As I am cleaning the house to get it ready for sale,

I found a plaque with the beautifully written words by Francesca,

dated 1986, who was one of my cardiac patients.

It was stuck in my basement bedroom shelf.

She gave me this plaque as a gift as she was moving out of the state.

I clearly remember her smiling faces and her serious heart condition

resulting from acute viral myocarditis, severe.

She died not too long thereafter.

She was genuinely a good human being with such a good heart

yet such a bad heart full of love for family, friends and the world.

She was an enlightened human being with nothing but the humility and pure love.

I thought I will share her words with others in memory of her.

I envy you, Dr. Lee. You have something that I miss as an Anesthesiologist.

You must be very gratifying when you get this kind of appreciation from

the patient. It is one of those great humanity that brings the peace to the world.

Thank you, Dr. Ohn, for your comment.

It is true that many of my patients were not only my teachers in life to live,

but also my heroes and heroines to give me courage to deal with my life.

To me, the physician to patient relationship was something sacred as Hippocrates 

taught. As for the physician, he is exploring the miniature universe of his patient

as Thomas Aquinas once said.

Without a doubt it is and should be only natural that the physician cannot help

feeling humbled for such a privilege exploring another human being's universe,

I feel strongly. If the physician realizes this and remember this every morning 

he or she wakes up before seeing his or her patients, he or she will be in the right path, I believe.