Seo Jang-hoon delivers a pointed remark to wife dreaming of having more children despite husband's illness: "You will regret it later" [Ask the Bodhisattva] [Byeolbyeol TV]

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The story of a woman who lost her third daughter to leukemia and then had to watch her husband battle cancer was revealed.

On the episode aired on the 2nd, an after-school music teacher who dreams of having a large family appeared as a guest on KBS Joy's variety show 'Ask the Bodhisattva.'

The guest shared, "I gave birth to three children, but my third daughter was diagnosed with leukemia 20 days after birth and passed away." She added, "I wanted to have more children, but the following year, my husband was also diagnosed with lymphoma."

She revealed that she met her husband in his first year of university and married him in 2013, giving birth to their first daughter the next year. As conceiving a second child proved difficult, she underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment and gave birth to twins.

However, symptoms of abdominal swelling appeared in her third daughter around 20 days after birth. The guest recalled, "A hospital blood test showed that while the normal range is 10,000, my daughter's count was 300,000." She continued, "The tests were repeated three times, and she was eventually diagnosed with leukemia."

She went on to say, "I lived in the hospital for eight months and received chemotherapy eight to nine times. When there were no more medications available locally, we even imported drugs from the United States," confessing the pain of ultimately having to let her daughter go.

The guest tearfully stated, "I didn't even make an urn. I was afraid that if I saw it, I would never be able to let go, but I regret it now. There is no place for me to visit my child."

The tragedy did not end there. In December 2019, about a year after her daughter's death, her husband was also diagnosed with lymphoma. The guest said, "My husband had a persistent high fever and went to the hospital, but cancer cells had already spread to his brain." She added, "When I asked the doctor if our remaining two children were genetically safe, he told me that my husband could pass away as early as tomorrow."

Her husband received two hematopoietic stem cell transplants and was declared cured after five years, but subsequently developed dystonia. The guest revealed, "He has not been fully cured and must take medication for the rest of his life. He can no longer work at all and even stutters."

Despite this, she confessed that she had not let go of her desire to have more children. She underwent additional IVF treatment but experienced repeated miscarriages, and she is even considering adoption. The guest choked up, saying, "The truth is, I feel my husband may not live much longer. If that happens, I will have to live with the remaining children."

Hearing this, Seo Jang-hoon carefully said, "When you receive a major shock, it is not easy to regain your composure. From where I stand, you seem like someone who is lost and wandering without direction."

He continued, "You have been together with your husband for 24 years. This person has shared more than half of your life, and now he is suffering from a serious illness." He advised, "Isn't finding a treatment method and helping him recover the most important thing right now?"

Seo Jang-hoon emphasized, "Right now, the most important thing in your family is not the dream of having many children, nor adoption, nor a new pregnancy." He added, "It is also not the time to worry about being lonely after your husband passes away. You must do your best for the most important person who is alive right now." He then offered heartfelt advice: "Do not think about anything else for now. You will regret it later. Just as you did for your third child, treat your husband that way now. Only then can you live peacefully in the future."

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