Switzerland.
Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world where euthanasia is legal, and after being discharged from the hospital, the two sisters went to Switzerland with their younger sisters, but before the injection, the doctor asked Mina Kojima's opinion: "Although the process is not painful, have you really thought about it? Your sister doesn't want you to leave." ”
After receiving a positive result, the doctor decided to euthanize her two days later, and during these two days, her sisters took her around the Swiss landscape and bought some new clothes, hoping to die a decent death.
5. Four minutes of happiness
Back in the hospital room, the doctor explained all the precautions, and told Kojima Mina the way of infusion, and she also said the last few words to her sister, the two sisters couldn't help crying, begging their sister not to do stupid things, but Kojima Mina has made up her mind, and no one can control it.
The doctor placed a video recorder for Mina Kojima, who could leave the last words he wanted to say before his death, and turned on the camera, Mina Kojima said the last words: "I am really happy to have you with me, thank you for accompanying me in the last days of my life, I love you." ”
After saying this, Kojima Mina, lying on the bed, pushing the pulley of the infusion, let the liquid flow into the body, but she could still come back to life if she was interrupted within 30 seconds, but he smiled, there was no trace of regret in his eyes, and in just four minutes, Kojima Mina went to Elysium.
My sister was in tears, but she seemed to have been relieved, and after cremating her sister, she was brought back to Japan, and it was in response to the sentence that the leaves fell back to the roots, Kojima Mina was unhappy in this life, and she was also happy, and she was happy that she had her sister by her company at the last moment of her life, and she also had the opportunity to choose her own death.
epilogue
Euthanasia is not legal in the mainland, but it is the only way to relieve patients who are riddled with pain, many people support the legalization of euthanasia in the mainland, but there are too many things involved, so what do you think about euthanasia?