One morning, Sadako Kojima and Keiko Kojima opened the door and saw a car already waiting in front of the door.
The three of them looked at each other without saying a word after getting on the train, and there was a depressing and sad atmosphere in the carriage, thinking of what was about to happen, finally, Sadako and Keiko couldn't hold back anymore and began to sobble in a low voice, only Mina kept smiling and comforted the two sisters with her eyes from time to time.
For Sadako and Keiko, the end of this journey is about to end with the loss of their dearest sister, but for Mina, it is a journey to control her own destiny and liberate her life, and it is no wonder that the two are very different.
Born in Japan in 1957, Mui Ne already had two older sisters in the family before she was born, and after Mui Ne was born, she added another sister to the family. Due to the poor environment in Japan at that time, Mui Ne has been very depressed at home for as long as she can remember. Parents often quarrel over work, housework and even some trivial matters, and the family's economic conditions are even more worrisome.
Later, Mina Kojima's parents decided to divorce, and the family fell apart all at once. Fortunately, Mina Kojima, who lost her parents, still has the love of her two older sisters, and the two of them gave Mina as much love as possible, and under the care of her sister, Mina Kojima gradually grew into an optimistic and strong child.
More than a decade later, Mina Kojima graduated from high school and was facing the problem of choosing a school. At that time, there was a Korean language craze throughout the country, so Mui Ne chose a Korean university to study Korean. It is inconvenient for her to come to a foreign country alone, but Mina Kojima has never reflected her hardships with her sister, and years of life with her sister have made her independent and introverted.
After finishing university in South Korea, Mina Kojima returned to her hometown of Tokyo and found a job as a Korean translator.
For ordinary people, they have been in love for a long time at this age, but for Mina Kojima, the breakdown and divorce of her parents lingered in her mind, and she couldn't accept a new relationship, so she had to live alone until she was 45 years old. Despite the urgency of her sisters, Mina Kojima insisted on living a single life.
During this period, Kojima Mina's career developed better and better, but gradually, she began to feel a little inadequate. At first, she thought that her body over half a hundred years old could not support high-intensity work, and she planned to change jobs. This decision was opposed by her sisters, but Mina Kojima thought that she had thought it through, and that she was eager to go to a child welfare facility to help some children who had the same experience as herself. At the same time, the job is rewarding and easy, which is not a bad thing for Mina Kojima.
Just as Mina Kojima was about to start a new chapter in her life, she received a bomb that was enough to crush herself - a confirmation notice.
In the years before that, Mina Kojima had always felt that her body was uncomfortable, and she didn't take it seriously because she was too busy with work, thinking that it was too much pressure at work. However, when the entry medical examination was performed, the doctor clearly pointed out that Mina Kojima's body was indeed abnormal and needed further examination.
Mina thought to herself, what's the big deal, and confidently underwent an examination, but the results showed that she had "multiple system atrophy".
What is this concept? Under the doctor's explanation, Mina Kojima's heart was slowly shattered. This means that in the coming days, the parts of Mina Kojima's body will continue to shrink, and there will be no drugs and medical techniques that can ** and delay. After that, she will become very miserable, and eventually she will become extremely thin and eventually ascend to heaven.
The incidence of this disease is extremely small, so there is no specific cause for it, and what is known is that it may be genetic. This condition can be detected while the fetus is still in the mother's womb, and there is no other way to stop the disease from occurring by means of abortion.
Who can accept such a death sentence, at this moment, Kojima Mina was desperate, she cried and told her sister about it, and the sisters rushed to the hospital, intending to pick up Kojima Mina. From this moment on, it was impossible for Mina Kojima to continue chasing her dreams in the welfare institution, and she could only become a patient who could not take care of herself while lying in a hospital bed.
However, the strong Kojima Mina is unwilling to lose directly to the disease, at first she has the full confidence to fight the disease, insisting on living alone, but the disease will not spare anyone, and multiple system atrophy is slowly eroding everything in her.
At first, Mina Kojima only felt very tired, but later, she found that she had lost her strength, and her hands began to tremble, and she couldn't even pick up a glass of boiled water. Immediately afterwards, Mina Kojima's movements were also affected, often falling uncontrollably to the ground and having difficulty getting up on her own.
Helpless, Mina Kojima had no choice but to move to live with her sister Keiko, and because she sensed the changes in her body, she washed her face with tears day and night. In order to encourage her sister, Keiko proposed that Kojima Mina open a blog and record her daily life on the Internet, hoping to allow Kojima Mina to temporarily escape the sadness of her illness.
I have to say that this is indeed a good way to divert attention, and Mina Kojima has had a spiritual sustenance since she started blogging. Every day when she wakes up, she pays attention to the comments on the Internet, and many people encourage Mina Kojima to fight bravely against the disease, and seeing these heartwarming comments, it seems that the pain in her body can be reduced a lot.
It's a pity that the speed of the disease is too fast, and soon, Kojima Mina can't exercise, and sometimes she can't even do simple actions such as raising her hand and turning her head. Her body began to ache sharply, but her heart hurt more than her body. Mina Kojima knew that her sister kept looking at her when she kept moving like a clown, and she couldn't imagine how sad her sister would be when she saw it.
Over the next six months, Mina Kojima's body deteriorated dramatically, and she even lost her ability to control her expression and speech. Every time she went to the hospital, it was a torture for Mui Ne, and the doctor would only tell the three sisters again and again that her condition was not only not effectively controlled, but was still deteriorating.
This means that Mina Kojima can no longer live at home, and she moves into the hospital with various tubes inserted into her body. This is also the most unacceptable point of Kojima Mina, when a person gradually loses various abilities and can't even breathe autonomously, then, is there any meaning for this person to live, is she still alive?
Mina Kojima, who has been fighting the disease in good health, had the idea of suicide for the first time, and she knew that her sister would not agree to her approach, so she made a rope out of a silk scarf while everyone was away. It's just that something even more frustrating happened to her, and she couldn't even commit suicide. Even the qualification to choose death was denied, and at this time, Kojima Mina was completely desperate.
At this time, Kojima Mina noticed a patient in **, her symptoms were already very serious, her body became light, only a few dozen pounds in weight, at that time she had completely lost her consciousness, like a vegetative person lying down, relying on a ventilator to maintain life.
Mina Kojima shuddered when she thought that she would become the same as her in the future, and this incident also became an opportunity for her to die, since she couldn't commit suicide, she chose euthanasia.
The sister who learned the news hurriedly begged her sister, but Mina Kojima had made up her mind, and she asked her sister rhetorically, one day she became like a vegetative person, relying on the machine to breathe, relying on others to help her change diapers, is there still human dignity? The sisters knew that they couldn't persuade this independent and self-respecting sister, so they had to tearfully agree to Mina's request.
After getting her sister's consent, Mui Ne began to actively look for countries where euthanasia could be performed, and soon she found a Swiss euthanasia facility. Mui Ne sorted out her information and sent it over, and it didn't take long to get a reply, and the other party said that Mui Ne fully met the requirements of euthanasia.
In 2018, Mina Kojima, who received a response, immediately set off and came to Switzerland accompanied by her sister. Before euthanasia, Kojima Mina has to undergo many examinations, first of all, the other party confirms whether Mina really meets the requirements of euthanasia, such as unbearable physical pain, or uncontrollable diseases, etc.
Immediately afterwards, the agency gave Mina 48 hours to think about whether she needed to be euthanized again, after all, until the last moment before death, anyone's will could be transferred.
The three sisters returned to the hotel, and the elder sister could not know the thoughts of Kojima Mina, and they had a rich dinner with her sister with the intention that her sister would die, and talked for a long time. On this night, the knot in the hearts of several people is untied, and Sadako and Keiko also begin to accept the fact that their sister is about to die.
Early the next morning, the agency's vehicles were waiting at the door early, and in the face of what was going to happen next, everyone was speechless and could only cry. As Mina Kojima lay in her hospital bed, the agency staff asked the same question that had been asked a thousand times: What are you here for? Are you sure you want to be euthanized?
After receiving an affirmative answer, a switch was handed to Mina Kojima, and as soon as she pressed it gently, the liquid would enter her body. In order to record the last side of her sister, my sister held back her tears and raised the camera to record the whole process of her sister's death.
Facing the camera, my sister said slowly: "Thank you, you have always been with me, and I am so happy to be able to see you at the last moment of my life." Thank you so much. Hearing my sister keep saying thank you, my sister was already teary-eyed, only to see Kojima Mina gently press the mechanism, and soon after, her consciousness became weaker and weaker, and finally she stopped breathing.
After Mina's death, her sisters carried her ashes into a river in Switzerland, where they would come to mourn her lovely sister on holidays.
Although the story is very moving, I hope that when you encounter difficulties, you will not give up your life easily, and there will be hope if you survive.
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